Raven's AI Dome

Raven's AI Dome is a sandbox practice game mode for the Overwatch Workshop.

Summary

Up to six players are spread across the map "Workshop Expanse". Each player is put in a bubble against an enemy dummy bot. The player kills the enemy bot and progresses to the next hero in the list when the "Kill Goal" is met. The player can select any hero they would like to practice on. The enemy spawn distances and play area will automatically be adapted to the optimal sizes for the chosen hero.

For more info, see: Raven's AI Dome

Files

src/ contains all the text files of groups of rules that are compiled into the mode file ravensaidome.ow.txt with Make.

How to use

A premade release can be downloaded and imported into Overwatch right away.

• Open ravensaidome.ow.txt in your favorite editor or notepad.
• Select All (ctrl-a), then Copy (ctrl-c). The mode text file will now be in your clipboard.
• Go to the Game Browser in Overwatch >> Create >> Settings. There will be an orange button in the top right that will paste from your clipboard when you click it.

You can also import the code BWGAP in Overwatch to get a recent build. However, sometimes this isn't always up to date with the git version.

How to build

I build under WSL2 Ubuntu, but any kind of linux with GNU Make should work. From the project root directory, run make. This creates ravensaidome.ow.txt which can be imported as described above.

Additional Information

The mode itself is over 12,000 lines of text and reaching even the new Overwatch Workshop limit of 35,000 objects.

For this reason, it is **NOT RECOMMENDED** to attempt to open it in the Workshop Editor within Overwatch, as it will almost surely crash your game client as it does mine. I use Visual Studio Code to edit and highly recommend it for anyone attempting to make a moderately large Overwatch Workshop mode. In my experience, hand-coding Workshop modes furthers understanding of Workshop actions and syntax. It also allows you to edit and think faster, ultimately creating better code.

Development History

I started this project in January 2020 as soon as the "Workshop Expanse" map was released on the PTR. The idea came from my first practice mode on the Practice Range that spawned random types of enemies and gave them very rudimentary movement. I knew I wanted something that would spawn enemies at random distances from me and facing a random direction. Initially I only intended it to be a small Widowmaker warm-up and flick practice mode. The current release is stable and more or less functionally complete. More features and tweaks will happen as I desire.

Support Me

I've put more hours into this project than I have an any one job most likely. It's been a passion project, but I have put my soul and a lot of time into it. Consider supporting me if you enjoy this project.

CashApp: $RavenQueenLuna
BTC: 3ApiPv3yjmZKo9T5SGSNTyNQVyPthobBEE
ETH: 0x3e1C67b95Db61f7F444bbDb74Dad8e2a689eA8a4
DOGE: DEAbvFjBbJb6yyABDjVrmJr8Z3Afi2qwSQ
Email snowluna@protonmail.com for different coin addresses not listed here