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Droidarena is free for all again!!! (and not just for a trial period)
- Thread starter AntoneM
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Yeah, it's like an HTML game, you work for a corperation (we all work for GA) and we build up our droids in big battles. You don't fight though, your computer AI takes care of all that. Make money killing and winning. Team work, all joining the same battle at once to improve chances of winning. It's fun.
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
DA fucking ROX. I want to join but I know I really don't have the time to play it. We'll see.
shoplifter
Member
I SOOOO do not need to play again.
Teknopathetic
Member
I just pissed away my college education.
See the thing about this game is that all you realyl have to do is play for 5 minutes and then go back and study. Problem is during the week I'm at school from 9 to like 6pm, never being close to a computer. The people with no lives usually get the levels up fast.
So should have done this during the summer, like last time.
So should have done this during the summer, like last time.
shoplifter
Member
LakeEarth said:
Yeah, but all I seem to ever do is F5 over and over again to see if anything happened.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
I so don't have time for this anymore.
Teknopathetic
Member
you might as well join in, then.
if I'm gonna play I'm gonna want to make ai scripts, especially if I can actually tell wtf is going on in this new fight system.
but I don't have time to make ai scripts =\
but playing it back when it was free was awesome...
but I have projects and tests...
>_<
but I don't have time to make ai scripts =\
but playing it back when it was free was awesome...
but I have projects and tests...
>_<
slayn said:
been playing for over a year, the battle system hasn't changed all that much since RSL hasn't changed much, for instance I've used pretty much the same script for the last 3 seasons. The only things to keep in mind now a days is that the most expensive equip isn't always the best for you (depending on your script) and resources are more scarce than before.
I just realised I still have your old script lying around, if you want it let me know and I'll pm it to ya.
ohamsie said:
nothing..yet... still season 12.
I'm just playing to try and get the script system down more quickly so I don't have so many... um... accidents...
like where I killed off my 3 other gaffers that were on my team... and so was spawned the berserk script =\
Son of Godzilla
Banned
The best part was you kept using that script because it was getting you more xp...
I was reading about that a little... when you "block" thief, I understood that mean you block yourself off from being able to do thief operations, does that also block anyone else off from doing thieving stuff on you?
also "does the season start at midnight or will there be an official starting time decided later?"
in other words, am I staying up for any good reason?
also "does the season start at midnight or will there be an official starting time decided later?"
in other words, am I staying up for any good reason?
question for anyone who plans on playing,
are people will to take two space units up on their robot for a radio?
its something that should be decided as a group, and whether or not we will have a scripting standard (and for those that don't make their own scripts have someone make it for you)
a radio would also require coordination of people going into the same arenas togethor.
a radio when you are alone does absolutely nothing and is a waste of space that could be used for a 3rd weapon
a radio when people are in an arena togethor with proper scripts can be used to hunt out the doll for massive exp. ie, one could write a script such that if one of us sees the doll, they will broadcast out a message and all other team members will respond to such a call and gather in the area with the doll.
are people will to take two space units up on their robot for a radio?
its something that should be decided as a group, and whether or not we will have a scripting standard (and for those that don't make their own scripts have someone make it for you)
a radio would also require coordination of people going into the same arenas togethor.
a radio when you are alone does absolutely nothing and is a waste of space that could be used for a 3rd weapon
a radio when people are in an arena togethor with proper scripts can be used to hunt out the doll for massive exp. ie, one could write a script such that if one of us sees the doll, they will broadcast out a message and all other team members will respond to such a call and gather in the area with the doll.
Yeah but make sure they don't respond if they are in the middle of a big fight or something.
If it's like as it was before, then at the lower levels the radio is pretty much useless and then in upper levels it works better. Certain AI things didn't work in lower levels. Maybe it's different now though.
