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Challenge #1: The Ravine
Griz:
QUOTE(Jez @ Dec 11 2006, 12:09 PM)
I had problems first time I tried as well, the answer Elite gave was;
Hope that helps!
aha!
well that explains how Num's placed his where he did.
otay den ...
has anyone had any success or can steer me to some
bots that may have a chance ...
which I can then take a look at and modify?
tanks
EDIT
Sorry mod'd your post instead of my answer! [Jez]
Jez:
If you are serious about wanting to modify a bot I'll see if I can dig out the bot I tried to write, didn't address ties properly, and send it to you.
The idea was to create a chain of bots to reach the other side, then (if I was trying for more than silver), to reach the top and drag all other bots after it.
Personally I always find it easier to write bots from scratch though, not being bright enough to mod other peeps bots. (Nor avoid modding other peoples posts lol!)
Griz:
--- Quote from: Jez ---If you are serious about wanting to modify a bot I'll see if I can dig out the bot I tried to write, didn't address ties properly, and send it to you.
The idea was to create a chain of bots to reach the other side, then (if I was trying for more than silver), to reach the top and drag all other bots after it.
Personally I always find it easier to write bots from scratch though, not being bright enough to mod other peeps bots. (Nor avoid modding other peoples posts lol!)
--- End quote ---
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I know less than nothing about bot code ...
I was just hoping to watch what others had come up with ...
to see what kind of things works/doesn't.
this along the idea I had for various 'gauntlet' sims ...
a variation of leagues if you will ...
but employing only one bot at a time ...
seeing how the existing bots fare in various 'test sims' ...
and ranking bots accordingly.
ie ... which bots do well in high gravity ...
or with a scarce food supply ...
or moving prey ...
or any number of other designed environments.
but hey ...
I'd settle for getting leagues to work.
Jez:
I think Elite is your best chance there, think Num's was broken by a buddy drop.
btw I managed to run leagues yesterday, seemed quite forgiving compared to what it has been like in past, post what you done somewhere and the error message you got and I'll see if I can help.
Elite:
The version for this one is 2.24.9d. This challenge must be done on that version exclusively.
But remember that just getting one bot across the ravine gets you a bronze award, lots of kudos, and a place in the Bot Challenge Hall of Fame.
A small clue:
Try getting your bot to reproduce itself to the edge of the ravine. At the edge, you should be able to launch a bot across by reproducing, tieing, and expanding the tie to several thousand units while aiming right and up slightly.
EDIT: Oh, and I've had a thought. How about a league where two bots face off in a small arena (constructed from shapes) about twice the vision radius of a bot, and aren't allowed to reproduce. This will reward bots that are good at true one-on-one dogfighting rather than out-reproducing.
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