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=Overview=
 
=Overview=
This page is to collaborate on ideas for the [[BZRobots]] Programmable Computer Player Client
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This page is to describe the community ideas for the BZRobots API that is to be provided as part of the Programmable Computer Player Client project for the Google Summer Of Code
  
= Suggested ideas =
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= Feature ideas =
==API functions==
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* Provide an API for visual targets based on the same rules a player would see.
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** This would only apply to maps using flags
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* Provide global, team, admin, and report chat APIs so bots can communicate just like players, perhaps with some parsing helper functions.
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== Input ==
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* Allows input of coordinates/properties from stdin, so info from other apps, gps, etc. can be pumped into the bot
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** What to do when multiple bots are running in the same client?
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= Accepted ideas =
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==Scripting==
 
==Scripting==
* Be able to load multiple modules.
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* Integrate python as a scripting language on top of C++
** A small amount of work in bzrobots client should make this happen
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* Be able to load C++ or python modules transparently.
  
= Rejected ideas =
 
 
==API functions==
 
==API functions==
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* Provide global, team, admin, and report chat APIs so bots can communicate just like players, perhaps with some parsing helper functions.
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* Provide an API for visual targets based on the same rules a player would see.
 
* Have methods to compute travel paths to desired locations, with updates for moving targets.
 
* Have methods to compute travel paths to desired locations, with updates for moving targets.
** (Rejected as it defeats the purpose of BZRobots as an AI learning tool)
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* Add a getTank(callsign) function
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=See Also=
** (Rejected due because BZRobots now supports the onScannedPlayer event)
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[[Google_Summer_of_Code|Google Summer of Code]]

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