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Setting Up WizBot on Windows With the Updater
This applies to WizBot version 2. For WizBot version 3 with all the latest improvements and features, click here.
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Note: If you want to make changes to WizBot's source code, please follow the From Source guide instead.
Prerequisites
- Windows 8 or later (64-bit)
Optional
- Visual C++ 2010 (x86) and Visual C++ 2017 (x64) (both are required if you want WizBot to play music - restart Windows after installation)
Setup
- Click on
Install Redisto install Redis. - Select this option during the Redis installation:
-
- Click on
Install ffmpegandInstall youtube-dlif you want music features. - Click on
Updateand go through the installation wizard to install WizBot. - When installation is finished, make sure the
Open credentials.jsonoption is checked.
If you happen to close the wizard with that option unchecked, you can easily find the credentials file in
C:\Program Files\WizBot\system.Starting the bot
- Either click on
Launch Botbutton in the updater or run the bot via its desktop shortcut.
Updating WizBot
- Make sure WizBot is closed and not running(Run
.diein a connected server to ensure it's not running). - Open WizBot Updater
- If updates are available, you will be able to click on the Update button
- Launch the bot
- You've updated and are running again, easy as that!
If the updater fails to install the prerequisites for any reason
You can still install them manually:
- ffmpeg-32bit | ffmpeg-64bit - Download the appropriate version for your system (32 bit if you're running a 32 bit OS, or 64 if you're running a 64bit OS). Unzip it, and move
ffmpeg.exeto a path that's in your PATH environment variable. - youtube-dl - Click to download the file. Then put
youtube-dl.exein a path that's in your PATH environment variable.
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