LemonDrop

LemonDrop
Don't underestimate the power.
Author(s)	Exauge
Extends	AdvancedRobot
Targeting	Pattern Matching
Movement	Random Movement & Stop & Go
Current Version	1.5.145 BETA
Code License	RWLPCL
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Background Information

When is LemonDrop coming out of BETA?: LemonDrop is officially coming out of BETA on 25 May.

What's so special about it?: It's my first robot which implements a small, but effective (against small bots) Random Movement. Most lightweight pattern matchers have a very difficult time hitting it. Also it has multi-mode movement that works as follows: if it loses 3 rounds before it wins 3, it switches to a Stop & Go movement (to perform better against basic targeting methods). It then runs the Stop & Go movement until it loses 3 rounds. After that, it figures which movement performed the best, and uses it for the remaining rounds. Recently added anti-rambot features in order to score higher against rambots which it has been scoring quite low against...

How competitive is it?: Fairly - it's #60 in the microrumble and #284 in the general rumble. <---(not up to date)

Version Information: 1.0 - Pattern Matching, Random Movement, Infinity lock; 1.1 - stronger movement algorithm, strengthened wall avoidance; 1.2 - strengthened movement even more, changed gun a wee bit ;), corrected small glitch; 1.3 - small gun tweaking, better wall avoidance, stronger movement, narrow lock radar; 1.4 - multi-mode movement, fixed "sticky-wall glitch" by reverting to previous wall avoidance; 1.5 - a few fixes and most importantly added some antiram, improved gun/slimmed code a little

How does the melee strategy differ from One-on-one strategy?: It doesn't. It's not a melee bot - its radar has not even been focused to function when fighting more than one bot - that might be implemented soon.

What does it save between rounds and matches?: A few static variables including symbolic state, effectiveness of movement methods, win count, movement to use, and a couple others because they use less codesize lol :p.

Can I use your code?: Absolutely. It's RWLPCL. I commented the code a lot to make it easier to understand, but it's slightly compressed to save codesize so you might have to pay semi-close attention. You can view the code by clicking the source link to the right. You can see more free code / tutorials at my code snippets page.

What's next for your robot?: Add a few more advanced features, maybe switch to GuessFactor Targeting, integrate a flawless wall avoidance while keeping it micro size.

Does it have any White Whales?: Thorn, Waveshark, Smoke, Raiko, and Acero. (Could change with V 1.5 :O)

What other robot(s) is it based on?: I used a slightly altered version of Robar's BlackWidow gun.