Re: [simspark-devel] SimSpark 0.2.2 and RCSSServer3D 0.6.5 are available now!

[Mahdi <zig...@gm...>]

Hi Hedayat

  Of course, I will do my best to create the windows binaries as soon
as possible and I will consider your suggestion to analyse possible
problems. Although competitions are using linux versions of simspark
binaries, I personally think it is wise to compile a big project using
different compilers to reduce number of possible errors.

cheers

On 4/29/11, Hedayat Vatankhah <hed...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Mahdi and Drew,
>
> Yes, I forgot to mention that Mahdi has created Windows versions of the
> previous version of simspark/rcssserver3d; and they are available for
> download on the official place.
>
> I spent some time creating the Windows version, and fixed a few bugs in
> the middle. However, rcssserver3d still crashes immediately when run.
> I'm not expected to spend much more time debugging the issue, so I'll
> wait to see if Mahdi (or someone else) can find the issue.
> Mahdi, please try to create a working windows binary with regular ODE
> first. When succeeded, you might go with TBB version of ODE then.
> I wonder if the issue is caused by commits after rcssserver
> 0.6.4/simspark 0.2.1, or it is because of using a newer version of
> Visual Studio or something. Anyway, it looks like to be a bug in our
> code (but not for sure).
>
> Thanks,
> Hedayat
>
> /*Mahdi <zig...@gm...>*/ wrote on 04/29/2011 4:38:37 PM +0450:
>> Hi Drew
>>
>>   Installer packages were created for rcssserver3d 0.6.4 and simspark
>> 0.2.1 release on windows, but they were not released right after the
>> official release. With a bit of delay, they were released three months
>> ago on sourceforge. The tbb version of ode used in this release makes
>> compilation a bit harder, but that would not be a serious problem.
>> Updated installer packages for windows will be up soon :)
>>
>> On 4/28/11, Hedayat Vatankhah <hed...@gm...> wrote:
>>>
>>> /*Drew Noakes <dre...@ya...>*/ wrote on 04/28/2011 5:35:02 PM
>>> +0450:
>>>> Great news.  I look forward to trying it out.
>>>>
>>>> I notice that there haven't been any binaries for Windows since 0.6.3.
>>>>  It'd be great to have these.  In fact, the Windows version gets more
>>>> downloads than the Linux versions on SourceForge (possibly because
>>>> people get it via package managers on Linux?):
>>>>
>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/simspark/files/rcssserver3d/0.6.3/
>>> Hi Drew,
>>> I'm working on the Windows version and (hopefully) it'll be released
>>> soon.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Hedayat
>>>
>>>> Drew.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Hedayat Vatankhah <hed...@gm...>
>>>> *To:* Server3D ML <sse...@li...>
>>>> *Cc:* Simspark Devel ML <sim...@li...>
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 7:41
>>>> *Subject:* [simspark-devel] SimSpark 0.2.2 and RCSSServer3D 0.6.5 are
>>>> available now!
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>> Finally, simspark 0.2.2 and rcssserver3d 0.6.5 are released! You can
>>>> download them from [1]. These packages include a number of bug fixes and
>>>> improvements since the pre-release versions. Most notably, simspark
>>>> includes some bug fixes for log playback and a small fix in network
>>>> communication. The latter can affect teams which spend too much time
>>>> when thinking. Previously, such agents could slow down the simulator;
>>>> but in this release such agents will lose some cycles if they don't
>>>> receive simulator's messages on time.
>>>>
>>>> RCSSServer3D includes some changes too: thanks to the initial patch by
>>>> Luis (FC Portugal), and the code to geometrically calculate where the
>>>> ball has crossed the goal line by Mehdi (Zigorat/Halcyon), rcssserver3d
>>>> should be able to count all goals correctly now. Hopefully, it should
>>>> not miss any goals any longer (However, it seems that rcssmonitor might
>>>> sometimes fail to update the goal count on the screen). Another patch
>>>> was submitted by Mehdi (IIRC) from Nexus3D. With this change, when too
>>>> much players are in touch with each other and the number of opponents in
>>>> the group are more than the number of teammates of the last player to
>>>> joint the group; a member of the opponent team is relocated outside the
>>>> field instead of him. Thanks to all for their contribution.
>>>>
>>>> Like most simultaneous releases, please note that rcssserver3d 0.6.5