If it's like as it was before, then at the lower levels the radio is pretty much useless and then in upper levels it works better. Certain AI things didn't work in lower levels. Maybe it's different now though.
the difficulty would be knowing whats a "big fight"
I tend to make my scripts "lock on" ie, once I find an enemy I hunt them until they no longer exist.
it could be made then that if you haven't locked onto an enemy and someone sends a message that they see the doll you walk in that direction rather than just walking randomly as pretty much any other script would do. Its not the best route to secure the doll, but this method has only benefits over not responding to a doll call. The only downside I see to this route is you have to use up the 2 space for a radio.
the other way would be as soon as someone sends a doll message you start going in that direction rather than just your enemy (but still firing at whatever enemy you are locked on to). So you would give up the chase but would still fight back.
its not until you get the next cpu that could do better stuff like keep track of how many ticks have gone by so you can make a check like, "if less than 1000 ticks have gone by, ignore doll sightings, else, time is almost up! rush to doll!"
I tend to make my scripts "lock on" ie, once I find an enemy I hunt them until they no longer exist.
it could be made then that if you haven't locked onto an enemy and someone sends a message that they see the doll you walk in that direction rather than just walking randomly as pretty much any other script would do. Its not the best route to secure the doll, but this method has only benefits over not responding to a doll call. The only downside I see to this route is you have to use up the 2 space for a radio.
the other way would be as soon as someone sends a doll message you start going in that direction rather than just your enemy (but still firing at whatever enemy you are locked on to). So you would give up the chase but would still fight back.
its not until you get the next cpu that could do better stuff like keep track of how many ticks have gone by so you can make a check like, "if less than 1000 ticks have gone by, ignore doll sightings, else, time is almost up! rush to doll!"
invalid commands get ignored, they don't generate errors. Sorta like html. So you don't have to have a radio to use these scripts, but if you happen to have one it will use it. Both of these make a check to see if they are currently engaged with an enemy robot, and only respond to the doll call if they are not engaged.
these are untested, so, might wanna check for syntax errors if you understand the script language.
first, I took just their generate script template for people that like the default, with settings of wander, follow, fetch and move on.
this second one is my personal script that I'm working on a testing. A bit of warning... this script basically finds a robot and then humps them while shooting at it. So if more than one person uses this, and you both choose to hump the same enemy, while you won't be shooting AT your teamates, you will accidentally hit them. A lot.
these are untested, so, might wanna check for syntax errors if you understand the script language.
first, I took just their generate script template for people that like the default, with settings of wander, follow, fetch and move on.
Code:
[INIT]
INVA &id5
INVA &id0
GRPS
COPY #ps &ps6
GRPS
GOTO #ps
[POSI]
LOG BOTPOS
INVA &ps7
GRPS
COPY #ps &ps3
GOTO &ps3
GOTO &ps2
[WALL]
TURN #le
[DOLL]
LOG Doll in sight
SOS!
COPY #ps &ps7
GOTO &ps7
[HELP]
GPOS #id
COPY #ps &ps2
GPOS &id5
IFVA #ps DN
GOTO &ps2
[SEEE]
COPY #id &id7
IFIN &id5 FTCH
INVA #ps
GPOS &id5
IFIN #ps FTCH
COPY #ps &ps5
CALL KILL
[FTCH]
COPY &id7 &id5
GPOS &id5
IFIN #ps MOVE
COPY #ps &ps5
CALL KILL
[KILL]
SHOT &ps5
CALL MOVE
[MOVE]
GOTO &ps5
[DN]
;does nothingthis second one is my personal script that I'm working on a testing. A bit of warning... this script basically finds a robot and then humps them while shooting at it. So if more than one person uses this, and you both choose to hump the same enemy, while you won't be shooting AT your teamates, you will accidentally hit them. A lot.
Code:
[INIT]
LOG Initializing robot...
INVA &id0
INVA &id1
INVA &ps9
LOG Checking Equipment...
LOG HP
LOG Setting Mode...
VAL #mb
GRPS
COPY #ps &ps9
GOTO #ps
[STEP]
IFVA &id0 FOLLOW
GOTO &ps9
[POSI]
LOG Position reached, searching
GRPS
COPY #ps &ps9
GOTO #ps
[SEEE]
COPY #id &id2
IFVA &id0 CHECK
LOG Locking on to target, id number:
COPY #id &id1
VAL &id1
COPY #me &id0
GPOS &id1
SHOT #ps
GPOS &id1
SHOT #ps
GPOS &id1
SHOT #ps
GPOS &id1
SHOT #ps
GOTO #ps
[FOLLOW]
LOG Persuing locked on target:
VAL &id1
INVA #ps
GPOS &id1
IFIN #ps LOSTTARGET
GPOS &id1
SHOT #ps
GPOS &id1
SHOT #ps
GPOS &id1
SHOT #ps
GPOS &id1
SHOT #ps
GOTO #ps
[LOSTTARGET]
LOG Error, locked on target can not be found
VAL &id0
INVA &id0
VAL &id0
GRPS
COPY #ps &ps9
GOTO &ps9
[DOLL]
LOG The Doll is in sight, broadcasting location and persuing doll
SOS!
