The gun for Waylander was a result of seeing how simple it would be to add pattern matching to the CodeSnippets/Nano Circular Linear Predictor, simply by replacing the values of ww and speed every iteration. I built it in my first week of Robocoding, so it's my toy. After this I tested it in the PatternMatcherChallenge to get all the bugs out, and by the end it was getting 99%. While still fitting in a micro. I knew RaikoNano had a strong, small movement, so I copy-pasted the code in, and Waylander 0.1 was born. Since then I've added StopAndGo, made the pattern-matcher less picky about patterns, and substituted my own flattener for RaikoNano's. I've also added some anti-rambot code, and a bit of smooth distanceing (my own formula).
It's my first attempt at a competitive bot, and it ranks pretty high in the MicroRumble?.
1st in MicroRumble? , 1985 points as of 2007-09-08
StopAndGo, which switches to RandomMovement if it loses in the first 5 rounds. Creds go to Thorn for the StopAndGo idea.
Good job! Rank 1 and still no country Flag, you are definitely too fast! --Krabb
Thanks! It seems Pulsar doesn't check the Roborumble/CountryFlags? page anymore, does anybody have his contact details? -- Skilgannon
I've got lots of free codesize. Who thinks I can squeeze another 10 points out, and join the The2000Club/Micro? :-) -- Skilgannon
Are you sure you want to join that club? It is a very lonely club ;-) Looking at the way you rocketed up to nr 1 (and beat pulverized me for outranking RaikoMicro), I think you are able to find those points. Alas I have no idea what the weak/to be improved parts of Waylander are, but you are smart enough to think of some yourself. Congrats for being nr 1 and good luck in your hunt. -- GrubbmGait