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== API Additions == | == API Additions == | ||
| − | * getZ() - Returns the Z position of a tank | + | * '''getZ()''' - Returns the Z position of a tank |
| − | * getLength() - Previously the "height" in the RoboCode API, this returns the length of a tank from the tip of the barrel to the rear of the tank. | + | * '''getLength()''' - Previously the "height" in the RoboCode API, this returns the length of a tank from the tip of the barrel to the rear of the tank. |
=See Also= | =See Also= | ||
* [[BZRobots/About]] | * [[BZRobots/About]] | ||
* [[BZRobots/Protocol]] | * [[BZRobots/Protocol]] | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 9 July 2007
Contents
Overview
This page is to describe the changes that have been made to the RoboCode-compliant part of the API to accomodate how BZFlag works.
API Changes
Behaviour changes
- execute() - No longer "blocks" until the action is completed - it returns immediately unless you're currently completing an action. This also goes for other functions, see their relevant protocol messages in BZRobots/Protocol ("Steady-state required?"). This is because BZFlag is realtime (and RoboCode isn't).
Name changes
- getHeight() - Renamed to getLength(). This is because "height" in three dimensions refers to an different axis than what getHeight in two dimensions (and RoboCode) refers to.
API Additions
- getZ() - Returns the Z position of a tank
- getLength() - Previously the "height" in the RoboCode API, this returns the length of a tank from the tip of the barrel to the rear of the tank.
