RoboCode

[OliverE]

Ok guys, time to start up a little challenge of my own.

Might have talked about this before, but if I havent then RoboCode is a Java based Robot game. Basically you use Java and the games API to control you robot. The aim of the game is to win by destroying all the other robots.

There are many functions of the robot, but mainly you can rotate your turrent, your radar, your robot, move ahead or back, and fire. You then use a combination of those functions in your coding to create a robot that will beat the rest.

Its a very simple game, not too addictive but with this new challenge im hoping with some actual players it might get a bit more interesting. There are a few tutorials online, but ill be making a basic one pritty soon. Let the best "Robo" win.

Download: http://robocode.sourceforge.net/download
Java: http://java.com/en/download

 

[SGT.Code]

ooo i fell a username change coming lol il download now and il check it out later

 

[OliverE]

Lolz, let me know if you need some help, im still just getting to grips with it.

 

[SGT.Code]

Ok bleepy since you didnt reply on steam last night im forced to posts this, just kidin.
when i open it it flashes a CMD window and then nothing happens is this normal and o yer all most forgot, HELP PLEASE?? i dont know how to play this game this has never happend to me before i allways know how to play games . anyway cant wait for the tut bleeps

 

[SGT.Code]

Ok i fixed it if this hapens to you you need to set the path for java:

If this doesnt work then complain to robocode wiki becaus i copied and pasted

PATH must be set

Note that it is really important that you point at the 'bin' folder, and not just JAVA_HOME. The PATH must be set so your system knows where to locate java.exe, which is used to start the Java VM that Robocode requires.
Set path on Windows

Add the path to your PATH environment variable, e.g. PATH=%PATH%;JAVA_HOME\bin.

1. Find where you installed Java. The default position at: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin
2. Copy all that.
3. Right click on My Computer and select Properties. The System dialogue should have appeared. On Vista, choose "Advanced system settings" in the sidebar. On XP, choose 'Advanced' tab.
4. Now, click on "Environmental Variables" which is a button at the bottom right.
5. Under the category "System variables" which is the lower box, scroll down to "Path" and double click on it.
6. In "Variable value", go to the end of all that text (Remember to put a semicolon down at the end of the original text first or something bad may happen) and paste in the path of your java\bin directory. The one you copied earlier. Then put a semicolon at the end of the java/bin text.
7. Here's what my Path value looks like: "set PATH=%PATH%%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin;" (The text highlighted in bold is what you may have to put down)

 

[OliverE]

I left all my settings default and it worked fine.

 

[SGT.Code]

maybe you allready set your JAVA_HOME path thigy before or somthing but mine was not set so i had to do it.
anyway i have been at it for about an hour and the only thing i could work out was how to change the gun power and the circuit that the robot travels so more distance and more firepower but il get ther maybe lol

 

[OliverE]

well i know how to move around and stuff but thats about it.