Re: How extending from Robot works

Thanks for your continued help.

The last part of my question is can multiple events be called in one tick? 
i.e can I have code in both, say scanning an enemy and being hit by a 
bullet run at the same time, or would the order still go -> Event 1 on my 
bot, enemy bot turn, event 2 on my bot, enemy bot turn etc.

Thanks.

On Thursday, 27 March 2014 20:55:55 UTC, fnl wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> You got it right. Your robot will need to figure out which command that is 
> the most important to execute next. :-)
>
> Regarding your last question, I don't follow it. Can you explain it in 
> more detail?
> The onScannedRobot(ScannedRobotEvent) is "just" an event handler that 
> tells your robot whenever another robot enters your robots "scan arc".
> The event handler should just do minor stuff like recording/updating data 
> for the scanned robot, and/or do minor mathematical operations like 
> calculating the x and y coordinate or the robot etc.
> The real work should go on within the while(true) loop in your run() 
> method.
>
> Cheers,
> - Flemming
>
> Den onsdag den 26. marts 2014 10.44.39 UTC+1 skrev etoipi:
>>
>> Thanks very much for the reply. So, as I'm extending from Robot, if I'm 
>> doing same targetting based on turning the radar, gun and then firing, 
>> between my turnRadar(), turnGun() and fire() the opposition robot also gets 
>> a 'turn' where they'll perform what ever action is next. So, in my turning 
>> of the gun and firing I'd not only have to take care of the time the bullet 
>> takes to travel and future position of the enemy, but also in my case any 
>> action(s) he may take between the turn when I've scanned him, and the 
>> (potentially) few turns until I actually call fire(). One final thing, if 
>> I'm in the onScannedRobot function, does it just work it's way through this 
>> loop, including the alternating turns, before any other events are called, 
>> or can it be working through multiple functions, based on any events that 
>> happen?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> On Tuesday, 25 March 2014 20:12:28 UTC, fnl wrote:
>>>
>>> Set instructions for an AdvancedRobot can basically be split into 
>>> commands for: 1) body, 2) turret/cannon, 3) radar, 4) fire. Here you can 
>>> call a set instruction for all 4 parts and execute these in one go (same 
>>> turn).
>>>
>>> An instruction like turnLeft(angle) is the same as setTurnLeft(angle) + 
>>> execute(). This means that as soon as the set instruction is called for 
>>> turnLeft(angle) this instruction is executed using one turn. In the next 
>>> turn another command like fire() or ahead() can be called and executed and 
>>> so on. So one set instruction is executed per turn.
>>>
>>> Please note that executing a command like setAhead(distance) and 
>>> setTurnLeft(angle) to start executing those commands till they meet their 
>>> completion condition. For example, setAhead(distance) means the robot will 
>>> stop moving ahead when getDistanceRemaining() reaches 0 (with 0.00001 
>>> precision) or setAhead(distance) or setBack(distance) is called again. The 
>>> same thing counts for setTurnLeft(angle) which stops turning until 
>>> getTurnRemaining() reaches 0 or another command "resets" this instruction, 
>>> so the robot should turn in another direction.
>>>
>>> When it comes to event, the event handlers are called in the very end of 
>>> each turn.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps, otherwise I will be happy explaining more in detail. 
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> - Flemming
>>>
>>> Den tirsdag den 25. marts 2014 13.26.33 UTC+1 skrev etoipi:
>>>>
>>>> Lot's of example I find on the internet involved a robot that is 
>>>> extended from AdvancedRobot, where set's are used, and all actions are 
>>>> executed in one go. I'm building only from the Robot class, and was 
>>>> wandering if someone could help me understand exactly how this works behind 
>>>> the scenes. I may only call actions that happen instantly. For each action 
>>>> I take, does a tick pass before my next action can complete / the other 
>>>> robot can carry something out, or does my whole scannedRobot loop run? I 
>>>> was just wandering if someone could help with the finer points of this. 
>>>> Similarly, could I feign the action of execute if I were to put all my 
>>>> turns / moves at the very end of a block?
>>>>
>>>

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