>>>> requires simspark 0.2.2 and will *not* work with previous versions of
>>>> simspark. Therefore, you should install simspark 0.2.2 and then
>>>> rcssserver3d 0.6.5. It is highly recommended to remove previous versions
>>>> of simspark and rcssserver3d before installing the latest versions.
>>>> Also, remove your ~/.simspark directory before running the latest
>>>> version. Notice that, since simspark 0.2.2, spark.rb is copied to
>>>> ~/.simspark in the first run, and ~/.simspark/spark.rb is used in
>>>> subsequent runs. So, if you want to change anything in spark.rb you
>>>> should apply it to ~/.simspark/spark.rb rather than what is installed
>>>> along the simulator (It is highly recommended to limit our your changes
>>>> to ~/.simspark anyway: e.g.  if you want to modify rcssserver3d.rb, copy
>>>> it to ~/.simspark and apply your changes there).
>>>>
>>>> More detailed release notes of rcssserver3d and simspark follows:
>>>>
>>>> SimSpark 0.2.2
>>>> =========
>>>> This release features many small enhancements which will benefit users.
>>>> It contains many bug fixes and performance improvements, in addition to
>>>> fixing some compilation issues. The behavior of ACC perceptor has been
>>>> slightly
>>>> changed, and the multi-threaded mode should work without any known bugs.
>>>> Support for the camera sensor is improved too. More details are as
>>>> follows:
>>>>
>>>> - ACC sensor provides raw data without any pre-processing
>>>> -- You can apply the following filter to 'RawACC' value received from
>>>> the
>>>>     simulator to get ACC value as what you'd receive in previous
>>>> versions:
>>>>     ACC = 0.9 * ACC + (0.1) * RawACC
>>>> - Using base64 encoding for camera perceptor
>>>> - Fixed bugs in multi-threaded mode.
>>>> - Compilation fixes
>>>> - HingePerceptor can report torque
>>>> - Better Performance
>>>> - New timing system result in more cleaner code and prevent wasting
>>>> CPU time
>>>> - Do not block on sending data to clients. Previously, simulator would
>>>> block on
>>>>   send() until it can send all data to clients.
>>>>
>>>> RCSSServer3D 0.6.5
>>>> ============
>>>> This release comes with a number of enhancements and some bug fixes.
>>>> Most
>>>> notably, the automated referee is improved to prevent many agents to
>>>> collide
>>>> with each other which is required for running games with more players.
>>>> Also, to
>>>> better suite the field for running 9 vs 9 games, the field size is
>>>> increased
>>>> and it is 21x14 now. There are some visual improvements and minor
>>>> enhancements
>>>> to improve the general experience with the simulator. Finally,
>>>> simspark.rb is
>>>> renamed to rcssserver3d.rb for more consistency.
>>>>
>>>> * New touch rules:
>>>> The automated referee now enforces two new rules to better prevent
>>>> crowding and
>>>> a high number of collisions in 9 vs 9 games:
>>>> - If an agent is in touch with more than 2 agents (including himself),
>>>> and he
>>>>   wasn't in such a situation in the previous time step - which means he
>>>> is the
>>>>   last to join the group - he is relocated outside of the field.
>>>> However, if
>>>>   the number of opponents in the group are more than teammates, an
>>>> unspecified
>>>>   opponent will be relocated instead.
>>>> - If it is not clear which agent joined the group last, e.g. when 3
>>>> players
>>>>   were all separate at time t, but were all touching each other in time
>>>> t + 1,
>>>>   an agent is chosen at random for relocation.
>>>>
>>>> * Other Enhancements:
>>>> - Visual improvements in rcssmonitor3d: new field texture, colored team
>>>> names
>>>>   and scores
>>>> - Set different agent and monitor ports with --agent-port and
>>>> --server-port
>>>> - Bigger field size: 21x14
>>>> - Updated PDF documentation
>>>> - Bug fixes, specially in the automated referee
>>>> - New Trainer command (killsim) to terminate the simulator
>>>> - Compilation fixes
>>>> - Nao robots now sense visual information about field lines by default
>>>> - Now you should change the value of enableRealTimeMode variable in
>>>>   rcssserver3d.rb if you want to turn off using real time mode
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to all MC members who contributed to this release,
>>>> Hedayat Vatankhah
>>>> RCSServer3D Maintenance Committee
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/simspark/files
>>>>
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