MTGO Library 10.65

We released ML Bot 10.65. The update contains many fixes regarding one of the most 'delicate' part of handling the MTGO client: the uninstall / install process. 

Uninstall MTGO is sometimes required when MTGO breaks. In these cases you are not able to launch the client (not even manually) and the only way to fix is to reinstall MTGO. This is an easy task for a human but it's complex for a bot because many things can go wrong.
In particular, previous ML Bot versions had problem with non-English operative systems, where the title of the windows can be different from the typical "Application Error" messages that appears in an English-based system.

Mtgo hotfix for broken binder

*UPDATE*  The binder problem seems to be fixed.

WotC just deployed a hotfix to the active trade binder problem. You need to restart your MTGO and the binders should be working fine as usual.

Our team is now doing tests, we'll keep you informed.

Fix your trade binder after the Mtgo Update

We found a way to fix the trade binders after the Mtgo update.

This is a bug preventing everyone (including 'humans') from adding / removing cards to the active trade binder. The binder is basically broken. There is nothing you can do to fix, you have to trash it and create a new one. Below the exact procedure

1) you need to create a new binder, empty 
2) you need to make it active 
3) you need to erase the old trade binder 
4) restart mtgo, let the bot go and handle the client as usual

Bugs in MTGO 93.633

The latest version of MTGO, released by WotC few hours ago, is heavily bugged. We had to rewrite parts of the bot to bypass these bugs and we will be publishing a bot update in few hours. 

There could be some errors on your MTGO that do not depend on ML Bot. The most common are:

• a constant "Loading Magic Online" alert message. If you have so, your account is unable to trade. You need to move MTGO to another pc and / or clone your virtual machine from a working one

• impossibility to make your cards tradable. This happens on some accounts, and it is not related to the "Loading Magic Online". Not even manually you can make cards tradable

Beside that, the rest of the bot and mtgo is working.

Upcoming MTGO Library Improvements

I am excited to annouce MTGO Library will be making some major improvements in the upcoming months.  As I mentioned in a prior article, there will be a new price updater that will be launched in October. In the image below you see a work-in-progress preview, so don't take it as final.

In November there will be improvements to MTGO Wikiprice with increased search speeds, the grouping of reprinted cards into one search page (In other words, if want Tarmogoyf, you don't have to search 3 different sets), and possibly a universal credit system for all ML bots to share credits.

After Christmas / January 2017, a Webshop for Wikiprice will be launched.  The new Webshop will allow customers to purchase from any bot using paypal or credit card.  And then grab the cards on single bots, or on a wikiprice collector bot (so one trade).  The goal is to make Mtgo Wikiprice a better place to shop.

Average mtgo card value 8th July - 8th September

New Pricing System Coming Soon

Mtgo Library is currently working on a major improvement to the background price updater that will be released in October.  It is a total rewrite of the current one with a more advanced algorithm. The new pricing system will be dynamic and will allow the bot to follow the market immediately with two extra controls based on current sales and inventory stock.  As always, Mtgo Library continues to make investments to keep their bots on the cutting-edge.

More details to come!

ML Bot 11.42 'gentle login' tested on the field

Last Wednesday, despite the extended downtime, ML Bots sat idle during the downtime and did not try to constantly connect to the WOTC server.  There were no reported bannings and everything went fine as expected. We want to inform the community that the fix has been tested on the field and it worked flawlessly.  It is now safe to leave your bots on during downtime.

If you have multiple virtual machines, your virtual machines may have also benefited from the client sitting idle during downtime instead of constantly reloading the mtgo client and taking up memory resources.  As a result, you should experience less freezing of virtual machines after downtime.


Happy botting!

mtgolibrary.com moved to a new server!

As you already probably noticed, mtgolibrary.com is today a bit faster. During yesterday downtime, in fact, we migrated the codebase to a new server. Not just that: we took our code written in Ruby on Rails 3.0 and updated it to Ruby on Rails 4.2. This means that the same code is executed faster and thus the overall server is faster. If you are keen on Ruby on Rails, you will be happy to know that we also moved from Ruby 2.1.0 to Ruby 2.3.1 .

If you don't know what Ruby on Rails (or Ruby is) don't worry - you just have to know that the server is faster and that the codebase is written in a language that allows fast development. We have some great features that will be introduced in the next couple of months and this code update makes them possible!

Happy botting!

MTGO Library Bot 11.41 released

Yesterday we announced ML Bot 11.41 (the "gentle-login" bot). You can read more about the release here: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.com/2016/08/mtgo-library-bot-1141.html.  We officially released it.

We will force an update via server in a couple of days. Still please make sure you update your bots before next Wednesday.

