Robocode News

Robocode 1.8.1.0

2013-03-25T00:03:00.001+01:00

Robocode version 1.8.1.0 is a maintenance release, which fixes the Skipped Turns issues among other issues.

Bugfixes

Bug-335/Bug-336: Skipped turns ... issues.
Bug-349: Instances of RobocodeEngine don't seem to be independant - memory leak and performance decrease.
Bug-350: Bullet id from battle record XML file is sometimes -1 causing a NumberFormatException.
Bug-351: Robot.onBattleEnded(BattleEndedEvent) provides wrong scores.
Bug-352: Results from BattleCompletedEvent.getIndexedResults() are always sorted.
Bug-353: RobocodeEngine.setVisible() can cause a NullPointerException.
Bug-354: Replaying an XML record can cause an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.
Bug-355: Priority battles not accepted for mini/micro/nano rumbles.
Bug-356: Update Roborumble URLs from Darkcanuck to LiteRumble.
Bug-357: Tab characters are inserted in the last line of a robot source file when opening it.

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Robocode 1.8.0.0

2013-01-30T22:26:00.000+01:00

Robocode version 1.8.0.0 is the first version that requires Java 6.

Bugfixes

Bug-346: Cannot extract sources from robot packages.
Bug-348: .NET: UnauthorizedAccessException in AppDomainShell.Dispose().

Changes

Robocode has been updated to Java 6, and hence this will be the new minimum requirement for running Robocode from this version.
The icon for Robocode was upgraded to a 256x256 pixel resolution.
Added the new properties -DlogMessagesEnabled=true|false and -DlogErrorsEnabled=true|false for enabling and disabling log messages and log errors.
- The robocode.control.RobocodeEngine has got two similar methods: setLogMessagesEnabled(boolean) and setLogErrorsEnabled(boolean).

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Robocode 1.7.4.4

2012-11-21T21:41:00.002+01:00

Robocode version 1.7.4.4 fixes problems with starting Robocode with .sh and .command files (Linux, Unix, Mac OS X).

Bugfixes

Bug-347: /bin/sh^M bad interpreter.

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Robocode 1.7.4.3

2012-11-17T15:11:00.002+01:00

Robocode version 1.7.4.3 is a another maintenance release.

Even though there is not a lot of bug fixes and changes, lots of stuff has been changed an upgraded behind the scene like e.g. the Bug Tracker and Feature Requests on the project page for Robocode.

Robocode has also been moved to GitHub, which required some additional work, and we moved to use the new Google Group instead of the Yahoo Group.

With the coming/next release of Robocode, we will move to Java 6 that most users use. Java 5 has been in the EOL (End of Life) for quite a while, and it is time to move on in order to continuously improve Robocode.

Bugfixes

Bug-344: BattleAdaptor missing in ``robocode.control.events``.
Bug-345: Graphics still being rendered when minimized.
Bug-333: .NET runs release dll not debug dll so can't debug.

Implemented a work-around so that the local robot repository is rebuild when removing a development path.

Changes

Robocode sources are now put on GitHub.
Upgraded the .NET plugin to use Visual Studio Express 2010.
The versions.txt has been changed to versions.md:

The versions.txt was converted into Markdown syntax in order to make it easier to convert into e.g. HTML, and because GitHub will automatically translate it into HTML when viewing this file in a browser.

Thus, this file has been renamed from 'versions.txt' into 'versions.md'.
The web page with the new versions.md can be viewed here.

In addition, links to all reported bugs and feature requests have been inserted into versions.md so it is easy to browse to the reports and requests to find more details.

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Google Group for Robocode

2012-08-30T00:41:00.001+02:00

We are moving from the Yahoo Group for Robocode to the (new) Google Group for Robocode.

At this forum you ask questions about Robocode, discuss robot strategies, share code snippets etc. :-)

Robocode 1.7.4.2

2012-08-17T00:15:00.000+02:00

Robocode version 1.7.4.2 is a maintenance release.

Bugfixes

Bug [3540397] - "Accept-Encoding: gzip" not in Roborumble HTTP Headers.
Bug [3543475] - All Text Missing. Reverting enabling OpenGL for Linux per default (introduced with Bug fix [3520616])
Bug [3544205] - Robocode crash on window resize (linux-opengl). Reverting enabling OpenGL per default for Linux.
Bug [3546125] - InteractiveRobots gets error "After the event was added...".
Bug [3547611] - New bots not given priority.

