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| − | == Downloading other Robots ==
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| − | You're not alone writing robots! There are thousands of robots other people have written that you can download and battle with. Warning: Some of them are extremely tough to beat! There is a wide variety of robots available with all sorts of different strategies. It's up to you to go get them, try them out, and [[Robocode/Learning from Robots|learn]] from them.
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| − | Most of the robots are available at the popular Robocode website [http://robocoderepository.com/ Robocode Repository], and other robots that take part in the [[RoboRumble]] can be found via the URL listed in the list of [[RoboRumble/Participants|RoboRumble Participants]].
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| − | To use them, simply download the robot's .jar file (all robots come as ".jar" files, which means "Java ARchive"), and save it in your '''/robots''' directory.
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| − | || [[Image:WolverineVsRapture.jpg|Battle between Wolvering versus Rapture]]
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| − | Here are a couple screenshots of me downloading Rapture 2.13:
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| − | [[Image:FileDownload.png|Showing a file dialog for downloading Rapture 2.13]]
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| − | Then, after clicking '''Save'''..
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| − | [[Image:SaveAs.png|Showing a Save As file dialog for choosing where to save Rapture 2.13]]
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| − | '''Note:''' The easiest way to use downloaded robots is to save them directly to the robots directory. However, if you save it anywhere else or have any trouble, you can use the '''Import downloaded robot''' tool to copy it there.
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| − | [[Image:ImportRobot.png|Showing how to select "Import downloaded Robot" from the Robot menu]]
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| − | Once the new robot .jar file is in your robots directory, simply '''press F5''' to refresh the New Battle dialog, and the robot will appear in the list:
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| − | [[Image:SelectedRobots.png|Showing two selected robots from the New Battle dialog]]
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| − | Try it out! Is your robot tough enough?
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | === Robot API ===
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| − | * [http://robocode.sourceforge.net/docs/robocode/ Robot API]
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| − | === Tutorials ===
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| − | * [[Robocode/System Requirements|System Requirements for Robocode]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Download|How to download and install Robocode]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Robot Anatomy|The anatomy of a robot]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Getting Started|Getting started with Robocode]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/My First Robot|My First Robot Tutorial]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Game Physics|Robocode Game Physics]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Scoring|Scoring in Robocode]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Robot Console|Using the robot console]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Learning from Robots|Learning from other robots]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Package Robot|Package your robot]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Articles|Articles about Robocode]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Console Usage|Starting Robocode from the command line]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Graphical_Debugging|Graphical debugging]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Using an IDE|Using Eclipse as IDE]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Eclipse/Create_a_Project|Creating a project for your robots]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Eclipse/Create_a_Robot|Creating a robot in Eclipse]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Running from Eclipse|Running your robot from Eclipse]]
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| − | * [[Robocode/Eclipse/Debugging Robot|Debugging your robot with Eclipse]]
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| − | === News and Releases ===
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| − | * [http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_project.php?group_id=37202 RSS Feeds for the Robocode project]
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| − | * [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37202&package_id=29609 Robocode file releases]
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| − | === Home pages ===
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| − | * [http://robocode.sourceforge.net/ Classic homepage]
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| − | * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/robocode Robocode project at SourceForge]
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| − | * [http://robocoderepository.com/ Robocode Repository]
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| − | * [[wikipedia:Robocode|Wikipediaentry for Robocode]]
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| − | [[Category:Robocode Documentation]]
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| − | [[Category:Tutorials]]
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