MTGO Library Bot 11.41

Yesterday some ML Bot users had issues with the MTGO login. According to WotC, it is no more allowed to try login every couple of minutes (like the bot does) during the server downtime. Trying the login frequently is considered a violation of the ToS, section 10:

“(d) taking actions that impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Wizards' network infrastructure or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any of Wizards' websites or other services.”

ML Bot users that had the option "on Wednesday, wait before relog" activated were already ToS-compliant. Some ML Bot users that did not, had their IP banned for 24-hours. Please note that you can circumvent the ban easily by changing your IP address. If you are familiar with software like Tor, or HMA, this should be pretty straightforward. If you don't want to change your IP, or you cannot, then you just have wait some hours for your IP to be automatically unbanned.

We are now in the process of releasing a bot update (11.41) that will respect the downtimes so next Wednesday there will not be problems. In a nutshell, during the downtime the bot will sit idle and will not try the login.

Within ML Bot 11.41 we also implemented:

• support for TransferCollection.txt files up to 500 lines long (previous support was max 200 lines)
• fixed a rare bug with the Classified messaged that resulted in empty classified messages
• a 15%-20% speed up in trades, due to internal code optimization

MTGO Library Bot 11.40

We just released ML Bot 11.40, fixing a login issue introduced after todays MTGO update. Previous bot versions are unable to login on Mtgo, thus you need to update to 11.40.

We forced the update for all the bots from the server, so your bots should already be at version 11.40. If they are not, please update them manually.

MTGO Library Bot 11.39

We just released ML Bot 11.39.
The update contains a number of bug fixes and small improvements. Among the others:

• fixed a bug that removed extra cards from the "You Receive" column (when the customer enters a number in the chat).
• card transfer modes now support "minutes", for example you can trade from 4:00 am till 4:45 am. The file 'TransferCollection.txt' supports the old syntax as well the new syntax (you can write, for example, 4am or 4:15am). You can also trade from any minute to any minute, for example from 04:01am till 04:32am.
• changed the way the bot reads the chat.

MTGO Library Bot 11.36

A couple of hours ago we released ML Bot 11.36, supporting the new set Eldritch Moon (EMN). Prerelease events start tomorrow, Friday.

Please note that previous bot versions are unable to pick Event Tickets while in trade, due to a change with the latest MTGO build (.621). ML Bot 11.36 fixes the issue. We forced the update to 11.36 from the server so you probably already have 11.36 running on your machines.

Happy botting to everyone and happy prerelease events!

MTGO Library Bot 11.32

We have just released ML Bot 11.32. The new version introduces a redesigned card transfer (or "autotransfer") modality with server-side messages. Previous version used the mtgo chat to send and receives messages. This was slow and unreliable. Chat messages will still be active for "human interaction" (so you can still send AT messages to the bots) but bot-to-bot messages will be delivered via server.


What does this mean practically for day-to-day card transfers? This means that card transfer trades will be faster, more reliable, will take less CPU time and less time in general.

Important update: ML Bot 11.21

Yesterday we released ML Bot 11.21. This version fixes an important problem of the versions from 11.15 to 11.20. These versions logged too much information and in a couple of days filled the hard drive with large text files. With the hard drive filled, and no more space left, the bot encountered a lot of unexpected problems, such as DLL errors, blank screens at startup and blocks.

Not all the PCs experienced the same problem but if yours did then you have to update your bots to 11.21. You have to update manually, using the installer provided in the online control panel. Do not let bot update by itself. If the bot is already 11.21 and you still experience problem, please download the installer and overwrite the current installation.

Before doing everything you also have to check the "/log" folder in the bot main folder and erase all the files there. Most likely you will find a lot of text files there, taking all the hard drive space. Once erased, don't forget to empty your Recycle bin as well.

Thank you

MTGO Library Bot 11.04

Some hours ago we released ML Bot 11.04. The update fixed a problem with the SOI boosters, a problem causing some bots to be unable to purchase them.

MTGO Library Bot 11.01

We have just released ML Bot 11.01 . Version 11.01 fixes a problem with sending the chat messages on Windows 10, where the bot was often unable to send them.

Windows 7 and Windows 8 users can skip the update while Windows 10 users are strongly recommended to update as soon as possible.

The Magic Moment - a weekly MTG news show

I am proud to present The Magic Moment, a new weekly MTG news (and fun) segment on my YouTube channel MagicGatheringStrat made by Bobgar.

Check out the first two episodes here

MTGO Library 10.94 and 10.95 - Shadows over Innistrad

Yesterday we released ML Bot 10.94, supporting the new set Shadows over Innistrad. Today we released  a minor update (ML Bot 10.95) fixing a problem with the mtgo login - sometimes the bot was unable to detect correctly the loading, causing a restart loop.

The updated pricelist containing SOI cards is already available online. You can get it during the update process or in the installer.  LITE bot users should update the pricelist as well.

Wikiprice has already SOI cards, we are just now fixing some card images problems.

Enjoy!