AI-ing (.py files, coding, nose-orienting R+D, and help)

[Lightning S.]

Few things I've been wondering.
- Is there an AI file that uses drive for a srimech? I've tried just wiring the drive as "Srimech", but once the bot is upright, it's drive stays stuck as if it were still upside-down.
- Is there an AI that uses smartzones to spin a weapon motor?
- Is InvertOmni.py the AI that flips the robot, then fights? If so, is there a specific way to wire it?

[RedAce]

Few things I've been wondering.
- Is there an AI file that uses drive for a srimech? I've tried just wiring the drive as "Srimech", but once the bot is upright, it's drive stays stuck as if it were still upside-down. Somewhat. BountyHunter.py combines driving and fires whatever weapon (typically popup) to self-right. Probably the closest thing you might get.
- Is there an AI that uses smartzones to spin a weapon motor? I believe EcoOmni does this, and it saves battery life.
- Is InvertOmni.py the AI that flips the robot, then fights? If so, is there a specific way to wire it? Yep, and the I believe the button for the inverter needs to wired as "Invert."

Hopefully I helped out.

[090901]

1. What do you mean by that? If you mean uses the drive and srimech the bot already has to help flip it over bountyhunter.py may be what you are looking for
2. Yes, it's in NarAI and is called "SZspinner.py"
3. No, it just has the bot drive inverted once the srimech breaks, the newest version of Popup.py supports upside-down driving and I believe it just uses the srimech to flip the bot over, if you want a version of it that also supports spinning weapons I have a version I threw together for one of my bots like a year ago.

[G.K.]

- Is InvertOmni.py the AI that flips the robot, then fights? If so, is there a specific way to wire it?

Do you still have my bot Mockery Of The Whole Concept from your previous tourney a couple of years ago? I'd open that up and see how that was wired. Make sure it's the AI'd version Trov did, because I found the version I had originally sent you the other day in my Robot Designs folder and that was wired all over the place.

As 090901 says, the newest version of Popup.py has a feature which will use the srimech to invert the bot, if you're after something simple.

[Lightning S.]

Thanks guys, but I'm still running into stuff. I managed to find a workaround to using drive as a srimech, but SZspinner doesn't spin the weapon motor even though I named the smartzone accordingly and unfortunately I don't still have G.K.'s bot, so idk how to get a bot to upright itself using popup.py. Anyone know this stuff?

[090901]

From the notes in Popup.py

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#Set variable 'RunUpsideDown' to 1 for bots that flip over at the beginning of the match and fight upside down.  Such bots must be invertible as well.
# UPDATE 7/4/11: Added support for upside down bots, conditional invertibility, and made AI fire srimech if the bot is stuck on its rear.

I checked and the newest version of EcoOmni does support smartzones, check the .py files for the notes on how to do it.

[Lightning S.]

That second line of code was initially missing from the .py I was using; turns out I had outdated versions of both AI files. Thanks for pointing that out.

[RedAce]

I'm trying to AI an SnS, but I want it to spin in the opposite direction from normally. What portion of the AI line in FBSPlus.py or FBSInvertDir.py determines the direction of the spin?

[Mr. AS]

I'm trying to AI an SnS, but I want it to spin in the opposite direction from normally. What portion of the AI line in FBSPlus.py or FBSInvertDir.py determines the direction of the spin?

'direction':1

1 = clockwise, -1 = counterclockwise

[Conraaa]

I need a different AI for one of the robots for Pot Luck 2 (Guess which). What I need is other.py (Littlemetalfriend) but for it to raise a linear actuator up to its max when nothing is in the smartzone.

Any ideas?

[Silverfish]

well, i'm not the best at aiing, but i think you may have to program your own. 

[cephalopod]

Could you do something with something like omnimultizone and wire a whole load of other smartzones further out in a ring to rise the actuator? Bit of a dodgy solution, I will admit.

[RedAce]

So I've been trying to AI this Ironforge Kheper style bot, but what I've given it is wonky as hell.  Can someone help out with this bot? 

Thanks in advance.

[apanx]

I need a different AI for one of the robots for Pot Luck 2 (Guess which). What I need is other.py (Littlemetalfriend) but for it to raise a linear actuator up to its max when nothing is in the smartzone.

Any ideas?

Don't use smartzones to emulate stuff better handled by code. Make a variant of the Littlemetalfriend.py code You'll figure it out...

From:

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    def Tick(self):
        targets = [x for x in self.sensors.itervalues() if x.contacts > 0]
        if len(targets) > 0:
            # TODO: squeeze and push? or whip?
            self.Input("Lefthook", 0, -100)
            self.Input("Righthook", 0, -100)
        else:
            # TODO: open arms back up?
            self.Input("Lefthook", 0, 0)
            self.Input("Righthook", 0, 0)
           
        return AI.SuperAI.Tick(self)

To:

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    def Tick(self):
        targets = [x for x in self.sensors.itervalues() if x.contacts > 0]
        if len(targets) > 0: #When stuff in smartzone. Push Kill trigger
            self.Input("Kill", 0, 1)
        else: #When smartzone empty, Fully raise lineal acutator
            self.Input("RaiseLinAcu", 0, 100)
           
        return AI.SuperAI.Tick(self)
You can also use self.GetPistonPosition(ID of piston) to make the AI not touch pistons when fully raised.

[Conraaa]

I'll be honest, ai'ing is not my forte. I plugged the changed code into a copy of other.py and tried to run it with appropriate control name changes (Kill, RaiseLinAcu), and the game just crashed.

Edit: It's semi working now after I changed the AI register names, but if you could tell me how to use self.GetPistonPosition(ID of piston) so it can stop being a walking havok bomb that'd be great.

[Lightning S.]

Anyone know where I can find DirectionalSpinner.py?

[RedAce]

Anyone know where I can find DirectionalSpinner.py?

IIRC, DirectionalSpinner is at the bottom of Spinner.py

[Lightning S.]

Anyone know where I can find DirectionalSpinner.py?

IIRC, DirectionalSpinner is at the bottom of Spinner.py

derp
thanks

[Badger]

I'm using omni.py and I want my bot to fire its weapon once inverted, in order to self-right. How would I do this?

[Squirrel_Monkey]

Separate control called srimech?