Difference between revisions of "Firestarter"

From Robowiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Firestarter version 1.9)
m (Update description, ranking, and version information)
Line 4: Line 4:
 
| author          = [[User:Cb]]
 
| author          = [[User:Cb]]
 
| targeting      = [[Dynamic Clustering|DC]]-[[Play-It_Forward|PIF]]
 
| targeting      = [[Dynamic Clustering|DC]]-[[Play-It_Forward|PIF]]
| movement        = [[Wave Surfing]]
+
| movement        = [[Wave Surfing]], [[Minimum Risk Movement]]
 
| released        = July 2017
 
| released        = July 2017
| current_version = 1.9
+
| current_version = 1.10
 
| license        = Proprietary
 
| license        = Proprietary
| download_link  = http://robocode-archive.strangeautomata.com/robots/cb.mega.Firestarter_1.8d.jar
+
| best_rating    = #1 Melee (2017)
 +
| download_link  = http://robocode-archive.strangeautomata.com/robots/cb.mega.Firestarter_1.10.jar
 
| isOneOnOne      = true
 
| isOneOnOne      = true
 
| isMelee        = true
 
| isMelee        = true
Line 23: Line 24:
  
 
; How competitive is it?
 
; How competitive is it?
: Currently #2 in the melee rumble and #21 in roborumble.
+
: Currently #1 in the melee rumble and #14 in RoboRumble.
  
 
== Strategy ==
 
== Strategy ==
  
 
; How does it [[Movement|move]]?
 
; How does it [[Movement|move]]?
: It uses [[Minimum Risk Movement]] in [[Melee|melee]] and [[Wave Surfing]] in [[One on One|one-on-one]].
+
: It uses [[Minimum Risk Movement]]/[[Melee Surfing]] in [[Melee|melee]] and [[Wave Surfing]] in [[One on One|one-on-one]].
  
 
; How does it fire?
 
; How does it fire?

Revision as of 20:27, 1 October 2017

Firestarter
Firestarter.png
Author(s) User:Cb
Targeting DC-PIF
Movement Wave Surfing, Minimum Risk Movement
Released July 2017
Best Rating #1 Melee (2017)
Current Version 1.10
Code License Proprietary
Download
Sub-pages:
Version History

Background Information

What's special about it?
Its melee movement dodges many bullets.
How competitive is it?
Currently #1 in the melee rumble and #14 in RoboRumble.

Strategy

How does it move?
It uses Minimum Risk Movement/Melee Surfing in melee and Wave Surfing in one-on-one.
How does it fire?
It uses a DC-PIF gun inspired by Shadow.
What does it save between rounds and matches?
Between rounds gun and movement data, between matches nothing.

Additional Information

Where did you get the name?
It's the name of a song by The Prodigy.
Can I use your code?
I am keeping it closed source for now.
What's next for your robot?
Making it stronger in one-on-one.
Does it have any White Whales?
Neuromancer and Diamond.
What other robot(s) is it based on?
The code is mostly new, but here is a list of credits: