I'm trying to get the robocode sources to run on my machine, but I'm stuck with configuring the maven projects. First I thought it's a problem with my maven installation but I think that's not the issue. After running mvnassembly I encountered a problem that the downloaded tools from the loadTools Script all are only 1 KB in size, so I entered the URLs from the script into my browser and downloaded the tools manually. Now the mvnassembly creates this error:
I checked the POM file in the specified location and found that it contains following message:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"><html><head><title>301 Moved Permanently</title></head><body><h1>Moved Permanently</h1><p>The document has moved <ahref="https://robocode.sourceforge.io/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/2.5.1/maven-compiler-plugin-2.5.1.pom">here</a>.</p></body></html>
I tried to access the specified URL aswell, but it seems to be 404'ed. I also tried to check if there are similar files on the server under "https://robocode.sourceforge.io/maven2/..." and there seems to be a version 2.0.2. Using this POM file instead of the faulty one generates the following message when trying to run mvn assembly:
Anway, how can I fix this issue, or even more simply, is there a way to get a compilable 1-packet version of the robocode source that I can run and build in Eclipse, since I only want to fiddle with a fixed version of the code and don't require future updates.
Thanks in advance
Dario Romano
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The build setup for Robocode is old and complicated. It is not easy to get
up and running with the newest Java and Maven versions.
You should make sure to use the JDK version 8. Not newer versions.
It seems you are using Maven 4. But Robocode is build for Maven 3.5.2.
I propose to remove the mvn.bat and mvh.sh files in the root of your
robocode source code directory, so that mvnassembly does not use these.
Then you could run the Maven Wrapper to install Maven 3.5.2 locally in the
folder. This way, you do not need to have multiple Maven installations in your
computer, but could stick to Maven 4 globally.
To install the Maven wrapper inside the Robocode root folder, you must run
this command in the root folder:
Next, you should be able to call 'mvnassembly' again, and hopefully not run
into problems. But make sure to use JDK 8 (javac 8) or older when building
Robocode.
Also notice, that I did a commit fixing problems with Maven-3 in the
pom.xml files, so you should pull the newest versions when reading this
mail.
I did test this on my Windows 10 PC from a clean directory to try it out. I
have Maven 3.5.2 installed on my PC, and JDK 8 setup for Robocode. (I also
have newer JDKs on my machine, but I shift to the old JDK 8, when building
Robocode).
Thank you for the help. I followed your instruction but now seem to be stuck at another problem.
Installing the wrapper in the directory works, but trying to run mvnassembly gives me the following error:
Apparently maven tries to download a plugin, but does not manage to.
I tried to download the "maven-clean-plugin-2.5.jar" manually and install it by calling mvn install:maven-clean...., but that didn't work either.
I'm not using a proxy, though I do use a network connection that requires login credentials. After entering them into Windows other applications shouldn't require those credentials though.
Cheers
Dario Romano
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Okay, I suspect that some of the Maven plugins are getting too old in
Robocode - even though I have had no problems with building Robocode with
the old versions!?
I have updated some of the Maven plugin versions of the super pom.xml, as
the old versions might cause problems on your (and others) systems.
I still build fine on my system with the updated versions. Try to pull the
newest update to Robocode from Git with my changes and build again. I hope
this works?
I should like to see the Maven details for your system. Tell me about your
Maven version by writing "mvn -version" in a command prompt/shell.
My system writes this when I run it from a command prompt (not PowerShell):
Den tir. 16. okt. 2018 kl. 13.36 skrev Dario Romano:
Thank you for the help. I followed your instruction but now seem to be
stuck at another problem.
