README.md

lightriders-starterbot-golang

golang starter bot for Riddles.io's Light Riders AI challenge

Getting started:

go get github.com/vendelin8/lightriders-starterbot-golang/...

Create a shell/batch file with content similar to this:

go install github.com/vendelin8/lightriders-starterbot-golang/lightRiders-starterBot-go && java -jar game-wrapper-*.jar "$(cat wrapper-commands.json)"

From now on, I assume you have the $GOPATH/bin in your PATH. If you don't, just call

export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

For mac and linux, or

SET PATH=%PATH%;%GOPATH%\bin

for windows.

Add the bot to the wrapper-commands.json config like this:

...
"command": "lightRiders-starterBot-go"
...

Replayer

Call the following:

go install github.com/vendelin8/lightriders-starterbot-golang/replayer && replayer

You can add a parameter to the replayer, which is the file to replay, otherwise it will use the last one.

Debugging

You can use the replayer to check how the bot works. It can track certain variables that will be updated in the replayer. For adding new variables, do the following:

• Set the names of the variables in the utils/replay.go file at DEBUG_VARS = []string{...}
• Update these variables while running in the lightRiders-starterBot-go/debug.go file at

func saveMovesToReplay() {
...
rm := utils.ReplayMove{ownBot.LastMove, oppBot.LastMove,
    []string{...}} //write debug variable values here in the same order

Otherwise you can use logs, called with logI for info or logE for error. These functions call the corresponding methods of the log15 package.

Building

The uploaded package needs to build offline, so it must contain everything. This part is responsible for combining the different sources, replacing references, and zipping the output.

For packaging the bot for uploading, call

go install github.com/vendelin8/lightriders-starterbot-golang/builder && builder

For command line arguments and more dtails check the README files of the submodules in the directories.

Have fun.

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