#335 Skipped turns ... issues

[Wompi]

Hi mate. Looks like i got some work for you :)

We had a quite long discussion about skipped turns on http://robowiki.net/wiki/User_talk:Wompi#Skipped_Turns_..._what_to_know_about.3F_956 and it looks like there are some issues with the skipped turns:

• robots get skipped turn events but actually never skip the turn (happens only by one turn skips)
• robots skip turns but get no skipped turn events
• after a skipped turn(s) the robot gets the wrong enemy bearing/distance and can not calculate the right x,y position of the enemy
  -it also happens that the robot gets 2 scan events in a 1vs1 match with time differences out of order
• minor - the skipped turn message shows the turn number of the last turn and not the actual skipped turn number
• faster client speed causes more skipped turn

I wrote a little test bot (can be downloaded from the above link) to demonstrate the issues. Maybe it helps to detect what is going around.

I might be wrong about the issues because i'm not very used to the skipped turns right now, but would be nice if you could have a look at this.

thanks in advance and
take care

[Flemming N. Larsen]

This bug will be handled on a bigger release, i.e. the 1.8.0 as this feature could have a great impact on the game e.g. for RoboRumble. So it needs careful testing etc.

[Chase]

I get some interesting skipped turned stuff too.

On my latest test, the SYSTEM says Nene is skipping turns, but none of the data I get in game supports this.

I put a checker into the onStatus method, and according to it, the robot never actually skipped a turn (I am fairly sure Nene's movement isn't so intensive it would skip so many turns).

SYSTEM: Nene MC62 skipped turn 39
38: time - lastTime = 1
SYSTEM: Nene MC62 skipped turn 40
39: time - lastTime = 1
SYSTEM: Nene MC62* skipped turn 41
40: time - lastTime = 1

[Flemming N. Larsen]

This issue has finally been fixed, and an Alpha (1.8.1 Alpha 2) can be tried out here:

http://robocode.sourceforge.net/files/robocode-1.8.1.0-Alpha-2-setup.jar

Please try it out and verify if the issues have been fixed properly. :-)