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'''Full version history for /Phoenix'''
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* 0.81 20061101 - 2094
** Fixed a bug where waves from my gun were processed after the enemy died.
** Changes to antisurfer gun
* 0.8081 20061031 - 2084
** Simplfied gun constructor
* 0.80x 
** Failed experiments with [[WallSmoothing/FancyStick]]
* 0.794 20061001 - 2082
** Removed "close in for kill" and "stay close to simple targeters" from distancing behaviors.
* 0.793h 20061001 - 2087
** Identical with higher bullet power.
* 0.793 20061001 - 2087
** Changed segmentation of surfing: fewer distance segments
* 0.792 20061002 - 2082
** Even more changes to approach / retreat angles.
* 0.790 20061002 - 2076
** More changes to approach / retreat angles.
* 0.790 20061001 - 2079
** Less aggressive approach / retreat angles.
* 0.790 20061001 - 2077
** More aggressive approach / retreat angles.
* 0.789 20060930 - 2083
** New segmentation in gun (a segmentation that greatly helped against PM guns when I added it to my surfing in 0.784)
* 0.788 20060929 - 2088
** Clone of 784 with some new framework code for adding PM guns in future versions.
* 0.784 20060919 - 2088
** New segmentation in movement, set MovementChallenge2K6 record.
* 0.783 20060911 - 2086
** Different method of summing wave danger, should be harder to hit in the first few rounds.
* 0.772 20060911 - 2089
** Slightly more aggressive about maintaining desired distance.
* 0.7711 20060910 - 2089
** Fixed a bug in 0.77 and 0.771 that was causing a crash at the start of round 5.
* 0.771 20060910 - 2051 (pulled at ~500 battles)
** Dynamic distancing from 0.77 but less aggressive about maintaining desired distance.
* 0.77 20060910 - 2057 (pulled at 590 battles)
** An attempt at dynamic distancing.
** Stays closer to enemies than previous version of Phoenix.
** More aggressive about maintaining the desired distance.
* 0.761 20060907 - 2088
** Cleaned up movement code to make future changes easier.
** More movement segmentation changes.
** See also: [[Phoenixious]]. Same movement, better gun. =)
* 0.753 20060905 - ?
** More minor changes to surfing segementation.
* 0.752 20060905 - 2088 (undefeated)
** Reverted GF1 changes made in 0.743
** Minor changes to surfing segementation.
* 0.743 20060901 - 2078
** Misc. refactoring, changes to GF1 calculation.
* 0.732 20060831 - 2093
** Many changes to surfing segmentation. Most notably, now has many more distance segments.
* 0.731 20060830 - 2089
** More precise GF1 / GF-1 calculation, thanks to Voidious for sharing this tip. =)
* 0.72 20060829 - 2081
** Different surfing segmentation, again.
* 0.71 20060829 - 2079
** Experimenting with this new way of surfing, different segmentation.
* 0.7 20060828 - 2077
** Dramatically different surfing.
** Won't stop firing in 1-v-1, unless firing would disable it.
* 0.68 20060827 - 2087
** Different bullet power selection (now fires 1.9 instead of 1.99)
** Fixed bug in movement that was causing Phoenix to sometimes not adapt when hit.
** Minor change to how danger is calculated for surfing.
* 0.675 20060825 - 2089
** Segmentation for main and antisurfer guns changed.
* 0.673 20060823 - 2089
** Changed main gun and antisurfer gun to use the same threshold for using fast-learning.
* 0.672 20060822 - 2085
** Fixed changes made in 0.671, had a typo.
* 0.671 20060822 - 2087
** Changed fast-learning portion of main gun.
* 0.67 20060821 - 2086
** No preloaded data.
** Small changes to main gun.
* 0.666 20060821 - 2092
** Comes preloaded with targeting data on 140 opponents. Wicked!
* 0.66 20060820 - 2088
** Experimenting with rolling surfing stats differently.
* 0.652 20060819 - 2092
** Fixed a bug. Segmenting on distances between .1 and .3 is not recommended.
* 0.65 20060819 - ?