Changes

The built-in RoboRumble@Home client is now able to decompress "gzip" and "deflate" content with HTTP connections with RoboRumble serverers that supports it.

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Robocode 1.7.4.1

2012-07-02T23:28:00.000+02:00

Robocode version 1.7.4.1 contains bug fixes for the new source code editor introduced with version 1.7.4.0. The editor could freeze with large source files.

Bugfixes

Bug [3535073] - Hangups with New Editor in 1.7.4.0. Notice, that the editor can still be quite slow with large source files. Work is still in progress to speed it up.
Several other minor bugfixes with the new editor, like e.g. undoing and redoing tab indentation.

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Robocode 1.7.4.0

2012-06-07T13:06:00.001+02:00

Robocode version 1.7.4.0 is introducing a new source code editor, which has been completely rewritten to replace the old buggy version.

Bugfixes

Bug [3526458] - Snapshot API never shows bullets in "HIT_WALL" status.
Bug [3520616] - Use OpenGL backend under linux. The -Dsun.java2d.opengl=True property has been set up per default in the 'robocode.sh' in order to enable OpenGL hardware acceleration per default for Linux and Solaris.
Bug [3482309] - Issue with the robocode.dll + # chars in the path for a dll. This goes for the .NET plug-in.

New features

Req [3526450] - The snapshot API is ambiguous for bullets shot by team. Two new methods have been added for robocode.control.snapshot.IRobotSnapshot: getRobotIndex() and getTeamIndex(), where getRobotIndex() returns a unique id between all robots participating in a battle, and getTeamIndex() returns a unique id between all participating robots or -1 if a robot is not a member of a team. The existing getContestantIndex() will return the team id if it is not -1, otherwise the robot id is returned.

Changes

The Robocode Editor (source code editor) has been completely replaced by a new and improved editor.

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Robocode 1.7.3.6

2012-04-29T23:39:00.002+02:00

Robocode version 1.7.3.6 is a maintenance release. It fixes the RoboRumble client so that it is not hanging forever, when a robot/team cannot be downloaded and/or results are be uploaded to the RoboRumble server.

Bugfixes

Bug [3519547] - RoboRumble client has infinite timeout. Default connection timeout, read timeout and session timeout have been set to 10 seconds.

New features

A new config file has been added for RoboRumble in the roborumble directory in the robocode directory named roborumble.properties. with this config file it is possible to configure the connection timeout, read timeout and session timeout used when downloading robots and uploading results.
Req [3506263] - Mac ... start with icon and name.

Changes

Upgraded Eclipse Compiler for Java (ECJ) to version 3.7.2.

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Robocode 1.7.3.5

2012-03-11T22:12:00.002+01:00

Robocode version 1.7.3.5 is a maintenance release.

Bugfixes

Bug [3468437] - Package of team fails to load in team battles.

Fixed minor issue where the Robot Packager tells that a NanoBot can be 250 bytes and a MiniBot 750 bytes, when these must be lesser than 250 and 750 bytes.

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Robocode 1.7.3.4

2011-12-04T22:56:00.002+01:00

Robocode version 1.7.3.4 is mostly a maintenance release.

Bugfixes

Bug [3435721] - Robocode can't find the ECJ (Eclipse Compiler for Java)

Bug [3409705] - Package name allows bad chars. Corrected text regarding use of lower-case letters in package name.

Bug: Changes to the rendering options did not take effect immediately for the battle view.

New Features

Req [3349400] - Calculate codesize after compile in editor.

Changes

Upgraded Eclipse Compiler for Java (ECJ) to version 3.7.1.

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Robocode 1.7.3.3

2011-11-05T21:10:00.002+01:00

Robocode version 1.7.3.3 has now been released.

Bugfixes

Bug [3400398] - Unable to change drawing color in .NET (C#)

Bug [3409705] - Package name allows bad chars.

Bug [3406423] - Installer throws NumberFormatException on Linux 3.0.

Bug [3409844] - "About" window colors are awful.

