v0.11.0

[flemming-n-larsen]

0.11.0 - Initial position feature

Bugfixes

• Fixes for building Java artifacts to deploy to Maven artifactory.
• Bot API: Replaced the environment variable BOT_URL (deprecated) with BOT_HOMEPAGE.
• Bot API for .Net: Added missing public Bot(BotInfo, Uri, string serverSecret) constructor.

Changes

• Implemented initial position feature:
  • Add an initialPosition field in the JSON file for your bot with a value like 50,50,90 to request a starting
    coordinate at (50,50) with the bot heading toward 90°.
  • A --enable-initial-position (or the short version -I) must be set to enable the initial positions feature on
    the server. If initial position is not enabled, the bot will start at a random position.
  • Initial positions can be set from the menu with Config → Debug Options → Enable initial start position.
  • The Target.json file of the Target sample has been updated with an initialPosition to demonstrate this feature.
• Updated the SpinBot sample bot for C# to demonstrate the use of [BotInfo.FromConfiguration(IConfiguration)].
• The config file named misc.properties has been renamed into config.properties and the server-url setting was
  moved to the server.properties file.
• When the server settings are changed on the GUI, the user will be asked if the server should be rebooted to let the
  changes take effect.

Documentation

You can read more about Robocode Tank Royale here:
https://robocode-dev.github.io/tank-royale/

Running Robocode

You need Java 11 or newer to be preinstalled on your system. You can read the installation guide to get more details about installing Java and Robocode.

The Robocode GUI application must be run from the command line in order to start and view battles:

java -jar robocode-tankroyale-gui-0.11.0.jar

robocode-tankroyale-gui-0.11.0.jar

Note that you need to download sample bots and install those into directories on your system, and add these directories from the menu:

Config → Bot Root Directories

Sample bots

These sample bots are currently available:

C#: sample-bots-csharp-0.11.0.zip
Java: sample-bots-java-0.11.0.zip

Note that the C# bots need Microsoft .Net SDK 5.0 or newer must be preinstalled.

Bot API

In order to develop bots for Robocode, you'll need one of the provided APIs for the Java/JVM or .Net platform.

Java:

Available as an artifact on the Maven repository:
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/dev.robocode.tankroyale/robocode-tankroyale-bot-api

<dependency>
  <groupId>dev.robocode.tankroyale</groupId>
  <artifactId>robocode-tankroyale-bot-api</artifactId>
  <version>0.11.0</version>
</dependency>

.Net:

Available as artifact on the Nuget repository:
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Robocode.TankRoyale.BotApi/

dotnet add package Robocode.TankRoyale.BotApi

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This discussion was created from the release v0.11.0.