Talk:MERVBot Tutorial - Revision history

BaK: yea.. .mem leak

2008-03-17T05:43:53Z

yea.. .mem leak

CypherJF: /* Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section */ deleted old broken links and related discussion

2007-10-07T18:07:15Z

‎Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section: deleted old broken links and related discussion

Mine GO BOOM: About recent code changes

2006-06-09T02:42:02Z

About recent code changes

Mine GO BOOM: Random Number Selection

2006-05-25T18:53:52Z

Random Number Selection

Cyan~Fire: old toc

2005-02-26T05:45:34Z

old toc

Pests at 05:20, 26 February 2005

2005-02-26T05:20:57Z

50% Packetloss: /* Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section */

2005-02-21T19:34:14Z

‎Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section

50% Packetloss: /* Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section */

2005-02-21T19:33:34Z

‎Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section

50% Packetloss: Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section

2005-02-21T19:32:45Z

Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section

Cyan~Fire: /* Example Code commenting system */

2005-02-20T15:51:01Z

‎Example Code commenting system

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		+	==hmm==
		+	Modified permanent get/setTag method = memory leak... boo
		+	telling them to beware is eh... i dunno [[User:BaK\|BaK]]
		+
	==General Convo==		==General Convo==
	D1s: Anybody wanna format this int a table of contents? I'm lazy		D1s: Anybody wanna format this int a table of contents? I'm lazy

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 </pre>
 So in the dll, in the positionhook event, you need to add tell(sendPosition(false));. Im not sure if it will have a dramatic effect if the bot is in spec (never tested it), but if the bot is in a ship it will disappear from the screen. I don't know a lot about this wiki stuff so Ill leave it up to you ladies to edit.
 == Random Number Selection ==

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	When picking a random number, the code for [[MERVBot_Tutorial#Picking_a_random_pilot\|Picking a random pilot]] works off GetTickCount, which is very bad. GTC does not have single digit accuracy, and you can see this by running a loop for a couple of seconds and 'bucketing' the return values module X. If X is something like 25 or 50, you'll see very obvious patterns, where certain numbers are skipped completely. Even modulo something smaller like 10, and the distribution is horrible. The section right above this uses rand() correctly. In a simple tutorial, even rand() % X is much better than GTC() % X.		When picking a random number, the code for [[MERVBot_Tutorial#Picking_a_random_pilot\|Picking a random pilot]] works off GetTickCount, which is very bad. GTC does not have single digit accuracy, and you can see this by running a loop for a couple of seconds and 'bucketing' the return values module X. If X is something like 25 or 50, you'll see very obvious patterns, where certain numbers are skipped completely. Even modulo something smaller like 10, and the distribution is horrible. The section right above this uses rand() correctly. In a simple tutorial, even rand() % X is much better than GTC() % X.
		+
		+	== About recent code changes ==
		+
		+	[[User:Mine GO BOOM\|Mine GO BOOM]] 22:42, Jun 8, 2006 (EDT): Instead of using numbers in the code, such as '9' in atoi and 256 for str, you should use sizeof. If you change the size of str in the future, makes it easier to handle, and is also less prone to errors when you are coding, as you '''know''' it won't overflow the variable (unless it doesn't tack on '\0' at the end, check documentation on that function?).

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	Lol, I was just about to delete that. :-P --[[User:Cyan~Fire\|Cyan~Fire]]		Lol, I was just about to delete that. :-P --[[User:Cyan~Fire\|Cyan~Fire]]
		+
		+	== Random Number Selection ==
		+
		+	When picking a random number, the code for [[MERVBot_Tutorial#Picking_a_random_pilot\|Picking a random pilot]] works off GetTickCount, which is very bad. GTC does not have single digit accuracy, and you can see this by running a loop for a couple of seconds and 'bucketing' the return values module X. If X is something like 25 or 50, you'll see very obvious patterns, where certain numbers are skipped completely. Even modulo something smaller like 10, and the distribution is horrible. The section right above this uses rand() correctly. In a simple tutorial, even rand() % X is much better than GTC() % X.

