Claudius

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Claudius
Author(s) CrazyBassoonist
Extends AdvancedRobot
Targeting Pattern Matching
Movement Multimode
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Background Information

Bot Name
Claudius
Author
CrazyBassoonist
Extends
AdvancedRobot
What's special about it?
It's my first robot after a 9 year break!
Great, I want to try it. Where can I download it?
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1JJXM_mgPwxKVK0WDNpf92VUaMABv8bYl
How competitive is it?
TBD

Strategy

What is its basic strategy?
Like its little brother Caligula, Claudius focuses on beating the very exploitable bots by as large a margin as possible at the expense of its matchup against stronger bots.
How does it move?
It has three movement modes. First it tries orbiting the opponent at full speed, then reversing direction on bullet fire, and if all else fails random movement.
How does it fire?
It uses the nano-sized symbolic pattern matcher popularized by WeekendObsession, but with some major improvements for a pretty small codesize increase. Claudius matches on lateral velocity and advancing velocity and uses more accurate prediction to avoid shooting into walls.
How does it dodge bullets?
Claudius has what i suspect is one of the better bullet-dodging schemes in the micro division. It even simulates enemy gunheat to avoid being fooled by wall collisions.
Is this robot melee-capable?
Not in the slightest.
What does it save between rounds and matches?
The only relevant information that it saves between rounds is the targeting log for its gun and which movement mode to use. It saves nothing between matches.

Additional Information

Where did you get the name?
Claudius was the next emperor after Caligula.
Can I use your code?
RWPCL
What's next for your robot?

Lots of minor tweaking. The random movement has undergone very little refinement.

Does it have any White Whales?
Cotillion.

Version History

1.1

  • Modify the weekendobsession gun to match on advancing velocity and use a more play-it-forward type prediction so it won't shoot into the wall.

1. 0

  • First release