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

[apanx]

FBS is my old creation modded by Naryar to spin in the same direction no matter inverted status.
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=2191.msg54748#msg54748

FBS_1 and FBS_2 are made by Madiaba, not as good as FBS

FBSFlame is FBS but with a Analog input named Flame pegged at 100.
FBSPlus is a FBS and can include a spinning weapon attached to an Switch control. It also uses a larger tickInterval to reduce CPU usage (and accuracy).
FBSInvertDir is FBSPlus but it spins in opposite direction when inverted.
FBSAnalog is a FBSInvertDir but using an Analog control instead of a Switch for the spinning weapon.

[Badger]

Thanks apanx!

[Conraaa]

How would I AI a servo piston lifter? I am trying Other.py but it is just moving the pistons to their max extension straight away and this is causing it to havok.

[apanx]

Depends on what you want it to do.
Extend pistons to maximum when a bot is inside a smartzone or something else?

[Conraaa]

I would like the pistons to stay at their starting point initially and extend to maximum when a robot is inside the smartzone. And then return to starting point when nothing is in the smart zone.

[Hi5er]

Hi guys, I need some advice on weapon bindings...

I'm trying to AI my drum bot from my showcase. I basically copy and pasted Neglected Waterbugs AI from Starcore v4, but I don't understand why NWB has code like "weapons":(1,2,3,4,5,6,7, etc), because he has two spinners, nothing more.

My drum bot works with this code, I just don't understand why it has to be like that, why not Weapons 1,2 (for the 2 ZTek motors powering the drum?). I read the ai pack thing from the tutorial index, but it talks about weapon ID's, how do I know the ID's of the weapons i'm using?  I can't see that we can actually assign anything a number to then quote from the bindings text file anyway?

Sorry for the questions, but I'm actually (I would say) an intermediate level coder in actionscript 2.0 and C++, so I just need everything to make sense for me to understand it haha...

[Squirrel_Monkey]

The weapon numbers correspond to all the components you want the AI to consider as weapons. Once all of those are knocked off the AI will switch tactics, usually to shove but some AIs might use secondary weapons (sweapons) etc...
Commonly people use the weapon id 0 which corresponds to the chassis so the AI will never switch tactics, which is normally fine.

To find weapon IDs you can count down components in the bot file or use the bot exporter.

[Hi5er]

The weapon numbers correspond to all the components you want the AI to consider as weapons. Once all of those are knocked off the AI will switch tactics, usually to shove but some AIs might use secondary weapons (sweapons) etc...
Commonly people use the weapon id 0 which corresponds to the chassis so the AI will never switch tactics, which is normally fine.

To find weapon IDs you can count down components in the bot file or use the bot exporter.

Thanks for the reply.

So for example, if I had a base plate extender, 20cm black extender, 1x Razor on the end. I could essentially assign the AI weapons 1,2,3 so it would consider all 3 a weapon?

Could you clarify what the Bot Exporter is? Is it simply when you export a bot from the bot lab and open the corresponding file in something like notepad? Then just count the components down from there?

[apanx]

The bot exporter is this old thing
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=97

[Squirrel_Monkey]

See link above for bot exporter. It gives all the components numbers in a nice format.

Then in the AI line you specify which components must fall off before the AI considers the weapon system destroyed and will change tactic. As I said it's not always necessary to bother.

[Hi5er]

The bot exporter is this old thing
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=97

Thanks for this, I also feel privileged getting a reply from 1 of only 38 of your messages ever in 10 years.

I have downloaded and extracted the application and saved it to the main Robot Arena file on my desktop, but I get the following error when I try and run it:




I'm running on Windows 10.

See link above for bot exporter. It gives all the components numbers in a nice format.

Then in the AI line you specify which components must fall off before the AI considers the weapon system destroyed and will change tactic. As I said it's not always necessary to bother.

So if I AI'd my bot to say an, "Omni" with "weapons": (0) or whatever syntax it requires, that's basically saying. "You are an Omni until component 0 falls off", a.k.a The Chassis? Which won't happen haha...

Which I suppose I'll have to do if I can't get the app to run.

[apanx]

You need the VB6 runtime to use the exporter
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/957924

[Hi5er]

You need the VB6 runtime to use the exporter
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/957924

Thanks support! 

[R01]

So I've been trying to AI my first bot, using Spinner.py from the AI Pack for a drum bot.

I customized it a bit calling it Modspinner(replaced all "Spinner" in the py file as well, no crashes) but even with that I'm having trouble to getting my bot to spin, it doesn't spin at all(same happens with the default Spinner.py from Stock) the spinner motors do have a button control called Spin yet it doesn't work for some odd reason.

[Badger]

You sure it's a capital S on the control? Try using omni.py. Ifyou still can't get it to worm PM it to me and I'll take a look.

[R01]

You sure it's a capital S on the control? Try using omni.py. Ifyou still can't get it to worm PM it to me and I'll take a look.

Yes it's a capital S, didn't work with omni, here's the line in Bindings.py:
list.append( ("Mega Gator", "Omni", { }) )
Think I'm missing some values here?

[Squirrel_Monkey]

It might not spin up as you haven't given it a weapons parameter. Go look at another AI line and compare.

[R01]

It might not spin up as you haven't given it a weapons parameter. Go look at another AI line and compare.

Thought the weapons parameter was only required for it to stop attacking once a certain part ID breaks, how would I make it keep attacking even if every weapon breaks?

[09090901]

It might not spin up as you haven't given it a weapons parameter. Go look at another AI line and compare.

Thought the weapons parameter was only required for it to stop attacking once a certain part ID breaks, how would I make it keep attacking even if every weapon breaks?

set it to 0, the chassis

[R01]

It might not spin up as you haven't given it a weapons parameter. Go look at another AI line and compare.

Thought the weapons parameter was only required for it to stop attacking once a certain part ID breaks, how would I make it keep attacking even if every weapon breaks?

set it to 0, the chassis

Works now(had that before but didn't notice it during testing)but only if I get really close to it(after that it keeps on spinning)