RCBot 1.4 BETA, For NS 3.0 + other stuff (GET IT :P) Options

[LordSkitch]

changed it to

CODE

badcode

and that seems to work. have to do more testing.


changed it again, they were in infinite loops trying to get upgrades cause it didnt have checks to see if they could upgrade

CODE

morebadcode

i put in a little doodad to make them say if they could get defensive upgrades via gBotGlobals.m_bCanUpgradeDef

and it turns out its always 0, even when theres 3 hives and several of each chamber

so now i think the problem lies here..:

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    else
    {
        if ( message_type == 0 )
        {
            if ( state == 0 )
            {
                num_loops = *(int*)p;
                state ++;

                read_states = 0;

                gBotGlobals.m_bCanUpgradeDef = FALSE;
                gBotGlobals.m_bCanUpgradeSens = FALSE;
                gBotGlobals.m_bCanUpgradeMov = FALSE;

                if ( gBotGlobals.IsDebugLevelOn(BOT_DEBUG_MESSAGE_LEVEL) )
                    BotMessage(NULL,0,"num upgrades : %d",num_loops);
            }
            else if ( got_loops < num_loops )
            {
                if ( gBotGlobals.IsDebugLevelOn(BOT_DEBUG_MESSAGE_LEVEL) )
                {
                    //BotMessage(NULL,0,"reading upgrade info : %d...",got_loops);
                    BotMessage(NULL,0,"Upgrade Info : %d...",*(int*)p);
                }

                switch ( *(int*)p )
                {
                case 1:
                    gBotGlobals.m_bCanUpgradeDef = TRUE;
                    break;
                case 2:
                    gBotGlobals.m_bCanUpgradeSens = TRUE;
                    break;
                case 3:
                    gBotGlobals.m_bCanUpgradeMov = TRUE;
                    break;
                }
                
                
                // READ UPGRADE INFO
                got_loops++;
            }

        }

and... i dont know what to do about that. i dont even know wtf it does. so you gotta come help me out mr cheese!

[edit again]

ok so i debugged it.

if ( message_type == 0 )

needs to be

if ( message_type == 128 )

and then the original get upgrade code you had works fine. gotta do more testing though.

[Cheeseh]

whats badcode / morebadcode ?

the crash you found, make sure you select "Stop Always" for each exception in the Debug -> (Exceptions I think)

the message stuff you posted is only for NS maps, not sure if it works on Combat maps, but I may have replaced it with Combat upgrading using BOT_COMBAT_UPGRADE instead of BOT_ALINE_UPGRADE if its a combat map.

I still haven't looked at the gorge healing yet, I think a lot of debugging is required for it.

I still don't have MS Visual studio 6 installed yet either

[LordSkitch]

badcode and morebadcode were big blocks of code that i decided didnt work and didnt need to show cause someone might try to use it.

[LordSkitch]

ok so like.. heres some situations ive found

situation one

1st upgrade: movement
bots dont get upgrades.

2nd upgrade: sensory
bots get sensory

3rd upgrade: defense
bots get sensory and defense

situation two

1st upgrade: sensory
bots dont get upgrades

2nd upgrade: defense
bots get defense upgrades

3rd upgrade: movement
bots get sensory and defense



i need to create the third situation, but i dont know why theyre getting upgrades in weird patterns... i did a debug on the ... messages, and it'll say like

message 128
upgrades: 8
upgrade 1
upgrade 1
upgrade 1
upgrade 1
upgrade 2
upgrade 2
upgrade 2
upgrade 2

or whatever, but .. well maybe the numbers have since become skewed... ill debug that next. but for now, PAIN PILLS CAUSE IVE BEEN WALKING AROUND THE LAB FOR THE PAST FIVE HOURS!

[Cheeseh]

argh !

I'll need to havee a look at this soon... I'll install MS VC 6 later today

[LordSkitch]

youre my hero

[Cheeseh]

Well I just installed and fixed a nasty "no change weapons/non attacking" bug in NS where the bots wouldn't change their weapons properly and wouldn't attack.

more stuff to some

by the way are you trying to fix the upgrades for just NS Maps? I'm having a look at em now

edit:

It looks liek the latest NS uses different methods of showing Alien Updates, the "SetTech" message seems more important for upgrading.

e.g.