GOTO #ps
[HELP]
LOG receiving transmition, the doll has been located
GPOS #id
COPY #ps &ps9
IFVA &id0 IGNORE
Log heading to doll location
[IGNORE]
LOG Currently engaged, ignoring transmition
[CHECK]
IFEQ &id1 &id2 BREAK
LOG Saw a new enemy
VAL &id2
[BREAK]I asked, they said this week is beta for their new fight system. (same system but I guess with tweaks so some commands that were previously broken now work)
as such, some things are being wonky. Like functions will sometimes run more than once for no good reason.
also, I've noticed that now my log makes it look like I'm being attacked... even though there aren't any enemies anywhere near me... that one bothers me a bit.
also new script, much improved over the previous one, I think I got my to not hump anymore, and as such since other robots tend to stack on each other I now often hit up to 3 guys per shot. In my last battle that had 3 orbs and 5 humans including me, I did 2000 damage.
as such, some things are being wonky. Like functions will sometimes run more than once for no good reason.
also, I've noticed that now my log makes it look like I'm being attacked... even though there aren't any enemies anywhere near me... that one bothers me a bit.
also new script, much improved over the previous one, I think I got my to not hump anymore, and as such since other robots tend to stack on each other I now often hit up to 3 guys per shot. In my last battle that had 3 orbs and 5 humans including me, I did 2000 damage.
Code:
[INIT]
LOG Initializing robot...
INVA &id0
INVA &id1
INVA &id2
INVA &ps8
INVA &ps9
LOG Checking Equipment...
LOG HP
LOG Setting Mode...
VAL #mb
GRPS
COPY #ps &ps9
GOTO #ps
[STEP]
IFVA &id0 FOLLOW
IFVA &ps8 PERSUE
GOTO &ps9
[FOLLOW]
INVA #ps
GPOS &id1
IFIN #ps LOSTTARGET
COPY #ps &ps8
SHOT #ps
SHOT #ps
SHOT #ps
IFEQ #fw #ps STOP
IFEQ #bk #ps STOP
IFEQ #le #ps STOP
IFEQ #ri #ps STOP
IFEQ #mp #ps STOP
GOTO #ps
[LOSTTARGET]
LOG Error, locked on target can not be found
LOG Moving towards last known location
INVA &id0
GOTO &ps8
[STOP]
LOG enemy is near, holding position
GOTO #mp
[PERSUE]
GOTO &ps8
[POSI]
INVA &ps8
IFVA &id0 BREAK
LOG Position reached, searching
GRPS
COPY #ps &ps9
GOTO #ps
[SEEE]
COPY #id &id2
IFVA &id0 CHECK
LOG Locking on to target, id number:
COPY #id &id1
VAL &id1
COPY #me &id0
GPOS &id1
SHOT #ps
SHOT #ps
SHOT #ps
GOTO #ps
[CHECK]
IFEQ &id1 &id2 BREAK
LOG A new enemy is sighted
VAL &id2
[DOLL]
LOG Persuing doll, broadcasting location
SOS!
COPY #ps &ps9
GOTO &ps9
[HELP]
LOG receiving transmition
VAL #id
LOG the doll has been located
GPOS #id
COPY #ps &ps9
IFVA &id0 IGNORE
Log heading to doll location
GOTO &ps9
[IGNORE]
LOG Currently engaged, ignoring transmition
[BREAK]I used your original hump script and it won for me. Never ran into any battles though, just grabbed the doll and ran.
BTW, does the experience/money you do during this beta week carry over to the next season? I doubt it, I'll stop playing just cause there's no point if what I'm doing does amount to anything in 5 days.
BTW, does the experience/money you do during this beta week carry over to the next season? I doubt it, I'll stop playing just cause there's no point if what I'm doing does amount to anything in 5 days.