realtimebattle

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Description

Even though the environment the robots are moving in is fairly simple, it is far from easy to construct an intelligent robot-program. RealTimeBattle is constructed to be easy to use, flexible and fast. The intention is that the program could be used for learning programming languages, as a test for intelligent algorithms or just as a game to play and enjoy.

Here is a list of features of RealTimeBattle:

• Game progresses in real time, with the robot programs running as child processes to RealTimeBattle.
• The robots communicate with the main program using the standard input and output.
• Robots can be constructed in almost any programming language.
• Any number of robots can compete simultaneously if allowed by operating system and hardware.
• A simple messaging language is used for communication, which makes it easy to start constructing robots.
• Robots behave like a real physical object.
• Own arenas can be created.
• The simulation environment is highly configurable.
• It is possible to connect external clients to the simulation server.
• Basic team support is directly integrated in the game, sophisticated team play available due to team frameworks.
• RealTimeBattle is distributed under the General Public License (GPL).

Options

--debug_mode, -d

debug mode

--debug_level

0-5, -D 0-5

sets the initial debug level. implies -d

--normal_mode, -n

normal mode (default)

--competition_mode, -c

competition mode

--no_graphics, -g

no graphics will be displayed

--option_file

file, -o file

selects option-file (default: $HOME/.rtbrc)

--log_file

file, -l file

make log file, if 'file' is '-' the log is sent to STDOUT

--tournament_file

file, -t file

specify a tournament file to autostart a tournament

--statistics_file

file, -s file

file to print the statistics to when autostarting

--message_file

file, -m file

redirect messages to 'file'.
 '-' as 'file' is equivalent to STDOUT. If both log and messages are send to STDOUT, '-m' will be ignored

--replay

file, -r file

a log file to replay. if '-' is specified as file, input is taken from STDIN

--help, -h

prints this message

--version, -v

prints the version number

--port_number, -p

specifies the port for remote clients (default is 32134) (only available if compiled with --enable-network)

Examples

realtimebattle

Just start

RealTimeBattle in normal mode with graphical user interface and listening for remote clients on port 32134 (if compiled with --enable-network).

realtimebattle -D 5

Enable full debugging output. Note that this is also useful for debugging robots, because the debug level is sent to the robots as a game option.

realtimebattle -c -g -o

option-file -t tournament-file -l logfile -s statistics-file

A typical competition start of RealTimeBattle. There will be no graphical user interface and the results of the competion will be written to logfile and statistics-file.

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