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BZRobots
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About BZRobots
BZRobots is a programmable computer player client that is compatible with the bzfs servers. It is designed to be an artificial intelligence training and development tool that operates under the BZFlag platform.
(Note that the following applies to the BZRobots in the upcoming BZFlag 3.0 release)
Getting Started: Building
Linux/OS X
The BZRobots client (and support for C++ bots) will by default as a standard part of the bzflag trunk build. However, if you want to build Pythong bots, you will need to run ./configure with the option --enable-bzrobots-python (and of course have the necessary dependencies)
Windows
Open the bzrobots solution, then build the bzrobots and testbot projects.
Getting Started: Running
(Note: Due to the use of libtool, the TestRobot.so is in the .libs directory)
# cd bzflag/src/bzrobots # ./bzrobots -team red robot@localhost .libs/TestRobot.so
Linux/OS X: Python [.py]
# cd bzflag/src/bzrobots # ./bzrobots -team red robot@localhost ../../bots/python/StalkBot.py
# cd bzflag # ./bzrobots -team red robot@localhost testbot.dll
See Also
BZRobots/API - A list of the methods in the BZRobots API
BZRobots/Ideas - Community suggestions for and enhancements changes for BZRobots
BZRobots/RoboCode_Changes - For those coming from RoboCode, a list of differences between the RoboCode and BZRobots API
BZRobots/History - The old "About" page for BZRobots
BZRobots/Protocol - Description of the internal protocol used in BZRobots
