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Darwinbots3 / Re: Helping

« on: April 13, 2013, 11:19:38 PM »

I'll keep poking around in the code to learn more, but I think that starting off with Azimuth.DenseLinearAlgebra might be a good idea. If you have any of the resources that you mentioned, please send them my way.

It's starting to look like I'll need to be familiar with Azimuth to a large degree as well to make sense of Annulus anyway, so that'll help with any physics or collision detection that I attempt to contribute to in the future. Thoughts?

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Darwinbots3 / Re: Helping

« on: April 12, 2013, 11:58:36 PM »

I'll take a look at Annulus tonight and see what's going on in the code. I'm definitely behind the curve, so we'll see how things go.

Should I request a password for changing code at this point (or at least adding comments), or should I just browse through it?

The fluid physics and rigid body physics sound really interesting, as do the graphics shader programming, code beautification, and code optimization. I think I'd be most capable of working on the physics-based problems to start off with.

As for my experience, I don't use math much in my day-to-day life anymore, but linear algebra is kind of like riding a bike.

As for vector calculus and advanced data structures... I did a bit of vector math and matrix math for the 3d graphics programming that I fuddled around with in high school. That was many moons ago, but with enough hours I think I can google my way into those subjects again.

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Darwinbots3 / Re: Helping

« on: April 12, 2013, 01:59:33 AM »

Hey Numsgil,

Sorry I've been off the map for a long while. But I'm back in the programming game now, and yeah, I'd like to help.

I'm learning still, but it will be good to have something to cut my teeth on -- a specific goal or project.

So please, let me know what I can do or start learning to do if you're still around.

Thanks,

Ricky

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Internet Mode Commentary / Re: The 2012 IM run

« on: September 21, 2012, 04:07:00 PM »

I don't know.. strange, though. I've been relocating, so I haven't had the time to mess with it since I'm staying with a couple of friends and I'm looking for a new place.

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Internet Mode Commentary / Re: The 2012 IM run

« on: September 15, 2012, 09:42:06 PM »

Let me know if you see any seasnakes in your sim! I'm in the IRC channel now too.

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Internet Mode Commentary / Re: The 2012 IM run

« on: September 15, 2012, 09:27:34 PM »

Fixed it, I think.

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Internet Mode Commentary / Re: The 2012 IM run

« on: September 15, 2012, 08:57:23 PM »

Okay. So I suddenly have about 6500 "The ones" from BotsareusPC1 in here... Btw what's weird is they came in before I customized the paths for the new IM executable you posted.

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Internet Mode Commentary / Re: The 2012 IM run

« on: September 15, 2012, 08:42:06 PM »

I just joined!

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Internet Mode Commentary / Re: Internet mode "fix" using file synchronisation software

« on: September 15, 2012, 06:54:51 PM »

I'll turn it back on and see.

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Internet Mode Commentary / Re: Internet mode "fix" using file synchronisation software

« on: September 15, 2012, 04:54:51 PM »

I think it's working! The syncing has been going on just fine, but I'm not sure how you had the live drive set up... how did it keep track of whose bots were whose, and when my "Skydrive Clean" routine runs, couldn't I  be wiping everyone else's bots out before I downloaded them?

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Internet Mode Commentary / Re: Internet mode "fix" using file synchronisation software

« on: September 15, 2012, 01:31:59 PM »

I'm not experienced with how IM normally operates, and I'm not sure how test whether the intermediate file checker is doing what it's supposed to do, or solving any problems..

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Internet Mode Commentary / Re: Internet mode "fix" using file synchronisation software

« on: September 13, 2012, 10:11:28 PM »

Will do.

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Internet Mode Commentary / Re: Internet mode "fix" using file synchronisation software

« on: September 11, 2012, 08:39:05 AM »

*Crosses fingers*

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Darwinbots3 / Re: Multi-core support?

« on: September 07, 2012, 02:21:43 PM »

I was *just* thinking about the possibility of optimizing some of this stuff for the GPU. So glad to read this thread. Also excited about the possibility of that huge server.

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Darwinbots3 / Helping

« on: September 07, 2012, 02:18:52 PM »

I have a background in C++, working 3d graphics libraries, and a college education in math up to various levels of calculus. It's all super rusty (5+ years old), but I'm willing to relearn and then learn some more.

I'd love to get involved helping with DB3. The program's really caught my attention this summer, and having just finished an English degree, I'm thinking about getting back into computer science. This would be a great project to keep me coming back and learning more.

I'm familiarizing myself with the wiki, getting the C# compiler working, downloading the libraries, etc. Once I've laid out the basics, how can I start helping. (Or learning more about the system/code, so I can eventually help.)

Thanks,

Rick