using rcbot debug "message" 1

------ MESSAGE_BEGIN("SetTech") : "lam3r" -------
WRITE_BYTE(107)
WRITE_BYTE(48)
WRITE_BYTE(0)
WRITE_BYTE(0)
WRITE_SHORT(0)
WRITE_SHORT(2)
WRITE_BYTE(3)
---------MESSAGE_END("SetTech")-------
------ MESSAGE_BEGIN("SetTech") : "lam3r" -------
WRITE_BYTE(108)
WRITE_BYTE(48)
WRITE_BYTE(0)
WRITE_BYTE(0)
WRITE_SHORT(0)
WRITE_SHORT(2)
WRITE_BYTE(3)
---------MESSAGE_END("SetTech")-------
------ MESSAGE_BEGIN("SetTech") : "lam3r" -------
WRITE_BYTE(109)
WRITE_BYTE(48)
WRITE_BYTE(0)
WRITE_BYTE(0)
WRITE_SHORT(0)
WRITE_SHORT(2)
WRITE_BYTE(3)
---------MESSAGE_END("SetTech")-------

the first message WRITE_BYTE, 107,108,109 correspond to:


ALIEN_EVOLUTION_SEVEN = 107, // Celerity
ALIEN_EVOLUTION_EIGHT = 108, // Adrenaline
ALIEN_EVOLUTION_NINE = 109, // Silence

this message happened after I built a movement chamber

BUT how do I know if a hive has been destroyed and aliens can't get this upgrade anymore?? Haven't found out yet

I beleive I added a CBotNSTechs class that uses these though

edit again:

oh and to fix the non-attack bug (perhaps you already found it but hey.) In bot.cpp in NORMAL_ATTACK: task

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                case MOD_NS:
                {
                    BOOL bChangeWeapon = FALSE;
                    
                    if ( (m_pCurrentWeapon == NULL) || (m_pCurrentWeapon->HasWeapon(m_pEdict)==FALSE) )
                    {
                        //Get weapon
                        bChangeWeapon = TRUE;
                    }
                    
                    if ( !bChangeWeapon || (m_CurrentTask->TaskInt() == 0) ) /* CHANGE THIS LINE */
                    {

[LordSkitch]

you can still upgrade if the hives dead, all you need is atleast one of those chambers.


http://www.joesucks.net/files/rcbot/source.rar
heres a link to the source im using if you wanna see what ive done with it...

i put in.. ummm.. the upgrade built message was changed from 0 to 128, i put in rcbot config disable_all_squads to keep people from squadwhoring, ummmm i gave the marines the ability to get scan in combat... uhhhhhhh... i dont know what else.

ill go add that non-attacking thing and give it a test and see what goes on.

[LordSkitch]

its been up for 44ish hours with no problems, and the bots no longer will randomly look at something and try to kill it by looking mean, and will actually fire. i havent seen the gorges just watching, and i havent seen the fades whip out their acid rockets only to look and do nothing

commit that code!

[Cheeseh]

you could go through everything you fixed so I could have another look at it and also make any changes before committing Then most of the fixes will be in it

ps.. Happy 25th there skitchy !

[LordSkitch]

lol thanks..

when i get home from class ill go through it and try and figure out what ive changed.. i got some homework i gotta do tonight cause ive got a quiz tomorrow though

[Cheeseh]

you could always upload your compiled dll somewhere temporarliy for people to use the most recent updates you added

[LordSkitch]

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gimme more space on here and ill upload em here

for the time being, it's uploaded on my content server

http://www.joesucks.net/files/rcbot/rcbot_mm.dll
no theres no linux compile of this version, cause i dont remember exactly what ol cheese changed to get it to run on linux.

didn't even check to see if it'd compile. cause i know it wont.

[Cheeseh]

I can't upload to the forum either, i thiknk its because the FTP was changed, I still can't log into FTP, so the uploads are b0rked till its fixed, Bots United host problem I fixed the upload limit buts it now says "check permissions in uploads folder" I can't do that cos I can't get into ftp

[LordSkitch]

tell em "reset my ftp password, or else."

[BadLife]

Looks like they are going to release NS 3.2 this Friday Have not tried the beta so I don't know whats changed

[LordSkitch]

they'll probably change a bunch of constants, and redo systems that already work fine instead of fixing things that are broken, so nothing works right...

[LordSkitch]

you know, i was digging through the code looking for crap ive changed... we might as well wait till friday to see if the bots even work. ns 3.2 is undoubtedly gonna change a bunch of crap and make stuff not work, and i dont think it'll be good if a bunch of time is put into the bots just to change them in 3 days.

[Cheeseh]

fair do's !

[LordSkitch]

i think that not shooting bug may have actually caused crashes... the server seems a tad more stable now...

still a couple issues with it.. but the god damn thing still wont let me debug it. its been so long since ive actually really used vc++ lol