Difference between revisions of "Midboss"

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Midboss
Author(s)	Rednaxela
Extends	AdvancedRobot
Targeting	Anti-aliased and interpolated Visit Count Stats, using Guess Factors
Movement	Wave Surfing
Current Version	1d
Code License	RWPCL
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My first bot in the rumble to use the SaphireEdge gun, which I began over a year back (Wow! Time files!)
Thus, it's the second bot in the rumble to use Visit Count Stats with full interpolation and anti-aliasing between segments. The first being SaphireEdge-inspired usage in WaveSerpent.
It's the only surfer I know that ranks as high as it does yet doesn't segment it's surfing data on anything except advancing and lateral velocity... I wonder if this surprises anyone or not.

Great, I want to try it. Where can I download it?: Over here! Can't you see the infobox? :)

How competitive is it?: Well... RougeDC wasn't bad to start off with... and it looks like SaphireEdge has improved things overall.

How does it move?: Orbital Wave Surfing movement. Changes attack angle in an attempt to controlled the distance.

How does it fire?: Visit Count Stats with full interpolation and anti-aliasing between segments. See SaphireEdge.

How does the melee strategy differ from One-on-one strategy?: Don't even try it...

What does it save between rounds and matches?: Saves all surfing and targeting data across rounds, nothing across matches.

Can I use your code?: Not sharing this one's code in public, at least right now. Mostly because the melding of the bot framework SaphireEdge uses and the bot framework RougeDC uses is awfully messy at the moment, because for now my first priority was to get in a proof-of-concept state to get into the rumble.

What's next for your robot?: After version 1d, my first task will be implementing a much smarter automatic bullet power selection system than the one it inherits from RougeDC (which is itself the smartest such system I know of already). After that, I may toy with giving it's surfing some more advanced learning. Giving the core of the surfing a do-over will happen with Glacier first however, since I wish to make it surfing that is both melee and 1v1 capable.

Does it haves any White Whales?: Ahab is stuck at sea in shark infested waters

Credits also go to:

ABC for inventing Wave Surfing
Paul Evans for creating GuessFactor Targeting
Skilgannon for making the comment that caused me to discover how great it is to use virtual gunheat waves 2 ticks before the Energy Drop is detected
Voidious for a some inspiration in how to handle distancing
Simonton for inspiring me with User:Simonton/DCResearch
Jlm0924 for posting the comment on Talk:Selecting_Fire_Power/Albert that in the end caused me to decide to make Midboss.
And everyone else on the wiki who has helped me :)

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 ; What's special about it?
 * My first bot in the rumble to use the [[User:Rednaxela/SaphireEdge|SaphireEdge]] gun, which I began over a year back (Wow! Time files!)
-* Thus, it's the only bot in the rumble to use [[Visit Count Stats]] with full interpolation and anti-aliasing between segments.
+* Thus, it's the second bot in the rumble to use [[Visit Count Stats]] with full interpolation and anti-aliasing between segments. The first being SaphireEdge-inspired usage in [[WaveSerpent]].
 * It's the '''only''' surfer I know that ranks as high as it does yet doesn't segment it's surfing data on '''anything''' except advancing and lateral velocity... I wonder if this surprises anyone or not.