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	Old toc can be found here: [[MERVBot Tutorial/Old Toc]]		Old toc can be found here: [[MERVBot Tutorial/Old Toc]]
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		+	Lol, I was just about to delete that. :-P --[[User:Cyan~Fire\|Cyan~Fire]]

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 Oh, OK, that's fine. Also, do remember that the wiki will automatically do your &lt;p&gt;ing for you as long as you leave a blank line in-between "paragraphs". --[[User:Cyan~Fire|Cyan~Fire]]
 == Example Code commenting system ==
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 </pre>
 So in the dll, in the positionhook event, you need to add tell(sendPosition(false));. Im not sure if it will have a dramatic effect if the bot is in spec (never tested it), but if the bot is in a ship it will disappear from the screen. I don't know a lot about this wiki stuff so Ill leave it up to you ladies to edit.

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 I think I wasn't being very clear, Cypher didn't understand me either. I was talking about his &lt;!-- EXAMPLE A: BEGIN--&gt; stuff. Anyway, I've gotten permission from him to remove it, it was only supposed to be temporary. The idea of anonymous talk posts is a good idea, but I'm not sure if its possible. --[[User:Cyan~Fire|Cyan~Fire]]
-== Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section ==--[[User:50% Packetloss|50% Packetloss]] 14:33, Feb 21, 2005 (EST)
+== Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section ==
 This is what is currently there.

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	I think I wasn't being very clear, Cypher didn't understand me either. I was talking about his <!-- EXAMPLE A: BEGIN--> stuff. Anyway, I've gotten permission from him to remove it, it was only supposed to be temporary. The idea of anonymous talk posts is a good idea, but I'm not sure if its possible. --[[User:Cyan~Fire\|Cyan~Fire]]		I think I wasn't being very clear, Cypher didn't understand me either. I was talking about his <!-- EXAMPLE A: BEGIN--> stuff. Anyway, I've gotten permission from him to remove it, it was only supposed to be temporary. The idea of anonymous talk posts is a good idea, but I'm not sure if its possible. --[[User:Cyan~Fire\|Cyan~Fire]]
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		+	== Make bot spectate specific coordinates Section ==
		+
		+	This is what is currently there.
		+	<pre>
		+	tell(makeFollowing(false));
		+	tell(makeFlying(true));
		+	me->move(512 * 16, 600 * 16);
		+	tell(makeSendPosition(true));
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	Now when you tell the bot tell(makeFlying(true)); the core makes DLLFlying= true; Thus in the core's function void Host::doEvents() instead of the bot sending position packets, the job is left to the dll.
		+	<pre>
		+	//...
		+	if (DLLFlying)
		+	{
		+	Uint32 limit = settings.SendPositionDelay;
		+
		+	if (time - lastPosition > limit)
		+	{
		+	imports->talk(makePositionHook());
		+	}
		+	}
		+	else if (Me->ship == SHIP_Spectator)
		+	{ // Spectating
		+	Uint32 limit = settings.SendPositionDelay;
		+
		+	if (time - lastPosition > limit)
		+	{
		+	// Cycle player spectated
		+	if (Me->ship == SHIP_Spectator)
		+	spectateNext();
		+
		+	sendPosition(false);
		+	}
		+	}
		+	else if //...
		+	</pre>
		+	So in the dll, in the positionhook event, you need to add tell(sendPosition(false));. Im not sure if it will have a dramatic effect if the bot is in spec (never tested it), but if the bot is in a ship it will disappear from the screen. I don't know a lot about this wiki stuff so Ill leave it up to you ladies to edit.

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 == Example Code commenting system ==
-Anon: What's the use of it?
+What's the use of it? --[[User:Cyan~Fire|Cyan~Fire]]
 [[User:Smong|Smong]]: So if people don't understand the examples they can request help or a clarification. Also people that do understand an example might want to post a better/alternative solution. I suppose since you need an account to edit a page, maybe the wiki can be setup so you don't need an account to edit the discussion page so people can put comments in there.