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We are heading into the end of 2025 fast.
The push on Marine Bot has been a focus for last month and that continues this month. The latest is a new page Marine Bot Waypoint and dod map links.
Self descriptive title there, so a list of maps and the links to the maps and waypoints Marine Bot supports. I will work my way through the maps on this site, target is to get at least 100 waypoints done for Marine Bot.
November 2025
29 Nov update - You may notice I have added some Marine Bot waypoints, these are for the Orange/Developer (mostly simple) style maps. I'll do some more in December now I know a little more about this bot.
I have updated the "Day of Defeat steam Win dedicated server at home - with bots" article because of some changes to Windows 11 powershell.
Those changes could make the guide not function correctly. I also included Marine Bot support in the guide and updated the support download for that guide.
Marine Bot
Marine Bot also got a place on Sturmbot.org, I have been meaning to do that since early this year and also workout the (very different) waypointing system it uses.
You will notice a new "Marine Bot" Menu item above, only one article there at the moment outlining why this bot is so important to dod, but as I use the bot and waypoint I'm sure there will be others.
There is a new Download section for Marine Bot too. Think of that as a mirror for the official Marine Bot files but it will focus on day of defeat 1.3 install, various utilities and waypoints others and I may make.
For one seeing Marine Bot is the only viable bot for dod that runs on Linux (correctly with no fuss), I want to clone my dedicated server at home with bots guide for Linux too.
Thanks to the Bot Author Frank McNeil for putting up with my many questions about Marine Bot and allowing me to Mirror the files.
Unlike the other bots, Frank has a lot of detailed guides already and his site holds a huge amount of information, so refreshing to use a day of defeat bot that has some up to date documents, unlike the other bots, clawing through web archives and old files looking for scraps of info' and making updated guides.
SturmBot is a easy to install add-on program that adds "bots" to the WW2 based multi-player game Day of Defeat, (also known as "dod", wiki here) making it a single-player game.
If you have Day of Defeat for Steam or the older versions please visit the downloads section for the latest SturmBot packages for dod Steam version or older dod versions.
Most recent package is Sturmbot 1.9 for Steam dod version 2.
Here is a page that shows what version of SturmBot works with each dod version.
Sturmbot has had a few sites over the years and all the places are mostly gone, reasons are below. I hope this site corrects that.
About the creator of SturmBot - Johan Linde:
Johan was the developer of Sturmbot, Johan Linde, AKA... Jowo.
Johan perished while vacationing in Thailand when the 2004 Tsunami hit, he was listed as missing. There are some bits of information on the web that some family members also died. (See Read More below)
However, enough was left to us by Johan for the program to function with the latest steam dod Version 1.3.
While only young, Johan's work was an incredible effort for a person of his age.
This site is dedicated to Johan's work so that does not disappear.
A single-player add-on "bot" modification for a WW2 game Day of Defeat.
SturmBot is about as old as Day of Defeat, Beta versions were in 2001 and full retail around 2003-2005.
The game has a manual that I (INsane - webmaster) have added to that old manual for those that need it.
This site captures all it can for those old files and provides downloads so you can play off-line.
There are waypoint guides (with videos) Server guides... just explore the main menu up there.
Take a look at this video by YouTuber Zerscape for part 1 of all the official maps...
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