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STAR , STAR2 by deathcon

HISTORY

Star2:

1.22 released 5/15/2004 ~ score 1860
little improvements

1.21 released 4/1/2004 ~ score 1843 (+5 since version 1.20)
i made a few improvements on version 1.20

1.60 released 3/20/2004 ~ score <1750
fixed some bugs
now surfes more then just one (the nearest) Wave.
Like 1.50 a completely broken version. As i realized that has not just a little bug i removed it from RR. Seems as if i have to get my linux running in order to debug Star with robocodeGL. Maybe i will release 1.21 first and someday when i fixed all the bugs in 1.5+ WaveSurfing will come back

1.50 complete rewrite
tried to implement WaveSurfing but there is still a giant bug i cant find

1.20 released 3/16/2004 ~ score 1838 (+23)
tried to flattern the movement
added a wall segment to gun
added a velocity change segment ( inspired by raiko) - i used a change circle directory segment till now.

1.01 released 3/13/2004 ~ score 1815 (+38)
adaptive movement
anti-headon

Star (1):

1.11 releases 3/9/2004 ~ score 1773 (+1)
fixed a small bug in movement

1.1 released 3/5/2004 ~ score 1772 (+17)
fixed a bug in wall segment calculation
changed fire power calculation in order to fire harder

1.0 first public release 3/4/2004 ~ score: 1755.82
1v1 mega-bot with adaptive movement and GuessFactorGun

Author

deathcon

What's special about it?

You can set my behavior my.behavior maybe you can tell me other things that are spezial about it...

Great, I want to try it. Where can I download it?

http://www.robocoderepository.com/BotDetail.jsp?id=2077

How competitive is it?

I can't tell you but it should rank at least within the first 50

How does it move?

It circles around the enemy (old)DT-like and changes/modifies its parameters used in keep movement flat calculation.

How does it fire?

It uses GuessFactorTargeting

How does it dodge bullets?

It doesn't really dodge.it just tries to have a flat movement profile

How does the melee strategy differ from one-on-one strategy?

What is melee ;D

What does it save between rounds and matches?

It saves its movement parameters between rounds and aimfactors between matches

Where did you get the name?

I didn't get the name. The name got me...

Can I use your code?

Maybe someday

What's next for your robot?

tweak movement modification algo
search for bugs
get 1900+ points

Does it have any WhiteWhales?

i really haven't tested alot. but i has of cause. I will add them.

What other robot(s) is it based on?

It's not based on other robots

Comments, questions, feedback:

Congrats, Star2 is now a top 30... Keep that pace, the comunity was needing a high ranked german bot! -- Axe

True :D - and i am working hardly to get it into the top 25, top 10 , top 5 ... my time will come (i am the youngest active robocoder in the RR i guess - 15y) --deathcon

Drat. Now that I'm 16 you make me feel old... Anyway, nice bot you have there. -- Alcatraz

Something tells me we have even younger particpants. =) -- PEZ

Released Star2 1.20. Hope it will get into the top 25, as near as possible to #20 and about 1825 points. Every point about this will be pleasent ,too. Lets see :D --deathcon

Seems as if it worked. --deathcon

want to make a star vs. r2d2 league? --andrew

Why not :D - i think star looses the direct duel. But i am working hardly to change this. my next step to take is to implement an AntiMirrorSystem, WaveSurfing instead of movement-variables-modification and a secound gun (as VitualGun?) so i think i will not be able to counter an attack of r2d2 in the very next time. --deathcon

so...yes? we can have the first battle when ever you want. do you want to do multiple 35 round matches? --andrew if you want to beat r2d2, ram it

ram it???

yeah,watch radnor.ramrod fight it. there are actually a good ammount of younger robocoders. all the radnor people.--andrew

For example, andrew is 3. ;-) --David Alves

move out of the way deathcon, i'm now the youngest robocoder at 3. where did 3 come from?--andrew

At 3. ???

Cool. My daughter is 4, and she can both read and write. But it will take a few years more before she can help me build robots. =) -- PEZ

Hey #17 !!! Seems as if i managed to jump into the top 10. Time for a break. Tomorrow i will go to austria - snowbording - for two weeks. Maybe i'll get some inspiration there, i will tell you later (or show). Please be so fair not to upload new bots or version that make my bot get a lower ranking. thank you alot --Deathcon

Congrats, and good snowboarding! -- Axe

It was cool indeed and this holliday gave me the time to think about different things - including robocode !!! I got some interesting ideas which i am trying to form a new bot with. Yeah i started a new project ( development-name is HuntedHunter? , :D impressive isn't it :D)) ) but i dont expect it to get releaseable in the very next time. It's alot of work. These days helped me to get clear what to do with my Star ,too. I decided to release the final version and a mini version of it and end it. --deathcon

Uploaded first version of LittleStar?. Expect it to get at least within the first 20 in mini and about #30 overall, but lets see. --deathcon

Wait, doesn't that mean some ways below FloodMini in mini and just above it in general? -- Kawigi

Sorry ,although i wanted to write 50 instead of 30 my prediction was way to optimistic. There seems to be a huge bug in it i cant find. --deathcon

If you make your bot OpenSource we could help you nail that bug. =) -- PEZ

This idea already came to my mind ... but i will try finding and tweaking the bot first. And of cause make it readable. (and remove lines like

 // kill Pugilist and beat this damn geek Raiko

:D) --deathcon

Uploaded LittleStar? 1.11 and it is open source. It is tweaked and bugfixed and i can't wait until i can see the first results... --deathcon