[ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

[Ramchandra Apte]

nah.. "war" sounds better than "contest"

On 16 August 2012 14:59, Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel at sequans.com>wrote:

> Lee Harr wrote:
>
>> pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players
>> write computer programs to control simulated robots.
>>
>> http://pybotwar.googlecode.**com/ <http://pybotwar.googlecode.com/>
>>
>>
>> The focus of this release is making all functionality
>> available from the PyQt interface and making PyQt
>> the default interface.
>>
>> pybotwar uses pybox2d for the physical simulation.
>> It can be run in text-only mode -- useful for longer
>> tournaments -- or use pyqt or pygame for a graphical
>> interface and visualization of the action.
>>
>> pybotwar is released under GPLv3.
>>
>>
>> Changes in pybotwar-0.8:
>>     - pybox2d-2.0.2b2 is now the required version
>>
>>     API
>>     - Robot.turret() now takes turret speed instead of angle
>>     - PING sensor now differentiates own bullets from enemy bullets
>>     - PING differentiates dead robots when remove_dead_robots=False
>>     - made internal Robot state variables less likely to conflict with
>> user code
>>
>>     Settings
>>     - added "robots dir" setting to make it easier to run pybotwar
>>         from an installed copy, rather than from the unpacked folder
>>         - logs, lineups, and db all go in robots dir
>>         - robot modules are now loaded by full path
>>     - If using Qt settings, remembers most recently used set of robots
>>
>>     PyQt4 Interface
>>     - PyQt4 view mode is now the default
>>         - (text mode and pygame/pygsear still available)
>>     - all settings are available from PyQt interface
>>     - remembers most recently used set of robots
>>     - added debug window showing sensor values, commands, and logs
>>     - can now start tournaments (and multiple battles) from pyqt
>>     - can also start tournaments to run in background
>>     - editor automatically adds .py to robot filename if needed
>>
>>     Other changes
>>     - made template.py a valid robot program
>>     - single battles are now run as 1-battle tournaments
>>     - renamed kill stat to outlasted
>>     - started tracking kills as dealing final damage to other robot
>>     - commandline can now take a list of robots to load
>>     - added "Super Tournaments"
>>         - runs tournaments with all possible combinations of robots
>>
>>     Fixes:
>>     - made POSition sensor scale same as PING sensor
>>     - fixed editor backspace between left edge and start of text
>>     - fixed inability to re-open file once its window was closed
>>     - fixed crash when cancelling file-open dialog
>>     - limited motor speed on turret
>>     - log messages in testmode when using qt4 view
>>     - fall back to :memory: database if unable to open db file
>>
>>
>>
> I have some suggestions:
>
> - rename pybotwar into pybotcontest
> - replace "bullet" by "missile of passion"
> - replace "dead" by "overflood with love"
> - "PING sensor" into "pheromone sensor"
> ... and so on :p
>
> JM
>
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