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

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/*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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