Bug [3376538] - out.write(int) uses up allocated printing quickly.

Changes

The layout of the about box has been completely redesigned.

If running on Java 1.6+, OS/system based font antialiasing will be enabled.

Upgraded to Maven 2.2.1 for building Robocode. Cleaned up the build, improved the speed, and got rid of issue with building and testing every twice.

Upgraded Eclipse Compiler for Java (ECJ) to version 3.7.

Upgraded jni4net (Java <-> .NET bridge) to version 0.8.6.0.

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Robocode 1.7.3.2

2011-08-23T22:42:00.003+02:00

Robocode version 1.7.3.2 has now been released.

Bugfixes

Bug [3387632] - Robocode .NET does not work on Java 7. - Robocode .NET does not work on Java 7.

Bug [3383580] - Enabling Paint Freezes Robocode.

Fixed problem with XML serialization of just killed robot.

Fixed bug in temporary record cleanup.

New features

Implemented deserialization of XML with short tags. The command line argument for replay now supports zipped XML.

Changes

Various optimizations to let RoboRumble start up and run faster. E.g. sound module and image loading is disabled when running the rumble.

Improved XML deserialization.

Patch [3365528] by Jerome Lavigne aka. Darkcanuck - Improved priority battle handling in RoboRumble:
- This change will help improve the efficiency of the RoboRumble system and allow battles to be distributed more evenly + fix some inconsistent console output.
- Improves RoboRumble client-side processing of priority battles received from the rumble server. Specifically:

Upgraded to jni4net 0.8.5.1 (fixes bug bug [3387632] - Robocode .NET does not work on Java 7)

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Robocode .NET plug-in does not work with Java 7

2011-08-08T23:49:00.005+02:00

The current version of Robocode (version 1.7.3.1) + the .NET plugin does not work on Java 7. We are working on solving this issue. For now, stick to Java 6 in order to develop .NET robots for Robocode. Update: version 1.7.3.2 fixed the issue.

Robocode 1.7.3.1

2011-07-28T23:26:00.006+02:00

Robocode version 1.7.3.1 has now been released, which is a maintenance release compared to version 1.7.3.0.

Bugfixes

Bug [3312341] - Hide enemy name implementation bug.

Bug [3312402] - Bullet.equals semantic has been changed in 1.7.3.0 version.

Bug [3317837] - setColor(null) causes NPE.

Bug [3355603] - Rumble sh scripts for launching do not handle spaces in path.

Bug [3350136] - Teamrumble priority battles bug.

Bug [3370431] - ConcurrentModificationException in URLJarCollector.

Bug [3375882] - Robot in development generates * into filename.

Bug [3376501] - Interface Robot skips turns at end of round.

BulletHitEvent.getBullet().getVictim() always returned null.

New features

Req [3360953] - Twin Duel configuration files for the RoboRumble client are now included.

Changes

The Robot Editor is now saving and loading source files in UTF-8 (Unicode).

Upgraded to use jni4net v0.8.4.

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Robocode 1.7.3.0 (final)

2011-05-20T12:58:00.004+02:00

Robocode version 1.7.3.0 (final) has now been released, with a few fixes compared to the beta version.

You can read about the previous bugfixes and changes made for the beta version here:

Robocode 1.7.3.0 Beta

Bugfix

Bug [3293679] - getTurnRateRadians incorrect for negative velocity.

Fixed issues with unit-testing and building Robocode on Linux.

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Robocode 1.7.3.0 Beta

2011-03-26T20:20:00.004+01:00

This is the beta version of Robocode version 1.7.3.0.

We encourage everybody to test this new Beta version as much as possible and report any bugs found at our Bugs Tracker at SourceForge. Then we will do everything we can to fix issues before the final release.

In the following we list the bugfixes, new features, and other changes made with the 1.7.3.0 Beta version.

Bugfixes

Bug [2832113] - The gun shot sound isn't working.

Bug [3196615] - x,y coords between BulletHitEvent & HitByBulletEvent differ.

Bug [3207405] - Custom events no longer firing after clearing event queue.

Fixed typo in the documentation with valid range of values for the battlefield width and height. Thanks goes to Tamás Balog for pointing this out.

