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I had to decompile Sun Tzu since I seem to have lost my sourcefiles, but it seems I simply use
this.radio[x] = y
in my build method.

Hm, looks like your compiler is transforming the + concatenations in your source to the use of StringBuilders in the actual code. Try compiling against java 1.4, that does not have the StringBuilder class. I just found out I lost all my bitbath java sourcecode so I can't tell you what I used for deb...

Yes, cities can also use the radio.
Sun Tzu uses this so its cities request help from different nearby units based on both the type of enemy unit nearing as well as the terrain type it is on. They also act as relays to pass on information broadcast by nearby bots to make the message travel further.

I made a small adjustment to the rating mechanism so the ranking should reflect the bots skills better now and they should also be a bit more stable.

Try putting rt.jar in your classpath (or referenced libraries)

Heya all, I've been working on a new site for bitbath for a while now. It incorporates a lot of the ideas and suggestions from this forum that Adum just doesn't have the time to implement. Like every map is played twice, with sides reversed. You can request a rematch of a certain fight if you have a...

Yes that's true. If you use class variables then each unit can keep track of things. For instance a city can remember how many of each unit it has built: public class Elephant{ private int[] built = new int[4]; public Object think(... ... public int build(...) { if (buildItem != 0) return 0; int uni...

You probably misread this line from the readme: "Other teams have a faction value of greater than 0."

If you're checking for objFaction == 1, then that would explain the results you're seeing.
Try objFaction > 0 for enemy objects.

First thing is that about 60-70% of the generatetd maps are unfair (I know that everyone will equally often be on the unlucky and lucky side, but thats not the point). Some are just a little unfair, some are completely ... meaning even "Boris" or "Walk Softly" wouldn't win again...

Hacking and Games. You have 2 of the top-3 interests of computer loving teenagers there. Level of education does not equal level of intellect. I dropped out of highschool, but seem to do just fine . This forum does seem to have a higher amount of " help me hack this site/email/bank " posts...

ooh yeah, gimme more, I'm an addict!

Hey Adum, Could you press the button again please? :D The bot I uploaded two days ago only got to fight for 5 minutes.. :? Opponent Date Time Winner Length asx 2009-07-15 17:24:00 Sun Tzu 576 asx 2009-07-15 17:24:14 Sun Tzu 311 Colossus 2009-07-15 17:25:32 Sun Tzu 275 Xtee 2009-07-15 17:28:47 Sun Tz...

More praise for BitBath!

This is so simple to learn, but very hard to master.

I'd never programmed in java before, so it took a bit of learning, but it was well worth it.

Hey Adum, My compile target is set to 1.5 in eclipse. Setting it to 1.6 makes the bot fail locally. My Nemesis bot runs fine in the local simulator (RunSimulator.bat) both with and without the "Run natively" checkbox. Are you SURE the HackJVM used by the match runner is the same as the one...

I just uploaded my first bot "Nemesis" . It's still absolute rubbish but I wanted to see it play against some of the other bots. Locally it works fine in both Native and "production" mode. But to my surprise when I look at the games it plays on the site, nothing is happening! One...