http://robowiki.net/w/index.php?title=Neophyte&feed=atom&action=historyNeophyte - Revision history2024-03-28T09:09:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.34.1http://robowiki.net/w/index.php?title=Neophyte&diff=30855&oldid=prevNz.jdc: Created page with "Historic page copied from the old wiki.<br /> <br /> The Neophyte series started with two things I saw on the wiki: segmentation, as used in guess factor targetting, and rolli..."2013-05-23T22:16:10Z<p>Created page with "Historic page copied from the old wiki.<br /> <br /> The Neophyte series started with two things I saw on the wiki: segmentation, as used in guess factor targetting, and rolli..."</p>
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The Neophyte series started with two things I saw on the wiki: segmentation, as used in guess factor targetting, and rolling averages. I put the two together and came up with [[NeophyteSRAL]]. The SRAL stands for Segmented Rolling Average Linear (targetting). Sorry, but I can be a bit literal at times. Movement started with simple Stop and Go bullet dodging, then added some randomness to help against pattern matchers and finally became pseudo adaptive when I saw the inspired nano-sized direction * mode; onBulletHit? mode = -mode; stuff in Freddie.<br /><br />
[[NeophytePRAL]] (Predictive Rolling Average Linear) takes a similar idea, but changes the segemntation to what the enemy was doing the last time I fired, so it can better hit oscillating movement.<br /><br />
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Both bots exhibit quite a high specialization index, because their targetting is strong against some movement and weak against others.<br /><br />
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Initially I did my best to come up with something new and original. I tried hard to resist copying Weekend Obsession too closely, so it wasn't until SRAL and PRAL had gained a decent rank that I allowed myself to copy Eric's cool and small pattern gun to see how it would go with my modified Freddie movement. Though [[NeophytePattern]] is the strongest, I am prouder of SRAL and PRAL as they contain more of my own ideas. Needless to say I was a little upset when later careful analysis of some other good nanobots revealed that SRAL's targetting was not that original after all.</div>Nz.jdc