Re: Adding robots .jar file to /robocode/robots does not add robot to list

The package naming solved the problem. Thanks!

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 10:51 PM Flemming N. Larsen <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Fu,
>
> I am not sure I understand the problem, you are struggling with.
> First of all, Robocode will look out for robots (jar files) in the default
> robot directory. You can change this directory by setting the ROBOTPATH
> environment property, e.g. by adding:
> -DROBOTPATH=<your file path> to the java command-line options. See more
> information here: http://robowiki.net/wiki/Robocode/Console_Usage
>
> Secondly, your robot does not have to be under the sample package, just
> because the sample robots use this package.
> You can chose what ever package you want. But typically, the Robot
> Packager of Robocode will make a package name for you based on your
> initials/handle and Robot/Team name + version.
>
> You should be able to specify which robots to participate in a battle by
> using their fully qualified name, e.g. fnl.Rampage_1.0
> (
> http://robocode.sourceforge.net/docs/robocode/robocode/control/package-summary.html
> )
>
> Best regards,
> - Flemming
>
> ons. 23. nov. 2016 kl. 10.32 skrev Fu Yong Quah <[email protected]>:
>
> That solves the problem - I can now access the robot if I use it from the
> robocode interface. However, I still can't access it programmatically using
> robocodeengine, unless I put my class file in the robots/sample directory
> (which means my robot has to fall under the sample package). Is there
> anyway to get around this?
>
> On Nov 20, 2016 8:42 PM, "fnl" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Did you use the robot packager in Robocode or create the package on your
> own? You need to package your robot with Robocode (Robot -> Package robot
> or team), as it will create various .properties files inside the .jar
> archive.
>
> If you did package your robot using Robocode, then try the clean the robot
> cache using Options -> Clean robot cache.
>
> Cheers,
> - Flemming
>
> I have created a robot and packaged it as a .jar file. I moved the .jar
> file into /robocode/robots , but on running robocode, my robot doens't show
> up  in the list of robots. How would I make it work?
>
> I am on Ubuntu Linux LTS 14.04
>
>

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