DongerDong

What started as "A simple IRC bot for fighting, written in Python" has grown to become the most comprehensive and flexible collection of code ever written.

Official IRC Channel: #donger on Freenode
Development Channel: #donger-dev on Freenode

How to install

• Install Python 3
• Install requirements pyfiglet, peewee, pydle and pure-sasl (via pip install -r requirements.txt if you want, you're an adult it's your call)
• Rename config.example to config.json and edit it
• Configure the IRC user and channel:
  • Register the username and nickname the bot will be using with NickServ (the ones you set in config.json)
  • Register the primary channel the bot will be using, and ensure the bot has flags of at least +Oefr in that channel's access list. It needs to receive channel op when joining the channel, and must be able to set AKICKs with ChanServ (for deathmatches)
• Run the bot (with Python 3)
• ???
• Profit!

Configuration Notes

• server is the server you're connecting to
• nick is the nickname the bot will request when connecting to the server
• channel is the bot's "primary channel" - the one where all the fighting happens
• port is the port to connect over, default is 6697
• tls defines whether we're doing the connection securely (default is true)
• nickserv_username and nickserv_password specify the credentials the bot will send to nickserv to identify
• auxchans are additional, non-fighting channels the bot joins on connect. These channels have access to fewer commands, and messages to them are limited by a (basic) flood control system. Enter channels in the format ["#channel1","#channel2"], etc.
• extendedcommands references files of the same name in the "extcmd" folder. Try adding "update" to enable the update.py extended command.
• topmodifier changes the way players are ranked depending on how many fights they've participated in. Defaults to 0.05.
• admins specifies the usernames of people with additional permissions - like !join, !part, and (if enabled through extended commands) !update.
• stats-url is optional and can be removed entirely if you don't have a URL where statistics are displayed (the Supreme Dongerdong's statistics page is set as default, but will not display statistics from your instance).
• show-ascii-art-text is an accessibility feature. When set to false, it does not send ASCII text art to channels, instead printing the text normally.

Wisdom

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who donger are lost;
The old that do dong do not wither,
Deep dongs are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes the donger shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The donger again shall be king
-J.R.R. Tolkien

"He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who dongs dongs, dongs dongs!" - Confucius