Re: Is it possible to make a competitive JuniorRobot?

Well you are 100% correct but this problem has gotten into my head :-( 
I know that the it cant improve beyond a certain point, but is just beating the sample bots in a melee too much of a task for a Junior?

About the "Honor Code", can you be little more elaborate on that please. I have no idea how it'll work. Basically no one will literally copy paste the entire code of course. Even little formatting changes would make the script think it's a different code wont it?

--- In [email protected], Mike Purvis <eibonscroll@...> wrote:
>
> This is just a thought. I don't use Robocode but have followed this list for
> a few years.
> 
> It sounds like the problem you are really trying to solve is to stop
> cheating, but are now trying to solve how to get more functionality out of
> JuniorRobots in the hope that would limit cheating.
> 
> I don't think that will prevent cheating. I would suggest you implement some
> sort of "Honor Code" such as what Stanford uses on Computer Science Homework
> assignments. Basically build up a repository of all available Robot code out
> there and write a script program that tests competitors code against the
> code in your repository. You can add each participants code into the
> repository as it is tested to test against copying each other as well.
> 
> I understand writing the test script is not trivial, but it sounds like you
> have the time available and it would be a good solution to the problem you
> are actually trying to solve without introducing new problems.
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton@...>wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On 13 July 2010 22:38, realmoonstruck <realmoonstruck@...<realmoonstruck%40gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> > > I have made a few junior bots for testing.
> > > Until now i have been able to beat all the sample bots in 1 vs 1 combat.
> > but when it comes to a melee it shows no deterministic result.
> >
> > I've never tried to write a JuniorRobot but I've read the manual and,
> > given the simplified scanning system in JuniorRobots, I'm not sure
> > you'll ever be able to make a successful melee robot. I'd suggest
> > sticking to 1-on-1.
> >
> >
> > > Maybe mainly because i haven't been able track any enemy. I also lack
> > proper targeting. only thing that works are some simple movement strategies.
> > The blocking calls are becoming a major setback.
> >
> > Linear and circular targeting should be possible, you just need to
> > take into account the amount of time it will take to get the gun
> > pointing in the right direction, which could well be longer than for
> > an AdvancedRobot. Anything more complicated will be difficult since
> > you can't get a decent radar lock - your lock will slip whenever you
> > move.
> >  
> >
>




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