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**spadequack** · This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 07/06/2008 05:19:24

Unless bert has changed Zapp, I remember Zapp generating null pointer exceptions in a couple special situations, which might explain its not making its moves from time to time. I don't remember what they are, but I can look into it if you want. I also think Zapp's code still thinks that artillery can move and shoot. Thus Zapp's artillery don't do anything. I haven't watched Zapp closely in a while though, so I'm not 100% sure.

**alex**

Zapp sits on a local box and I think that one is not always running. We'll see to have it up as much as possible. Bert has control over that particular power button. An amazing intelligence like Zapp's does take a lot of electricity!

**Pistos**

Oh, I just thought the cron job or daemon was busted. Never thought that it was actually running, but hitting NullPointerExceptions repeatedly...

**ShadowPanther**

Awesome. So do are the bots fully functional? I wanna try to beat on fairly this time.

**ShadowPanther**

Pluto wrote:also, i threw together a little greasemonkey script to expedite starting new games vs. your bot.
http://plutosforge.com/files/newgame.user.js

it seems that it always starts a game on Botanic troubles.

**Pluto**

thanks for the pro accounts on the test server, but the map generator seems to be a bit broken. It gets stuck in the "generating preview" mode like when the original one came out.

**bert**

Your map got generated.

**Pistos**

Okay, after about 10 days in gestation and rapid development, I am ready to present the Ruby Weewar AI library for general beta testing.

Home/Documentation: http://weewar.purepistos.net/ai-doc/
Repository: http://github.com/Pistos/weewar-ai/tree/master
Installation: gem install weewar-ai --source http://purepistos.net
Usage: See examples/ dir. See rdoc at http://weewar.purepistos.net/ai-doc/ .

I've tried to thoroughly document this library, with descriptions and example code for every method a developer would use. The example program runs as-is, after you change the bot username and API key to your own.

Enjoy! Feedback and suggestions welcome. You can track the github project for this library to keep abreast of progress and development.

**Pluto**

Awesome Pistos!

I will definitely look into it more, however it seems that your doc page is down right now

**Pistos**

There has been some storm activity in the area where that server is. It looks like it's back now.

**spadequack**

Great! I'll take a look at it when I get the chance, but the rest of this summer will be busy for me.

**davewasthere**

And I've ported most of ai_Zapp to c# .net.

If anyone wants to have a play with it, I could set up an SVN repository for it. For now though, I'm just trying to make it less than completely thick!

**fn0000rd**

Unfortunately, it looks like the python bot code is out of date or something, because it refuses to connect now.

Anyone know what the deal is with that?

**kajah**

ai_kajah played its first game against zapp yesterday and eventually won. Yey! it's a c# .NET app too. I'll start working on a real bot now and if it's good enough I'll post the source

. I've been a little pre-occupied with the bot infrastructure than the ai. It basically has its own inbuilt weewar server and can play an entire game against itself or another bot in memory, although the first ai_kajah doesn't really take full advantage of this atm.

**ai_GuybrushCreepwood**

spadequack wrote:At last, I have git working and have files uploaded. See http://github.com/spadequack/aiquacker/tree/master for java files that calculate probabilities for battle damage

Spadequack, is your code still available somewhere? It's not on the mentioned github site.
Sounds really cool and I would love to use it for my bot!

07/06/2008 05:17:41 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
spadequack Heavy Tank Offline	Unless bert has changed Zapp, I remember Zapp generating null pointer exceptions in a couple special situations, which might explain its not making its moves from time to time. I don't remember what they are, but I can look into it if you want. I also think Zapp's code still thinks that artillery can move and shoot. Thus Zapp's artillery don't do anything. I haven't watched Zapp closely in a while though, so I'm not 100% sure. This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 07/06/2008 05:19:24
07/06/2008 05:23:35 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
alex Staff Offline	Zapp sits on a local box and I think that one is not always running. We'll see to have it up as much as possible. Bert has control over that particular power button. An amazing intelligence like Zapp's does take a lot of electricity!
07/06/2008 05:23:47 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
Pistos Raider Offline	Oh, I just thought the cron job or daemon was busted. Never thought that it was actually running, but hitting NullPointerExceptions repeatedly...
09/06/2008 02:43:21 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
ShadowPanther Tank Offline	Awesome. So do are the bots fully functional? I wanna try to beat on fairly this time.
09/06/2008 02:45:33 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
ShadowPanther Tank Offline	Pluto wrote:also, i threw together a little greasemonkey script to expedite starting new games vs. your bot. http://plutosforge.com/files/newgame.user.js it seems that it always starts a game on Botanic troubles.
09/06/2008 16:06:35 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
Pluto Raider Offline	thanks for the pro accounts on the test server, but the map generator seems to be a bit broken. It gets stuck in the "generating preview" mode like when the original one came out.
09/06/2008 18:36:54 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
bert Staff Offline	Your map got generated.
10/06/2008 00:33:01 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
Pistos Raider Offline	Okay, after about 10 days in gestation and rapid development, I am ready to present the Ruby Weewar AI library for general beta testing. Home/Documentation: http://weewar.purepistos.net/ai-doc/ Repository: http://github.com/Pistos/weewar-ai/tree/master Installation: gem install weewar-ai --source http://purepistos.net Usage: See examples/ dir. See rdoc at http://weewar.purepistos.net/ai-doc/ . I've tried to thoroughly document this library, with descriptions and example code for every method a developer would use. The example program runs as-is, after you change the bot username and API key to your own. Enjoy! Feedback and suggestions welcome. You can track the github project for this library to keep abreast of progress and development.
10/06/2008 02:34:58 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
Pluto Raider Offline	Awesome Pistos! I will definitely look into it more, however it seems that your doc page is down right now
10/06/2008 02:46:26 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
Pistos Raider Offline	There has been some storm activity in the area where that server is. It looks like it's back now.
10/06/2008 03:20:12 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
spadequack Heavy Tank Offline	Great! I'll take a look at it when I get the chance, but the rest of this summer will be busy for me.
28/09/2009 17:53:21 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
davewasthere Raider Offline	And I've ported most of ai_Zapp to c# .net. If anyone wants to have a play with it, I could set up an SVN repository for it. For now though, I'm just trying to make it less than completely thick!
28/09/2009 19:01:52 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
fn0000rd Raider Offline	Unfortunately, it looks like the python bot code is out of date or something, because it refuses to connect now. Anyone know what the deal is with that?
01/10/2009 10:54:27 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
kajah Heavy Trooper Offline	ai_kajah played its first game against zapp yesterday and eventually won. Yey! it's a c# .NET app too. I'll start working on a real bot now and if it's good enough I'll post the source . I've been a little pre-occupied with the bot infrastructure than the ai. It basically has its own inbuilt weewar server and can play an entire game against itself or another bot in memory, although the first ai_kajah doesn't really take full advantage of this atm.
23/12/2009 22:30:19 Re:AI Interface (cont.)
ai_GuybrushCreepwood Trooper Offline	spadequack wrote:At last, I have git working and have files uploaded. See http://github.com/spadequack/aiquacker/tree/master for java files that calculate probabilities for battle damage Spadequack, is your code still available somewhere? It's not on the mentioned github site. Sounds really cool and I would love to use it for my bot!