Thorn/Version History

• 1.251: rated ?
  • Added second wall ahead segment yet again.
• 1.25: rated 81.30 APS, ranked 1st (1st PL)
  • Removed second wall ahead segment.
  • Fixed bug introduced in version 1.24 that made Thorn add 1 to the opponents fire power in StopNGo movement.
  • Fixed bug present in versions 1.2-1.24 that made Thorn think the enemy's bullet speed was always 20 by having Thorn learn about the enemy's bullet speed when hit by a bullet instead of on the scan event.
  • Tweaked random movement.
• 1.24: rated 79.33 APS, ranked 2nd (1st PL)
  • Shrunk code size.
  • Removed bin smoothing.
  • Added second wall ahead segment again.
• 1.23: rated 80.87 APS, ranked 2nd (1st PL)
  • Shrunk code size even more.
  • Added bin smoothing.
• 1.22: rated 81.06 APS, ranked 2nd (1st PL)
  • Removed second wall ahead segment.
  • Uses last enemy orbit direction when its enemy's velocity is zero.
  • Added some anti-BulletCatcher catcher code.
• 1.21: rated 80.52 APS, ranked 2nd (1st PL)
  • Shrunk code size further.
  • Improved anti-ram behavior.
• 1.2: rated 79.62 APS, ranked 2nd (1st PL)
  • Revert to 1.142
  • Shrunk code size.
  • Stop and go movement distance is now based on enemy's fire power.
  • Added additional wall ahead segment and a wall reverse segment.
  • Other minor tweaks.
• 1.152: rated 1965, ranked 3rd (1st PL)
  • Added an additional time since deccel segment.
• 1.151: rated 1974, ranked 3rd (2nd PL)
  • Removed energy tracking from onHitByBullet.
  • Added time since deccel segments.
  • Tweak to velocity segments.
• 1.144: rated 1974, ranked 2nd (1st PL)
  • Back to my own flattener.
  • Uses 5 velocity segments instead of 3.
• 1.143: rated 1979, ranked 2nd (1st PL)
  • Shrunk code size even more.
  • Uses RaikoMicro's flattener for comparison.
• 1.142: rated 1982 (after significant downward rating drift), ranked 2nd.
  • Shrunk code size by 5 bytes.
  • Added back the learning from bullet hit.
  • Removed extra wall slice.
  • Updates the other bot's energy when it hits.
  • Slightly less dive protection.
• 1.141: rated 1986, ranked 1st (1st PL) micro, rated 1856, ranked 55 (60 PL) mega.
  • Doesn't change enemy energy when my bullet hits (for more code size).
  • Doesn't switch movement mode after round five (for code size too).
  • Added another wall segment.
• 1.14: rated 1991, ranked 1st (1st PL) micro, rated 1852, ranked 55 (58 PL) mega.
  • Uses a smaller (and better) power function for reverse chance instead of the old quadratic one.
  • Fires full power against rammers.
  • Small tweak to wall segment.
• 1.13: rated 1963, ranked 1st (3 PL) micro, and rated 1835, ranked 60 (74 PL) mega. (WeeklongObsession isn't in rumble at this time).
  • Shrunk code size a little.
  • Sharper distancing.
  • A bit more accurate measurement of enemy energy (reacts to onBulletHit).
• 1.2: rated 1943, ranked 2nd (4 PL) micro, rated 1815, ranked 66 (76 PL) mega.
  • Random movement replaced with new and strong flat movement.
• 1.11: rated 1954 ranked 1st (4 PL) micro, ranked 1829, ranked 59 (73 PL) mega.
  • Fixed a small bug causing the velocity segment to be computed using the other robot's last velocity instead of its current one.
• 1.1: rated 1964, ranked 1st (4 PL) micro, rated 1832, ranked 58 (74 PL) mega.
  • Freed some more space.
  • Moves depending on what bullet power the other robot is using.
• 1.02: rated 1957, ranked 1st (4 PL) micro, rated 1829, ranked 56 (68 PL) mega.
  • Fixed bug making Thorn think the other robot's orbit direction was always 1.
• 1.01: rated 1850, ranked 4 micro rated 1731 ranked 120 mega.
  • Tweaked distancing.
  • Freed up about 35 bytes...
  • I definitely broke something here :(.
• 1.0: rated 1954, ranked 1st (4 PL) micro, rated 1830 ranked 55 (65 PL) mega.
  • Initial release.