Installing the wrapper in the directory works, but trying to run
mvnassembly gives me the following error:
C:\myRobocode\robocode>mvnassembly
Found "C:\myRobocode\robocode.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar" [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Reactor Build Order: [INFO] [INFO] Robocode [INFO] Robocode API [INFO] Robocode Core [INFO] Robocode Host [INFO] Robocode Repository [INFO] Robocode Battle [INFO] Robocode Sound [INFO] Robocode UI [INFO] Robocode UI Robot editor [INFO] Robocode Samples [INFO] Roborumble Client [INFO] Robocode Tested Robots [INFO] Robocode Tests [INFO] Robocode Installer [INFO] Robocode Content [INFO] Robocode Distribution [WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.5.1 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.5.1 [WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5 [WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5 [WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.5.1 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.5.1 [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Robocode 1.9.3.3 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.5.1 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.5.1 [WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5 [WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5 [WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.5.1 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.5.1 [WARNING] The POM for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available, enable debug logging for more details [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Reactor Summary: [INFO] [INFO] Robocode ........................................... FAILURE [ 0.068 s] [INFO] Robocode API ....................................... SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Core ...................................... SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Host ...................................... SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Repository ................................ SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Battle .................................... SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Sound ..................................... SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode UI ........................................ SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode UI Robot editor ........................... SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Samples ................................... SKIPPED [INFO] Roborumble Client .................................. SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Tested Robots ............................. SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Tests ..................................... SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Installer ................................. SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Content ................................... SKIPPED [INFO] Robocode Distribution .............................. SKIPPED [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1.540 s [INFO] Finished at: 2018-10-16T13:26:10+02:00 [INFO] Final Memory: 10M/153M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.5 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.5: 4 problems were encountered while building the effective model for :: [ERROR][ERROR] 'modelVersion' is missing. @ [unknown-group-id]:[unknown-artifact-id]:[unknown-version] [ERROR][ERROR] 'groupId' is missing. @ [unknown-group-id]:[unknown-artifact-id]:[unknown-version] [ERROR][ERROR] 'artifactId' is missing. @ [unknown-group-id]:[unknown-artifact-id]:[unknown-version] [ERROR][ERROR] 'version' is missing. @ [unknown-group-id]:[unknown-artifact-id]:[unknown-version] [ERROR] -> [Help 1] [ERROR] [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch. [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. [ERROR] [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles: [ERROR][Help 1]http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginResolutionException
Apparently maven tries to download a plugin, but does not manage to.
I tried to download the "maven-clean-plugin-2.5.jar" manually and install
it by calling mvn install:maven-clean...., but that didn't work either.
I'm not using a proxy, though I do use a network connection that requires
login credentials. After entering them into Windows other applications
shouldn't require those credentials though.
With the new updates in the project mvnassembly now succeeds in building. The POM files still get shown as having an error in eclipse, but since the assembly from command line works, i suppose it doesn't hurt much.
Is the eclipse built in maven support even supposed to work, or is it designed to be built by calling mvnassembly manually via the command line?
If it's still of any help, for this try I have installed Maven 3.5.2 to use globally, so my mvn --version prints this:
In general, Maven is "only" used to assemble the distribution files for
Robocode. I do not use Maven when running Robocode inside Eclipse.
In order to run Robocode in Eclipse, I open a new workspace, where the
folder is the cloned Robocode directory. Note that mvnassembly must be
called before setting up the Eclipse workspace.
Next, I import all the Robocode projects I want to work with by selecting
this from the menu: File -> Import... -> General -> Existing Projects into
Workspace
Select the root directory, which must (again) point to the cloned Robocode
directory, and press the "Browse" button, Lots of project should be listed.
Select them all (or some), and press "Finish" button.
Next... Select "Organize Run Favorites" in menu under "Run" (green "play"
button on top toolbar).
Click "Add..." and put a checkmark into "Robocode", and press OK
Now you can run Robocode by selecting "Robocode" under the "Run" button
(same button as before) and proceed.
Note: You might have to setup a JDK 8 for Robocode, if it has not been set
up already. Otherwise you will not be able to run Robocode.
Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Installed JREs. Press "Add..." -> Standard
VMm and browse to where the JDK 8 is installed (or a newer JDK). The
Execution Environment for JavaSE-1.8 must point to the JDK 8+ installation.
I recommend that you stick to JDK 8 for Robocode to avoid issues.
Sometimes, Robocode cannot launch because the /target/launch directory must
be created prior to running Robocode. In this case clean/build Robocode by
selecting this from the menu: Project -> Clean...
You might also just clean the robocode.api/target folder, and Eclipse
should automatically rebuild the target folder.
I tried running Robocode like you described, but as you anticipated, it runs into an error, that the launch directory does not exist.
When trying to clean the project I'm running into anothe rissue. The build seems to be missing a directory that does not show up in the eclipse package explorer, but does exist when I browse there by using the windows explorer. Here a screenshot:
I'm just a bit confused of why the folder is there physically, but is not being recognized by eclipse.
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I also see this error once in a while, when creating a Eclipse workspace
for Robocode from scratch. I guess it is an issue with Robocode.
However, it order to build everything correctly, I have created the
/robocode.api/.externalToolBuilders/build.xml file, which might might have
issues, if it is running in parallel to the internal builder of Eclipse. It
could be a timing problem between builds.
Does it help, if you clean/build Robocode from the menu: Project -> Clean.
If not, you could try to expand the robocode.api project in Eclipse, and
select the target folder and press the delete key to delete the folder.
This should trigger Eclipse to rebuild the launch directory of Robocode.
Perhaps try the refresh the robocode.api project.
Is should work?! I just tried this from scratch to see, if something is
missing with my instructions.
After fiddling around a bit, and changing a few paths in the build.xml in ExternalToolBuilders to match my local directories it now seems that everything works correctly!
Thank you for your help, I wouldn't have managed by myself.
Just to give you an idea what I'm no planning to do with robocode now that it's running:
I'm going to inject probes to do requirements checking during runtime on an external framework.
Basically what it should do is, to check if any game-rules are broken during runtime, so it acts as a anti-cheat during runtime. It could also be used to monitor other parts of the programm aswell during runtime, but since I'm not even started yet, I'm not going to make any promises. ;)
Anyway thanks again, and have a nice week!
Cheers
Dario
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I am happy, that you managed to get it up and running. I am wondering if
there is anything I can do to improve the documentation better with the
Developers Guide for Developing on Robocode (RoboWiki). I have started
updating the documentation, as some of it was a bit outdated.
It sounds very interesting to do a kind an anti-cheat? That has never been
done with Robocode before.
You might have a look at the RobocodeSecurityManager, which checks for
several permissions on top of what the ordinary Java Security Manager
already checks for. The security manager might not be relevant for your
purpose, due to game rules etc, but it might get in the way if you try to
inject stuff to monitor stuff. We'll just have to see, what happens. :-)
After fiddling around a bit, and changing a few paths in the build.xml in
ExternalToolBuilders to match my local directories it now seems that
everything works correctly!
Thank you for your help, I wouldn't have managed by myself.
Just to give you an idea what I'm no planning to do with robocode now that
it's running:
I'm going to inject probes to do requirements checking during runtime on
an external framework.
Basically what it should do is, to check if any game-rules are broken
during runtime, so it acts as a anti-cheat during runtime. It could also be
used to monitor other parts of the programm aswell during runtime, but
since I'm not even started yet, I'm not going to make any promises. ;)
Now that I have modified robocode to work with the runtime monitoring framework, I would like to use robocode to produce a short demonstrator video for the tool using robocode.
I wanted to ask, if there are any images I am allowed to use in this demonstration video, like the robocode logo that is shown in the game when no battle is active, or any other representative logo for robocode.
Cheers
Dario Romano
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Yes, since I will be showing footage from robocode matches in the demo, I sure wanted to give it some credit. If you are ok with this, I will also mention you in the outro for helping me set robocode up. If you want I could also add a link to the robocode website / wiki ?
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Yes, since I will be showing footage from robocode matches in the demo, I
sure wanted to give it some credit. If you are ok with this, I will also
mention you in the outro for helping me set robocode up. If you want I
could also add a link to the robocode website / wiki ?
The video is now live here. It can be found at the end of the article. The video is not listed on youtube and should be only visible to those who have the link or those who watch it on the website.
Last edit: Dario Romano 2018-12-04
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Hello!
I'm trying to get the robocode sources to run on my machine, but I'm stuck with configuring the maven projects. First I thought it's a problem with my maven installation but I think that's not the issue. After running mvnassembly I encountered a problem that the downloaded tools from the loadTools Script all are only 1 KB in size, so I entered the URLs from the script into my browser and downloaded the tools manually. Now the mvnassembly creates this error:
I checked the POM file in the specified location and found that it contains following message:
I tried to access the specified URL aswell, but it seems to be 404'ed. I also tried to check if there are similar files on the server under "https://robocode.sourceforge.io/maven2/..." and there seems to be a version 2.0.2. Using this POM file instead of the faulty one generates the following message when trying to run mvn assembly:
Anway, how can I fix this issue, or even more simply, is there a way to get a compilable 1-packet version of the robocode source that I can run and build in Eclipse, since I only want to fiddle with a fixed version of the code and don't require future updates.
