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

[RedAce]

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?

Make a sepearte button labeled "Srimech" or use OmniS.py made by Joeblo.

Edit: 2slow.  D:

[Badger]

ty senpais

[Silverfish]

If it's a popup, just change the variable RunUpsideDown to 1 and invertible to true (use popup.py). otherwise, i have no idea.

[Calmarius]

Hi there,

I'm using popup.py for my popup bot (which I took from the starcore 4 ai pack, I don't know where can I find the latest version of it), and noticed that weapons fire only when the chassis of the opponent enters the smart zone but not when the chassis is inside it. This means if my popup bot shoves up the opponent before the razors retract, the opponent can sit on the top of my bot without firing the weapons.

Is it possible to fix this, somehow or do you know an update version of this file?

[Squirrel_Monkey]

So once a bot is on top of the popup it no longer fires? That's never happened with popup.py for me. What's your AI line?

[Calmarius]

By AI line you mean the line in the bindings.py?

    list.append(("BWOD Micro 2","Popup",{'radius':0.1,'topspeed':99,'throttle':130,'range':99,'turn':50,'turnspeed':2,'weapons':(1,2,3)}))

To demonstrate it, add a huge smart zone for the weapon, when the opponent enters the smart zone, the weapons fire once, and won't fire again until the robot exits the smart zone an reenter again. So it looks like an event handling problem to me.

[Squirrel_Monkey]

I can't test for myself as I don't have access to a PC right now. Do you have the same issue with other ai's popups (for example those that came with the AI pack). If so it might be an old version of the AI. I'm sure popups work fine in BBEANS AI if you want to look at that.

[apanx]

Hi there,

I'm using popup.py for my popup bot (which I took from the starcore 4 ai pack, I don't know where can I find the latest version of it), and noticed that weapons fire only when the chassis of the opponent enters the smart zone but not when the chassis is inside it. This means if my popup bot shoves up the opponent before the razors retract, the opponent can sit on the top of my bot without firing the weapons.

Is it possible to fix this, somehow or do you know an update version of this file?

Let me have a look at the popup.py

[Naryar]

Apanx :O

All hail !

[Calmarius]

Let me have a look at the popup.py

Here it is:

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from __future__ import generators
import plus
import AI
from AI import vector3
import Arenas
import Gooey
import math
import Tactics

class Popup(AI.SuperAI):
    "Like Omni, but fires its weapon only upon smartzone contact with an opponent's chassis."
    name = "Popup"

    def __init__(self, **args):
        AI.SuperAI.__init__(self, **args)
               
        self.zone1 = "weapon"
        self.triggers1 = ["Fire"]
        self.triggers2 = ["Srimech"]

        if 'zone' in args: self.zone = args['zone']
       
        if 'triggers' in args: self.triggers1 = args['triggers']
        if 'triggers' in args: self.triggers2 = args['triggers']

        self.tactics.append(Tactics.Engage(self))
       
    def Activate(self, active):
        if active:
            if AI.SuperAI.debugging:
                self.debug = Gooey.Plain("watch", 0, 75, 100, 75)
                tbox = self.debug.addText("line0", 0, 0, 100, 15)
                tbox.setText("Throttle")
                tbox = self.debug.addText("line1", 0, 15, 100, 15)
                tbox.setText("Turning")
                tbox = self.debug.addText("line2", 0, 30, 100, 15)
                tbox.setText("")
                tbox = self.debug.addText("line3", 0, 45, 100, 15)
                tbox.setText("")
           
            self.RegisterSmartZone(self.zone1, 1)
           
        return AI.SuperAI.Activate(self, active)

    def Tick(self):
        # fire weapon

        targets = [x for x in self.sensors.itervalues() if x.contacts > 0 \
                and not plus.isDefeated(x.robot)]
                       
        bReturn = AI.SuperAI.Tick(self)
       
        return bReturn

    def InvertHandler(self):
        # fire all weapons once per second (until we're upright!)
        while 1:
            for trigger in self.triggers2:
                self.Input(trigger, 0, 1)
           
            for i in range(0, 8):
                yield 0
               
    def LostComponent(self, id):
        # if we lose all our weapons, stop using the Engage tactic and switch to Shove
        if id in self.weapons: self.weapons.remove(id)
       
