[Guide] Stealthbot Setup in 2023

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Channel bots have a number of uses, and although Bnet does not have the clans or communities it once had a bot can be a useful tool for chatting, advertisement, or channel monitoring. I was looking for one myself recently and found I had to piece together information from several different sources in order to get it working. I will compile this information here so there is once again a single source for those that need it.


1. Download Stealthbot
Stealthbot, probably the most prolific bot in Bnet history, still works. The project maintains a somewhat active github here.
The download for the installer of the most current release is this one here.

2. (OPTIONAL) Purchase Warcraft II BNE from GOG
In order for this to work you need a valid CD key for the bot to use to connect with. The cheapest option currently is to buy WAR2 BNE from GOG here.

If you have a spare SC/D2/WAR2/WAR3 CD Key it will probably work, but it is unknown if SB is able to use all new digital keys from Battle.net store purchases vs the old CD-key format.

3. Download the updated Warden.dll
Grab the updated Warden file here.

4. Install and Configure Stealthbot.
This is a pretty straight forward process. The SB installer is simple and completes within a few steps. From there you will need to create a profile.
Once your profile is created you can go to Settings -> Bot Settings and start configuring your Stealthbot.
It is recommended to create an account/login for the bot to use with SC or WAR3 just to make things easier, although you can do it through BNLS which is just more tedious.
Enter the User/Pass, select the Server you want to connect to (West is pretty much all there is now.), and indicate WAR2 as the client.

You can grab your WAR2 CD Key from GOG here:

The last piece is the BNLS server to use for hashing. The included servers in SB no longer function, so under Connection Settings -> Advanced you need to paste in pyro.no-ip.biz as your BNLS server.

You can now Save/Apply your configuration.

Insert the updated Warden file you downloaded previously into your Stealthbot folder. (Default: C:\Program Files (x86)\StealthBot 2.7)

Close and relaunch Stealthbot.

5. Connect!
If you did everything correctly your Stealthbot

Good to have this. Miss the days of chilling in certain channels that no longer exist with Stealthbot.

Hello and thanks for the time you used to explain things.

I configured the StealthBot in a manner you described using old cd-key that I have like since 2006 (SC:BW) but whenever I try to connect I get this message:

[15:45:44] ->> You can get the latest version of StealthBot at http://stealthbot.net/sb/releases/

[15:45:44]
[15:45:44] The current StealthBot Beta version is build 489.
[15:45:44] You are running a development release of StealthBot, visit http://www.stealthbot.net/wiki/BuildLog for more information
[15:45:44] >>
[15:45:44] >> StealthBot News
[15:45:44] >> Welcome to the long-awaited StealthBot 2.7. If you have problems with your bot,
[15:45:44] >> visit us at http://www.stealthbot.net and post in the forums. You can also check
[15:45:44] >> out our Wiki at http://www.stealthbot.net/wiki/.
[15:45:44] >>
[15:45:44] >> October 18th 2009
[15:45:44] >> StealthBot 2.7.1 has been released, this includes a lot of bug fixes.
[15:45:44] >> Visit http://www.stealthbot.net for more information.
[15:45:44] >>
[15:48:42] Connecting your bot...
[15:48:42] [BNLS] Connecting to the BNLS server at pyro.no-ip.biz...
[15:48:42] [BNLS] Connected!
[15:48:43] [BNLS] Authorized!
[15:48:43] [BNCS] Connecting to the Battle.net server at uswest.battle.net...
[15:48:43] [BNCS] Connected to 34.223.227.224!
[15:48:43] [BNCS] Checking version...
[15:48:44] [BNCS] Reinstall Required: There is a new version of the software available. Please completely uninstall your game program, reinstall from your original CD, and reconnect to Battle.net.
[15:48:44] [BNCS] Version check failed! The Battle.net server says your version must be downgraded.
[15:48:44] All connections closed.
[15:53:05] Username set to 20RaMe07.
[15:53:08] Connecting your bot...
[15:53:08] [BNLS] Connecting to the BNLS server at pyro.no-ip.biz...
[15:53:09] [BNLS] Connected!
[15:53:09] [BNLS] Authorized!
[15:53:09] [BNCS] Connecting to the Battle.net server at uswest.battle.net...
[15:53:09] [BNCS] Connected to 34.223.227.224!
[15:53:10] [BNCS] Checking version...
[15:53:10] [BNCS] Reinstall Required: There is a new version of the software available. Please completely uninstall your game program, reinstall from your original CD, and reconnect to Battle.net.
[15:53:11] [BNCS] Version check failed! The Battle.net server says your version must be downgraded.
[15:53:11] All connections closed.


Could anyone help me?

This indicates the version of SC you are using is not up to date / not able to connect to Bnet.

You would be better off buying a WAR2 BNE key off GOG.

Have you tried to update your StealthBot?
In version 491 (2 above the one visible in your logs) changelog, there's this: "Update to support Battle.net's change from using @ to # as a gateway delimiter. "
So your current version may be indeed incompatible with current battle.net
Now that I've found at least that, I won't search if other incompatibilities and bugs getting fixed may help, but maybe there could be more.

Thanks guys but I decided to spend 10 euros and get that W2 Bnet edition. Works in our BW channel. Icon of the bot is Diablo II like though xD

Sry that's W2 icon xD

btw. anyone has an idea why it only works for West?

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Nov 1 2023, 9:25 pm by RaNer.

Thank you for sharing this information about channel bots and how to set up Stealthbot. It's helpful to have a single source of information for those who need it.

Yes. Everything in one place. Thx.

I tried everything but the stealth bot keeps giving me the same error.

[BNLS] Error -- BNLS has failed CheckRevision (Product: W2BN).

What am I doing wrong?

I bought WAR2 from gog and replaced the warden file.
But everytime I try to connect, this error pops up.
What do I have to do with CheckRevision?


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[12:17:00 PM] Connecting your bot...
[12:17:00 PM] [BNLS] Connecting to the BNLS server at pyro.no-ip.biz...
[12:17:00 PM] [BNLS] Connected!
[12:17:00 PM] [BNLS] Authorized!
[12:17:00 PM] [BNCS] Connecting to the Battle.net server at uswest.battle.net...
[12:17:00 PM] [BNCS] Connected to 54.68.223.127!
[12:17:01 PM] [BNCS] Checking version...
[12:17:01 PM] [BNLS] Error -- BNLS has failed CheckRevision (Product: W2BN).
[12:17:01 PM] [BNLS] Disconnected.

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I really need help!!

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Jul 29 2024, 3:27 am by doomi.

I just did a fresh install based on the guide and didn't have to edit a thing.
For reference my WAR2 CheckRevision.ini is the following:
[CRev_W2]
Path=\W2BN\
Exe=Warcraft II BNE.exe
Util=Storm.dll
Network=Battle.snp
Screen=W2BN.bin

I didn't have to edit any of it.

I imagine you either didn't replace the DLL properly, or didn't restart Stealthbot after replacing it.

Tested USE and USW with no issue including creating a new account.

Well it was working for me until recently. Same thing. BNLS either hangs or is checking versions.

Now it works again ... weird ... this needs further development to stabilize it.

Well I'm thankful for even this so ...

EDIT:

It seems that for me is the problem when bot becomes the OP of the channel. Then after disconnecting hanging up starts.

Nice guide! I still use the old version I found on my hard drive years ago. I didn't know people still developed this thing! I'll have to try out these updates.

Do you experience problems when your bot is actually an OP of operator channel like "op "some name""? Because when my bot disconnects it creates weird problem of not being able to log in.