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Robot Arena => General Support => Topic started by: Kujii on April 18, 2011, 12:21:19 AM

Title: Bot lab crashing in DSL
Post by: Kujii on April 18, 2011, 12:21:19 AM: So I've been trying to test my new bot in the test lab, to see how much punishment it can take, but whenever I wreck my robot past the point where it can operate, it yells 'Great Match', starts to play some victory music, then the client crashes, and usually, my work doesn't save.

Anyone know a workaround for the issue, or how to resolve it?

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I posted too fast, and clicked stock instead of DSL, can this please be moved there so I can get the proper assistance?
Title: Re: Bot lab crashing in DSL
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on April 18, 2011, 02:33:51 AM: It's just a glitch, it believes you "lost" a match when you die. Just don't do it!
Title: Re: Bot lab crashing in DSL
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on April 18, 2011, 02:34:11 AM: Quote from: Squirrel_Monkey on April 18, 2011, 02:33:51 AM
It's just a glitch, it believes you "lost" a match when you die. Just don't do it!
EDIT: I can help you recover the bot though.
Title: Re: Bot lab crashing in DSL
Post by: Kujii on April 18, 2011, 04:18:58 AM: *Nods*

That would be very helpful, how would I go about doing that, for the next time it happens?
Title: Re: Bot lab crashing in DSL
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on April 18, 2011, 04:25:24 AM: Work out what bot slot your bot was located in (Bot0 is top left, Bot2 bottom left, Bot3 top right etc....) and what team. e.g. Rookies is team0.
Then look in your teams folder outside of RA2, find the appropriated team and the file inside labelled for example Bot0 if your bot was in the top left slot. Copy and paste this into "robot designs" and import back into RA2.
Title: Re: Bot lab crashing in DSL
Post by: Kujii on April 18, 2011, 04:29:06 AM: Alright, I pasted that statement into my 'bug solutions' folder, and I'll use that next time I trash a robot by ramming it into walls as fast as it goes.

Thank-you for the solution; I apologize to everyone for using the wrong section on accident.
Title: Re: Bot lab crashing in DSL
Post by: Scrap Daddy on April 18, 2011, 10:13:30 AM: lol what the heck were you doing that you managed to destroy your bot?
Title: Re: Bot lab crashing in DSL
Post by: Kujii on April 18, 2011, 01:44:08 PM: Ramming it into objects VERY hard to see what happened of course.
Title: Re: Bot lab crashing in DSL
Post by: Trovaner on April 20, 2011, 03:33:19 PM: I added some coding into all my practice arenas so that whenever the bot is about to lose, it recovers all its HP. If you would like, I could post the coding for that.

Since this is the result of the EXE's coding, it could happen in any version of the game.
Title: Re: Bot lab crashing in DSL
Post by: Kujii on April 20, 2011, 06:52:16 PM: While I'll be fine without it, I'd assume if you posted that code wherever it normally goes, people would be appreciable ^^
It sounds useful at least for really testing the bots durability.