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

[Hedayat V. <hed...@gm...>]

Hi all!
Mahdi told me that he was able to run the latest version of
simspark/rcssserver3d under windows successfully. Apparently, I faced
crashes since some of the pre-built libraries that I use were built with
VC 2008 and they doesn't work with VC 2010. Therefore, I decided to try
MinGW and finally I were able to create a working installer which will
be released soon. :)

Thanks,
Hedayat

/*Mahdi <zig...@gm...>*/ wrote on 04/30/2011 2:10:00 AM +0450:
> 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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