From: Joerg H. <jo...@lu...> - 2008-02-17 12:30:39
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, [...] >>> I won't be home tomorrow from 7:30 am to 9:00 am of the next day, so >> Gee - yet another bad day for you. Good luck to you! > > Actually, I have one of these 'bad days' every 5 days during this > cycle. Next one is on Thursday >.<' Gee - not the easiest subject you have chosen. Well, at least it should pay well later :) >> a) we remove the karts for now >> (not good, since we had hexley already in) >> b) I internally change the size of the karts, so that >> (in the physics model) the hexley/wilbert kart are >> the same size as (say) tuxkart. There is a slight >> risk that the kart might collide (in the physics world) >> while it's not hitting anything in the graphical world >> c) Constantin finds better paramters that solve the problem :) >> >> I would be happy to go with b) actually. > > Internally? do you mean any physics parameters in the configuration > file? if so, it seems fine to me. OK, since we don't have a better solution, I committed the work around by changing the size of the wilber and hexley kart to be the same as the tux kart. This solves the 'topple over' problem, and the incorrect rescue (with the new parameters). Please let me know what you think of this work around. > > >> 3) Re AI: I think the AI can be significantly improved by >> using >> if(getVelocityLC().getY() > XXX*m_curve_target_speed || >> kart_ang_diff > YYY*MIN_TRACK_ANGLE ) >> with 'proper' values for XXX and YYY. >> I think the curve speed is basically computed correctly, but >> it's not the way the code currently works (e.g. only using >> tire friction, not road friction) - so I guess that results >> in incorrect target speeds, and therefore too much braking. >> Perhaps the same issue with the angle? I might do a bit of a >> study by just trying a few parameters. > > Maybe, I will also check this when I go into fixing the AI. I did a lot of tests today, more later (perhaps tomorrow), when I've got them all summarised. Cheers, Joerg - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Joerg Henrichs Luding Administration e-mail: jo...@lu... URL: http://luding.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHuCjqLC0mrNKFwF4RApWcAKCbwspmC5ap5S0qOTWPZvtT4TL4RwCeK7eZ xqmRhHwHAeTQXez55QeE9pw= =DGRA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |