Energy Management
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Energy Management is the art of conserving power to improve overall survival. Some of the more common methods are:
- Fire low power bullets at long distances.
- Never fire bullets with a power higher than the necessary to kill the enemy.
- Reduce fire-power (or not fire at all) when the bot energy is low.
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Explanation
Energy Management is extremely easy to implement in almost any bot. Nanobots may not want to use Energy Management methods, since they have such strict Code_Size requirements.
Save Energy for Short Distances
Saving Energy for Close Range Combat is a smart thing for two reasons:
- Powerful shots take longer to move and
- Higher Hit Average.
Reducing Firepower for Killing
Reducing Firepower to use just enough energy to kill an opponent would save a vast amount of energy. Instead to firing full power at a robot with an energy reading of 3.0, you could shoot at with 1.0 energy.
The Formula for Energy Used/Damage Inflicted is 4*(2*(power-1)),
where power is a double greater than 1, and 4*(power),
where power is a double less than or equal to 1. So the Minimum Damage you can do is 0.4 (4*(0.1)) and the Maximum Damage you can do is 16.0 (4*(2*(3.0-1))).
