So, folks. AI battle?

[puppy]

Seing how previous battle never started because noone ever come up with any sort of ready-to-use environment, i have decided to do something about it. In a few hours I am flying away for a business trip, so you will have enough time to play with this stuff, find some bugs in it, discuss improvements, battle rules, judgement procedure etc.

Here's simple short-term memory no-ai-at-all script to get you started:

if (!this.inHasBullet) {
    // no bullet, let's get it
    var bulletAt = -1;
    for (var i=0; i< this.inColors.length; i++) {
        if (this.inColors[i] == 2) {
            bulletAt = i; break;
        }
    }
    // go up until we see it
    this.outMoveAngle = (bulletAt < 0) ? 27 : bulletAt;
    this.outMoveSpeed = this.inMaxSpeed;
} else {
    // look around for enemy
    var enemyAt = -1;
    for (var i=0; i< this.inColors.length; i++) {
        if (this.inColors[i] == 1) {
            enemyAt = i; break;
        }
    }
    if (enemyAt > -1) {
        // throw the bullet
        this.outThrowBullet = true;
        this.outThrowAngle = enemyAt;
 this.trace("Throwing @" + enemyAt);
    }
    // up we go
    this.outMoveAngle = 27;
    this.outMoveSpeed = this.inMaxSpeed;
}

So, will see you in three weeks.

[Bash321]

not working

[puppy]

I've just tried it from here, IE6SP1W2K, and it works just as I left it at home?

[Bash321]

oh, sorry i just didnt understand something. Now its woking perfectly!

what does the inColors array store? bullets?

[puppy]

there are 36 directions (angles) that the bot can "see" in. inColors is supposed to be array of "colors" visible in every direction. "colors" are represented by numbers according to "color map" (click "info" button); using inColors you can determine what's there (pickable bullet, enemy, wall, or flying bullet). inDistances are simply distances to things in every direction.

[Bash321]

would be nice to have a "end simulation" button, so you could alter the code and try again, not having to refresh the page.

im working on something already, not having much luck but... maybe later

and also the balls, in my opinion, shouldn't fly straight through walls. Keep it up!

[puppy]

were balls to not fly through walls, bots could pick them up and throw back into each other almost instantly. that, and also I would have to write more code :p

[parad0xl0g]

Nice job puppy. I really like your battle field. Here is a battledroid. Better results against the first battledroid if you inicialize this.curAngle = 27.

var wallAt = -1;
for (var i=0; i< this.inColors.length; i++) {
  if (this.inColors[i] == 0 && this.inDistances[i]<20) {
    wallAt = i; break;
  }
}
if ( wallAt > -1 ){
  var minAngle = wallAt  + 18;
  var maxAngle  = minAngle + 9;
  var temp = Math.floor( Math.random()*(maxAngle-minAngle)+minAngle );
  this.curAngle = (temp >35)?(temp%35):temp;
}
this.outMoveAngle = this.curAngle;
this.outMoveSpeed = this.inMaxSpeed;
if (this.inHasBullet){
  var dangerAt = -1;
  var enemyAt = -1;
  for (var i=0; i< this.inColors.length; i++) {
    if (this.inColors[i] == 3) {
      dangerAt = i; break;
    }
    if (this.inColors[i] == 1) {
      enemyAt = i; break;
    }
  }
  if ( dangerAt > -1) {
    this.outMoveAngle = ( dangerAt >26 ) ? ( 35-(dangerAt+9)  ) : ( dangerAt-9 );
    this.outMoveSpeed = this.inMaxSpeed;
    if( this.inDistances[dangerAt]<50 ){
      var enemyAt = -1;
      for (var i=0; i< this.inColors.length; i++) {
        if (this.inColors[i] == 1) {
          enemyAt = i; break;
        }
      }
      if ( enemyAt > -1){
        this.outMoveSpeed = 0;
        this.outThrowBullet = true;
        this.outThrowAngle = enemyAt;
      }
    }
  }
  else if (enemyAt > -1 && this.inDistances[enemyAt]<250) {
    this.outMoveSpeed = 0;
    this.outThrowBullet = true;
    this.outThrowAngle = enemyAt;
  }
  else{
    this.outThrowBullet = false;
  }
}
else
{
  bulletAt = -1;
  for (var i=0; i< this.inColors.length; i++) {
    if (this.inColors[i] == 2) {
      bulletAt = i; break;
    }
  }
  if( bulletAt>-1 ){
    this.outMoveAngle = bulletAt ;
    this.outMoveSpeed = this.inMaxSpeed;
  } 
}

I want to try this one with more ("real") droids.

[puppy]

hey parad0xlog you are by now the only one who made a script, though I also posted this in few other places. looking at the code, could you explain why "if ( dangerAt > -1) {" check is inside of "if (this.inHasBullet) {" check?

PS: I will definetly add RESET button when I get home. I have found that on some systems refreshing the page also blanks the scripts

PPS: I think something like this

this.findColor = function (c, ***<SOMETHING else?>) {
var res = [];
for (var i=0; i< this.inColors.length; i++)
    if ((this.inColors[i] == c) && (***<OTHER checks?>))
      res[res.length] = i;
return res;
}

should be on every bots' construction.

[parad0xl0g]

Well, the idea was created from a previous droid, and is basically to program a counterattack, to send a bullet quickly against the enemy when it attacks.
Could you post some scripts from other people out of kirupa.com?

[puppy]

well here was that guy, niq, who said he's making one, but he haven't it posted yet. as far as I know this guy, he probably will create good script, if any.

[puppy]

hey all, someone made 2nd bot.

[protonxp]

i've looked through some of these codes and want to know wether it is a plug and play which i don't think it is or is it a code that you have to attacth to a movie clip?

[puppy]

that's a code you paste into this webpage. edit: wooops I messed up something last time I uploaded that page, and noticed only now, whatta... yet it should work anyway.