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From: bscott@nyx.UUCP (Ben Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: crobots
Message-ID: <1626@nyx.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 90 09:01:47 GMT
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In article <2842@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov writes:
>Hello...what was the thought on posting robots in c.s.a?  I finally got my old
>IBM robot on to my Ami and compiled it.  Is there sufficient interest to
>clutter up c.s.a further or should the interested parties start a mailing list?

Two C-Robot executables (no source, sadly) have already been posted to 
comp.sys.amiga.games, where this message has been redirected I hope.  Actually,
since you probably don't read this group already you probably won't get this
message, but oh well.  

I am attempting to debug my own CRobot which will, I hope, eventually be able
to do things like anticipate for moving targets.  Right now it's got some 
obscure bugs, which should NOT be happening, and the debug mode is, of course,
useless.  But once I get it done, I'll post it here (WITH source code, 
most likely) and maybe we can get a regular contest going.  

I have tried both Veer and Frankenstein3 which have been posted here, and
Frankenstein3 wins at least 80% of the matches, even against two or three 
Veers or other robots.  Mine will beat Frankenstein3.  I call it Berserker.
This is because it does a lot of screaming and leaping, and doesn't pay too
much attention to avoiding walls, but it attacks ruthlessly until the enemy
is gone.  And, like I said, it will have some rather sophisticated target
acquisition and tracking routines which will enable it to judge the speed 
of the target and anticipate it's shots.  The only thing it won't compensate
for is wind.

.                            <<<<Infinite K>>>>

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