Thanks in advance
Dario Romano
The build setup for Robocode is old and complicated. It is not easy to get
up and running with the newest Java and Maven versions.
You should make sure to use the JDK version 8. Not newer versions.
It seems you are using Maven 4. But Robocode is build for Maven 3.5.2.
I propose to remove the mvn.bat and mvh.sh files in the root of your
robocode source code directory, so that mvnassembly does not use these.
Then you could run the Maven Wrapper to install Maven 3.5.2 locally in the
folder. This way, you do not need to have multiple Maven installations in your
computer, but could stick to Maven 4 globally.
To install the Maven wrapper inside the Robocode root folder, you must run
this command in the root folder:
mvn -N io.takari:maven:wrapper -Dmaven=3.5.2
(You can read more about it here: https://www.baeldung.com/maven-wrapper)
Next, you should be able to call 'mvnassembly' again, and hopefully not run
into problems. But make sure to use JDK 8 (javac 8) or older when building
Robocode.
Also notice, that I did a commit fixing problems with Maven-3 in the
pom.xml files, so you should pull the newest versions when reading this
mail.
I did test this on my Windows 10 PC from a clean directory to try it out. I
have Maven 3.5.2 installed on my PC, and JDK 8 setup for Robocode. (I also
have newer JDKs on my machine, but I shift to the old JDK 8, when building
Robocode).
I hope this helps?
Thank you for the help. I followed your instruction but now seem to be stuck at another problem.
Installing the wrapper in the directory works, but trying to run mvnassembly gives me the following error:
Apparently maven tries to download a plugin, but does not manage to.
I tried to download the "maven-clean-plugin-2.5.jar" manually and install it by calling
mvn install:maven-clean...., but that didn't work either.I'm not using a proxy, though I do use a network connection that requires login credentials. After entering them into Windows other applications shouldn't require those credentials though.
Cheers
Dario Romano
Okay, I suspect that some of the Maven plugins are getting too old in
Robocode - even though I have had no problems with building Robocode with
the old versions!?
I have updated some of the Maven plugin versions of the super pom.xml, as
the old versions might cause problems on your (and others) systems.
I still build fine on my system with the updated versions. Try to pull the
newest update to Robocode from Git with my changes and build again. I hope
this works?
I should like to see the Maven details for your system. Tell me about your
Maven version by writing "mvn -version" in a command prompt/shell.
My system writes this when I run it from a command prompt (not PowerShell):
Apache Maven 3.5.4 (1edded0938998edf8bf061f1ceb3cfdeccf443fe;
2018-06-17T20:33:14+02:00)
Maven home: C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.5.4\bin..
Java version: 1.8.0_162, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_162\jre
Default locale: da_DK, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 10", version: "10.0", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"
I upgrade to the newest Maven 3.5.4.
Best regards,
Den tir. 16. okt. 2018 kl. 13.36 skrev Dario Romano:
With the new updates in the project mvnassembly now succeeds in building. The POM files still get shown as having an error in eclipse, but since the assembly from command line works, i suppose it doesn't hurt much.
Is the eclipse built in maven support even supposed to work, or is it designed to be built by calling mvnassembly manually via the command line?
If it's still of any help, for this try I have installed Maven 3.5.2 to use globally, so my mvn --version prints this:
Thank you for the help either way,
Dario Romano
Last edit: Dario Romano 2018-10-18
In general, Maven is "only" used to assemble the distribution files for
Robocode. I do not use Maven when running Robocode inside Eclipse.
In order to run Robocode in Eclipse, I open a new workspace, where the
folder is the cloned Robocode directory. Note that mvnassembly must be
called before setting up the Eclipse workspace.
Next, I import all the Robocode projects I want to work with by selecting
this from the menu: File -> Import... -> General -> Existing Projects into
Workspace
Select the root directory, which must (again) point to the cloned Robocode
directory, and press the "Browse" button, Lots of project should be listed.
Select them all (or some), and press "Finish" button.
Next... Select "Organize Run Favorites" in menu under "Run" (green "play"
button on top toolbar).
Click "Add..." and put a checkmark into "Robocode", and press OK
Now you can run Robocode by selecting "Robocode" under the "Run" button
(same button as before) and proceed.
Note: You might have to setup a JDK 8 for Robocode, if it has not been set
up already. Otherwise you will not be able to run Robocode.
Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Installed JREs. Press "Add..." -> Standard
VMm and browse to where the JDK 8 is installed (or a newer JDK). The
Execution Environment for JavaSE-1.8 must point to the JDK 8+ installation.
I recommend that you stick to JDK 8 for Robocode to avoid issues.
Sometimes, Robocode cannot launch because the /target/launch directory must
be created prior to running Robocode. In this case clean/build Robocode by
selecting this from the menu: Project -> Clean...
You might also just clean the robocode.api/target folder, and Eclipse
should automatically rebuild the target folder.
I tried running Robocode like you described, but as you anticipated, it runs into an error, that the launch directory does not exist.
When trying to clean the project I'm running into anothe rissue. The build seems to be missing a directory that does not show up in the eclipse package explorer, but does exist when I browse there by using the windows explorer. Here a screenshot:
I'm just a bit confused of why the folder is there physically, but is not being recognized by eclipse.
Hi Dario,
I also see this error once in a while, when creating a Eclipse workspace
for Robocode from scratch. I guess it is an issue with Robocode.
However, it order to build everything correctly, I have created the
/robocode.api/.externalToolBuilders/build.xml file, which might might have
issues, if it is running in parallel to the internal builder of Eclipse. It
could be a timing problem between builds.
Does it help, if you clean/build Robocode from the menu: Project -> Clean.
If not, you could try to expand the robocode.api project in Eclipse, and
select the target folder and press the delete key to delete the folder.
This should trigger Eclipse to rebuild the launch directory of Robocode.
Perhaps try the refresh the robocode.api project.
Is should work?! I just tried this from scratch to see, if something is
missing with my instructions.
Best regards,
Hello Larsen!
After fiddling around a bit, and changing a few paths in the build.xml in ExternalToolBuilders to match my local directories it now seems that everything works correctly!
Thank you for your help, I wouldn't have managed by myself.
Just to give you an idea what I'm no planning to do with robocode now that it's running:
I'm going to inject probes to do requirements checking during runtime on an external framework.
Basically what it should do is, to check if any game-rules are broken during runtime, so it acts as a anti-cheat during runtime. It could also be used to monitor other parts of the programm aswell during runtime, but since I'm not even started yet, I'm not going to make any promises. ;)
Anyway thanks again, and have a nice week!
Cheers
Dario
I am happy, that you managed to get it up and running. I am wondering if
there is anything I can do to improve the documentation better with the
Developers Guide for Developing on Robocode (RoboWiki). I have started
updating the documentation, as some of it was a bit outdated.
It sounds very interesting to do a kind an anti-cheat? That has never been
done with Robocode before.
You might have a look at the RobocodeSecurityManager, which checks for
several permissions on top of what the ordinary Java Security Manager
already checks for. The security manager might not be relevant for your
purpose, due to game rules etc, but it might get in the way if you try to
inject stuff to monitor stuff. We'll just have to see, what happens. :-)
Cheers
Den tir. 23. okt. 2018 kl. 12.13 skrev Dario Romano dario-romano@users.sourceforge.net:
Hello!
Now that I have modified robocode to work with the runtime monitoring framework, I would like to use robocode to produce a short demonstrator video for the tool using robocode.
I wanted to ask, if there are any images I am allowed to use in this demonstration video, like the robocode logo that is shown in the game when no battle is active, or any other representative logo for robocode.
Cheers
Dario Romano
You are welcome to use the images from Robocode, e.g. the logo from the home page:
https://robocode.sourceforge.io/gfx/robocode_logo_tanks.png
Or the tank image (in SVG format):
https://robocode.sourceforge.io/files/Robocode-tank.svg
But only if the logos are used for representing Robocode of course, which should be obvious. ;-)
Yes, since I will be showing footage from robocode matches in the demo, I sure wanted to give it some credit. If you are ok with this, I will also mention you in the outro for helping me set robocode up. If you want I could also add a link to the robocode website / wiki ?
It would be cool, if you could add a link to the RoboWiki. :-)
And thanks.
Best regards,
Den fre. 30. nov. 2018 kl. 10.27 skrev Dario Romano dario-romano@users.sourceforge.net:
The video is now live here. It can be found at the end of the article. The video is not listed on youtube and should be only visible to those who have the link or those who watch it on the website.
Last edit: Dario Romano 2018-12-04