BedMaker

I'm not sure, I always run one challenge at a time with the max threads I'm willing to use ("-t 6" for 6 threads). That error does sound like they might be stepping on each other's toes.

Oddly enough, using the -t tag for more threads causes problems for me...

(Running using server) Result for robot named "tjk.deBroglie rev0115 (2)". Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1 at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1949) at roboResearch.engine.Result.<init>(Result.java:31) at roboResearch.engine.BattleResults.load(BattleResults.java:42) at roboResearch.engine.BattleResults.load(BattleResults.java:24) at roboResearch.engine.BattleRunner.run(BattleRunner.java:107) at roboResearch.CLI.run(CLI.java:94) at roboResearch.CLI.<init>(CLI.java:69) at roboResearch.CLI.main(CLI.java:38)

Hmm, weird. Well, I don't know if this is the issue, but the instructions say when you use -t, you should also start the SQL DB separately and pass -S. The command to start the DB is:

java -Xmx1024M -cp hsqldb.jar org.hsqldb.Server -database.0 file:roboresearch -dbname.0 roboresearch

So I do that, then run with "-S -t 6" and it works. That "tjk.deBroglie rev0115 (2)" almost seems like you have two of that bot/version in a battle against itself, though - is that the case? Not sure if I've tried that or if it would cause issues.

Yeah, I've got the -S flag in there and have the server running in a separate terminal. Here's the whole thing:

tom@gecko ~/RoboResearch $ java -Xmx512M -cp bin:hsqldb.jar roboResearch.CLI -S -t 3 -C challenges/debroglie1.rrc -c "tjk.deBroglie rev0116" -r 35 -s 14

Challenge Specifications:

Challenge: deBroglierev108 150-57-95

Bot: tjk.deBroglie rev0116

Alias: null

Rounds: 35

Threads: 3

Type: null

Seasons: 14


(Running using server)

Result for robot named "tjk.deBroglie rev0116 (2)".

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1

at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1949)

at roboResearch.engine.Result.<init>(Result.java:31)

at roboResearch.engine.BattleResults.load(BattleResults.java:42)

at roboResearch.engine.BattleResults.load(BattleResults.java:24)

at roboResearch.engine.BattleRunner.run(BattleRunner.java:107)

at roboResearch.CLI.run(CLI.java:94)

at roboResearch.CLI.<init>(CLI.java:69)

at roboResearch.CLI.main(CLI.java:38)

Strange. I've been using the prepackaged one linked at the wiki here. Maybe I'll get the latest one via SVN and work around the build instructions that refer to nonexistent files.

And single threaded works, or the GUI? That's so odd. I know the code base a little and it seems like that path should execute the same across all of them. Or did you figure it out?

Single threaded works great.. same command line with the "-t 3" omitted.

Maybe having to do with the fact that I'm using OpenJDK? Do you use the Sun/Oracle JRE/JDK ?

I'm also using OpenJDK, on Ubuntu 12.04. (And previously the Apple JVM on a Mac.) The line that's failing is trying to parse the bot name from a line that, I think, would look like "1: tkiesel.deBroglie rev0116". If you want to hack on the RoboResearch source, you may be able to get a better picture. I would wonder if it's something about the Robocode version, except that it's working in those other configurations...

Yeah.. OpenJDK on Linux Mint 13 here, which is based on Ubuntu 12.04. Much the same running environment.

It looks like you have an extra space in the bot name, the " (2)". Could that be the issue?

Feel free to inspect the actual command I entered; I pasted it up above.

java -Xmx512M -cp bin:hsqldb.jar roboResearch.CLI -S -t 3 -C challenges/debroglie1.rrc -c "tjk.deBroglie rev0116" -r 35 -s 14

has problems while

java -Xmx512M -cp bin:hsqldb.jar roboResearch.CLI -S -C challenges/debroglie1.rrc -c "tjk.deBroglie rev0116" -r 35 -s 14

does not.

What's odd is that the lines that declare what config will be running (before the actual battles start) seem to indicate that the bot name was read correctly. Again, as I pasted above:

Challenge: deBroglierev108 150-57-95

Bot: tjk.deBroglie rev0116

Alias: null

Rounds: 35

Threads: 3

Type: null

Seasons: 14

But then, a moment later, RoboResearch has " (2)" appended to the end of the bot name. Very odd.

Sounds like a fun project! I'm no pro developer, just a physics guy who got into programming in college, but I'd love to contribute however I could to a project like that.