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{{Infobox Robot | {{Infobox Robot | ||
| name = Robovirus | | name = Robovirus | ||
| − | | author = spinnercat | + | | image = Robovirus.jpg |
| + | | author = [[User:spinnercat|spinnercat]] | ||
| extends = [[AdvancedRobot]] | | extends = [[AdvancedRobot]] | ||
| − | | targeting = [[ | + | | targeting = [[GuessFactor Targeting (traditional)|GuessFactor Targeting]] |
| − | | movement = [[ | + | | movement = [[Wave Surfing]] |
| released = June 8, 2009 | | released = June 8, 2009 | ||
| − | | best_rating = | + | | best_rating = 1536.8 |
| current_version = 2.718 | | current_version = 2.718 | ||
| license = | | license = | ||
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| no_categories = | | no_categories = | ||
}} | }} | ||
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| + | ==Info== | ||
| + | ; Bot Name | ||
| + | : Robovirus | ||
| + | |||
| + | ; Author | ||
| + | : [[User:Spinnercat|Spinnercat]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ; Extends | ||
| + | : [[AdvancedRobot]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ; What's special about it? | ||
| + | : It's our first REAL bot and our first one submitted to RoboRumble. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ; How competitive is it? | ||
| + | : Not extremely, but more so than we had hoped! | ||
| + | : Currently 131st in General Melee and 132nd in General One-on-One. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | ==Strategy== | ||
| + | ; How does it [[Movement|move]]? | ||
| + | : In a One-on-One battle, it uses a basic form of [[Wave Surfing]]. | ||
| + | : In a melee battle, it does a [[Minimum Risk Movement|Minimum-Risk]] style movement, roughly based on Tron. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ; How does it [[Targeting|fire]]? | ||
| + | : In a One-on-One battle, it uses [[GuessFactor Targeting]], more or less copied off of Kawigi's [[GuessFactor Targeting Tutorial]]. | ||
| + | : In melee, it uses [[Linear Targeting]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ; How does it [[Dodging Bullets|dodge bullets]]? | ||
| + | : [[Wave Surfing]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ; How does the [[melee]] strategy differ from [[One-on-one]] strategy? | ||
| + | : Different [[Radar]], [[Movement]], and [[Targeting]]. We basically change everything depending on how many opponents are still in the field. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ; In [[melee]], how does it pick an opponent to fire at? | ||
| + | : It tracks one enemy, but switches to a new target if it is more than (if i remember correctly) 50 or so pixels closer. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Additional Info== | ||
| + | ; Where did you get the name? | ||
| + | : Mashing our first names together got Virus, and then added Robo in front for fun. | ||
| + | : I think a [[wikipedia:robovirus|robovirus]] is actually a type of virus. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ; What's next for your robot? | ||
| + | : Getting some sort of virtual bullets with [[Pattern Matching]] and/or an [[Anti-Surfer Targeting|Anti-Surfer Gun]] would be nice, as our targeting fails against Wave Surfers. | ||
| + | : We're also experimenting with a modified version of Wave Surfing, but so far it's too early to tell whether it'll work. | ||
| + | : Our goal: Top 100 in both 1v1 and Melee RoboRumble! | ||
| + | : We're also trying to clean up the code a bit so that we can release the source and have it make a bit of sense. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | [[Category:Bots|Robovirus]] | ||
| + | [[Category:1-vs-1 Bots|Robovirus]] | ||
| + | [[Category:MegaBots|Robovirus]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Melee Bots|Robovirus]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:16, 23 June 2009
| Robovirus | |
 | |
| Author(s) | spinnercat |
| Extends | AdvancedRobot |
| Targeting | GuessFactor Targeting |
| Movement | Wave Surfing |
| Released | June 8, 2009 |
| Best Rating | 1536.8 |
| Current Version | 2.718 |
Info
- Bot Name
- Robovirus
- Author
- Spinnercat
- Extends
- AdvancedRobot
- What's special about it?
- It's our first REAL bot and our first one submitted to RoboRumble.
- How competitive is it?
- Not extremely, but more so than we had hoped!
- Currently 131st in General Melee and 132nd in General One-on-One.
Strategy
- How does it move?
- In a One-on-One battle, it uses a basic form of Wave Surfing.
- In a melee battle, it does a Minimum-Risk style movement, roughly based on Tron.
- How does it fire?
- In a One-on-One battle, it uses GuessFactor Targeting, more or less copied off of Kawigi's GuessFactor Targeting Tutorial.
- In melee, it uses Linear Targeting.
- How does it dodge bullets?
- Wave Surfing
- How does the melee strategy differ from One-on-one strategy?
- Different Radar, Movement, and Targeting. We basically change everything depending on how many opponents are still in the field.
- In melee, how does it pick an opponent to fire at?
- It tracks one enemy, but switches to a new target if it is more than (if i remember correctly) 50 or so pixels closer.
Additional Info
- Where did you get the name?
- Mashing our first names together got Virus, and then added Robo in front for fun.
- I think a robovirus is actually a type of virus.
- What's next for your robot?
- Getting some sort of virtual bullets with Pattern Matching and/or an Anti-Surfer Gun would be nice, as our targeting fails against Wave Surfers.
- We're also experimenting with a modified version of Wave Surfing, but so far it's too early to tell whether it'll work.
- Our goal: Top 100 in both 1v1 and Melee RoboRumble!
- We're also trying to clean up the code a bit so that we can release the source and have it make a bit of sense.