** Experimenting with a new way of adapting movement.
* 0.64 20060818 - 2085
** The tweaks from 0.63 are weighted more heavily.
** Now a big ProblemBot for Dookious. ;-)
* 0.63 20060816 - 2084
** Various small tweaks to surfing, designed to make Phoenix harder to hit for average and top guns.
* 0.62 20060815 - 2078
** Saves data on gun hit rates for main and antisurfer guns.
* 0.61 20060814 - 2080
** Changed speed that Phoenix decides which gun to use.
* 0.6 20060814 - 2080
** Gun from Phoenix 0.32 - 0.56 is now used as an antisurfer gun. New gun used against bots without adaptive movement.
* 0.6 20060814 - 2081
** Much better aim against non-surfers.
* 0.561 20060813 - 2073
** Changed code for enabling / disabling flattener. Shouldn't get turned on against weak bots that fire with high bullet powers (e.g. Cigaret) any more.
* 0.56 20060811 - 2078 =)
** Changed the way rolling averages are calculated. (Different formula, not different parameters)
** Stats are rolled much faster.
** Flattener enabled again, but segmented differently from previous versions.
* 0.55 20060810 - 2054
** Surfing adapts much faster now. Much stronger against average bots, although it's weaker against top bots. (Dookious and Ascendant in particular)
** Flattener disabled for now. Doesn't seem to help.
* 0.542 20060810 - 2059 
** Changed segmentation in gun used for surfing. Still 0.42-style.
* 0.54 20060808 - 2053 / Melee: 1698
** Phoenix is now a team robot.
** Very different surfing (trying 0.42-style again)
** Melee movement changes:
*** Searches for good destinations every turn
*** Major changes to weighting of risk factors
* 0.521 20060727 - Melee: 1699 (#9)
** Fixed a bug in the melee gun
** Fixed a bug in the melee movement
** Changed melee movement, won't drive as far in a straight line.
* 0.52 20060727 - 2050 (#7)
** Changed the gun used for flattening. Now uses slightly modified copy of Phoenix's 1-v-1 gun.
** Flattener won't be enabled as easily.
** Avoids enemies with much more energy in melee.
** Doesn't drive as far before turning in melee.
* 0.5 20060726 - 2052 (#7)
** Added flattener
* 0.42 20060725 - 2052 (#7)
** Very different surfing, let's see how it works...
* 0.411 20060725 - 2048 (#7) / Melee: 1700 (#8)
** Misc. fixes in tracking bullets.
** Reverted to 0.32-style enemy fire detection
* 0.4 - 20060716 - 2051 (#7) / Melee: 1692 (#11)
** Phoenix is now a melee bot as well as 1v1.
* 0.32 - 20060711 - 2055
** Doesn't use as many different bullet powers as 0.pi
** Lowered bullet power segmentation
* 0.pi - 20060709 - 2055
** Massive gun refactoring (using abstract classes)
** Main gun replaced by "double-buffered" one.
* 0.314 - 20060709 - 2044
** Adjusted wave impact time for both gun and surfing
** Very different bullet power selection
* 0.312b - 20060707 - 2049
** Changed weighting of waves.
** Lowered max wallsmooth angle a bit. It's halfway between 0.31 and 0.30 levels now.
** Fixed another stupid bug from 0.31.
* 0.311 - 20060706 - 2035
** Less picky about distance to fight at
** More accurate detection of enemy fire
** Higher maximum wallsmooth angle
** Godly WaveSurfingChallenge scores =)
* 0.31 - Pulled due to bug in wave detection.
* 0.30.1 - 20060703 - 2043
** Simplified firing code
** Split main gun into 2 guns
** Disabled interpolation in surfing code
* 0.30 - 20060626 - 2037
** Massive refactoring and code cleanup
** Fixed off-by-one bug in surfing code
** Two guns: Main gun and very fast learning gun
** Not tested much, let's hope it works... =)
* 0.27 - 20041115 - 2026 (drifted to 2020 by the time 0.30 released)
** Reduced # of GFs in surfing code.
* 0.26.1 - 20041114 - 2003
** Fast gun is back but should be harder for other bots to surf than before.
** Maximum segmentation reduced
* 0.25 - 20041111 - 1998
** Corrected an obscure bug in acceleration calculation, removed fast gun, changed behavior while wave is passing
* 0.24.1 - 20041109 - 2003
** Added ultra-slow-learning gun, tweaked existing guns.
* 0.23 - 20041105 - 1987
** More gun tweaks
** Added fast-learning gun back in.
* 0.21 - 20041105 - 1981
** 2 bugs fixed in targeting: 1 in calculation of attack angle, one in near-wall segmentation.
** Removed fast-learning gun
* 0.1 - 20041031 - 2002
** It's not perfect, but if I wait for that I'll never release a bot.
** First version is also my first bot over 2000! I'm happy.

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