        if not self.weapons:
            tactic = [x for x in self.tactics if x.name == "Engage"]
            if len(tactic) > 0:
                self.tactics.remove(tactic[0])
               
                self.tactics.append(Tactics.Shove(self))
                self.tactics.append(Tactics.Charge(self))
           
        return AI.SuperAI.LostComponent(self, id)
               
    def DebugString(self, id, string):
        if self.debug:
            if id == 0: self.debug.get("line0").setText(string)
            elif id == 1: self.debug.get("line1").setText(string)
            elif id == 2: self.debug.get("line2").setText(string)
            elif id == 3: self.debug.get("line3").setText(string)

    def SmartZoneEvent(self, direction, id, robot, chassis):
        if id == 1 and self.weapons:
            if chassis:
                if direction == 1:
                    for trigger in self.triggers1: self.Input(trigger, 0, 1)
        return True
   
AI.register(Popup)


[apanx]

This code is messed up. It contains superfluous stuff under Tick. You can't specify Weapon trigger separately from Srimech trigger. SmartZoneEvent is only triggered when something enters or leaves the Smartzone.
If you want to use it. Remove this part

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    def SmartZoneEvent(self, direction, id, robot, chassis):
        if id == 1 and self.weapons:
            if chassis:
                if direction == 1:
                    for trigger in self.triggers1: self.Input(trigger, 0, 1)
        return True
Replace this part

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    def Tick(self):
        # fire weapon


        targets = [x for x in self.sensors.itervalues() if x.contacts > 0 \
                and not plus.isDefeated(x.robot)]
                       
        bReturn = AI.SuperAI.Tick(self)
       
        return bReturn
With this

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    def Tick(self):
        # fire weapon
        if self.weapons:
            targets = [x for x in self.sensors.itervalues() if x.contacts > 0 \
                and not plus.isDefeated(x.robot)]
                       
            if len(targets) > 0:             
                for trigger in self.triggers1: self.Input(trigger, 0, 1)
           
        return AI.SuperAI.Tick(self)
Also, separate Weapon triggers from Srimech triggers, Replace this:

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        if 'triggers' in args: self.triggers2 = args['triggers']With

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        if 'srimech' in args: self.triggers2 = args['srimech']
And make smartzone name changeable in bindings, replace this:

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        if 'zone' in args: self.zone = args['zone']With

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        if 'zone' in args: self.zone1 = args['zone']

[Calmarius]

Ok made the changes except the SmartZoneEvent thing.

The goal of the popup.py is hitting other bot only when the chassis is within the smart zone. Do you have info what does the arguments for this SmartZoneEvent method mean?

[yugitom]

The goal of the popup.py is hitting other bot only when the chassis is within the smart zone.

Isn't that just Omni? Or, any other .py with smart zones involved?

[090901]

get the newest version of popup.py that is on the beetlebros site in the AI essentials pack. (link to it on the main page of gtm) and use that one and use a binding line with 'NoChassisTime"

[Badger]

What does nochassistime actually do?

[apanx]

What does nochassistime actually do?

It waits for specified time (1=0.5secs) before activating trigger if enemy robot is in zone, but the chassis is outside. If not specified, it is 1 sec .

Ok made the changes except the SmartZoneEvent thing.

The goal of the popup.py is hitting other bot only when the chassis is within the smart zone. Do you have info what does the arguments for this SmartZoneEvent method mean?

Yes but the code for SmartZoneEvent is messed up. It won't work. It is updated in the later pack. The changes in Tick won't do anything if SmartZoneEvent is not fixed.
direction, is 1 when stuff enters and -1 when stuff leaves zone
id, ID of smartzone, usually 1 for robots, unused in robot AI code, more important for arenas.
robot, ID of robot in zone
chassis, true if chassis of robot is in zone.

The newer Popup.py is better, but some of the old changes still apply if you want to separate Weapon from Srimech triggers.

[Badger]

Yo can someone explain the differences between all the meltybrain .pys? I remember one version I used seemed to try to flank the other bot, but the version I'm using ATM just charges straight at them.

[apanx]

Not sure which ones you mean.
Please link them and I'll check them out.

[Squirrel_Monkey]

Wow, apanx is here still.
I didn't know there was more than one meltybrain py to begin with.

[Badger]

https://gametechmods.com/uploads/files/8061FBS PYs.7z

Mainly wondering the differences between the first 3 and the analogue one.