I followed robowar for a long time, up until about four of five years
ago. I was wondering if there is still an active following of people,
tournaments, et cetera, I've been thinking about getting back into it.
Also, is 4.5.2 still the standard version?
I followed robowar for a long time, up until about four of five years ago. I was wondering if there is still an active following of people, tournaments, et...
There's a following, although not particularly active. At the moment the version of RoboWar that is most commonly used is the Visual Basic port for Windows....
Eric Foley
stiltman@...
Sep 26, 2007 7:06 pm
Well I'm still here and if any tornament is ever held I'll send something in, but it is hard to get any motivation to build anything when i'm most likely only...
... Hash: SHA1 I also still have my C# version. But it implements only a small part of what RoboWar can do now. I'm also not sure if and when I will continue ...
I used to be addicted to it years ago, when it was only available on the Mac (RoboWar 4.5.2!) but since then I haven't played much at all, beyond the...
As far as Kevin intended, the VB version is now free of bugs. As Eric mentioned, though, there were some calls for rule changes that haven't occured, and...
Hi, What do you mean "start small again"? By the way, I still have a dozen new bots lying around (all which have either a great group or great 1vs1 mode but...
It seems like a lot of people (myself included) would be much more likely to code bots if there was more activity. But there won't be more activity unless ...
I guess that like David Harris, the inventor, many people who had been fascinated by the game became too busy to play with it. None of us today can afford to...
Taro Yamamoto
tyamamot@...
Oct 1, 2007 2:10 am
... Ahh I remember those... and MoveBot, and Pearl... The bots I used to create were all tested against those... they usually did well until I tried against...
... You should print the content of The Theory of Robot Design, so that you can learn the Robowar tactics someday in the future. ...
Taro Yamamoto
tyamamot@...
Oct 3, 2007 12:14 am
Heh, I just glanced at the Theory on Kevin's sight, and am a little amused by his last addition to the Arcstunner. As far as I know, In the Eye of Chaos was ...
... Ah, Neo-dashers, according to his terminology. . . . --Taro...
Taro Yamamoto
tyamamot@...
Oct 10, 2007 12:25 am
I personally sort of agree with this new terminology somewhat. Although it's true that ultimately they're all using the same trigonometry-driven course...
Eric Foley
stiltman@...
Oct 10, 2007 5:31 am
Solution to our problems? Â IMO I'm still the best for the job. And I could be even better. Â I absolutely loved coding RoboWar. But since my professional...
At one point Kevin was asking me to check over his source, I think particularly during his scoring implimentation. But toward the end he made so many changes...
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