New features

Added "Enable auto recording" option to the Common Options, which automatically generates a zipped XML record for every battle. Works only when "Enable replay recording" is enabled (is automatically set when enabling auto recording).

Req [3026852] - Ability to save the properties file for robots in development path.

Req [3066647] - Rules.getBulletSpeed(). Keep bullet power within 0.1 - 3.0, even when input is lesser or greater than this valid range.

Req [3034594] - In battle name hiding. A new game rule, "hide enemy names", can be enabled or disabled.

Changes

Upgraded to use jni4net v0.8.3.

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Capture the Flag

2011-01-28T22:24:00.002+01:00

Banaras Hindu University presents CodeFest - virtual combat event. Himanshu Singh used experimental branch of Robocode by Joshua Galecki, polished it a bit and packaged for the tournament.

To arms! Join the battle!

Robocode 1.7.2.2 (final)

2010-11-05T00:13:00.005+01:00

Robocode version 1.7.2.2 (final) has now been released, which only contains an issue with the Robot API documentation.

You can read about the previous bugfixes and changes made for the beta version here:

Robocode 1.7.2.2 Beta

Bugfix

Fixed "3 * PI / 4 means West." in the Robot API, which should be "3 * PI / 2 means West.". Thanks goes to Gottl Johannes for pointing this out.

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Robocode 1.7.2.2 Beta

2010-10-02T22:24:00.013+02:00

This is the beta version of Robocode version 1.7.2.2 that now includes a Robocode Control API with the .NET plug-in, which makes it possible to run battles from a .NET application and retrieve the results etc. Help files are included with Robocode, and the documentation of the new API is available here.

Robocode has also been upgraded to use jni4net v0.8.0 that includes CLR 4.0 support for .NET. This means that robots can be written in e.g. the F# language. Actually, the .NET plugin includes sample robot written in F#.

A ReadMe has also been added for Robocode in both HTML and text (using Markdown syntax). The ReadMe should give the reader a good overview of Robocode.

We encourage everybody to test this new Beta version as much as possible and report any bugs found at our Bugs Tracker at SourceForge. Then we will do everything we can to fix issues before the final release of version 1.7.2.2.

In the following we list the bugfixes, new features, and other changes made with the 1.7.2.2 Beta version.

Bugfixes

Bug [3043944] - Robot PrintStream doesn't handle write in a portable fashion.

Bug [3077562] - Wrong headings with the JuniorRobot. Thanks goes to Mr. Kschan for finding and providing a fix for this bug. :-)

Bug [3043884] - Development Options remove wrong item.

Bug [3043932] - JavaDoc missing _Robot and similar.

New Sample robots

Tuan Anh Nguyen provided a modified version of the Interactive sample robot named Interactive_v2, which use absolute movement (up, left, down, right) on the screen, which can be easier to control than the original Interactive sample robot. Both Interactive robots now use both the arrow keys and the W, A, S, D key for moving the robot.

SampleFs (written for .NET with the #F langugage) has been added along with the Visual Studio 2010 project file for it. This is available with the .NET plug-in.

New features

Robocode has been upgraded to use jni4net v0.8 with CLR 4.0 support.

Implemented Robocode .NET Control API plug-in (robocode.control.dll) with documentation.

Req [2932291] - Added ReadMe.txt (using Markdown syntax) and ReadMe.html. The ReadMe is also available from the Help menu.

Req [2973605] - Enable/disable development paths.

Req [2974806] - Provide JuniorRobot template for inexperienced users.

Changes

It is not necessary to specify -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=false anymore with the startup scripts for Robocode and RoboRumble as Robocode sets this internally when running under Windows. Hence, this property has been removed from all .bat, .sh, and .command files for Robocode.

Robocode will not notify about Beta versions anymore per default. However, a new option in the Common Options (under Preferences) makes it possible to enable/disable notifications about new Beta versions.

The tabs for the Common and Development Options in the Preferences window are now the first tabs.

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Robocode 1.7.2.1 (final)

2010-08-05T23:00:00.005+02:00

Robocode version 1.7.2.1 (final) has now been released, which contains lots of bug fixes compared to the beta, but also a few changes.

You can read about the previous bugfixes and changes made for the beta version here:

Robocode 1.7.2.1 Beta

In the following, the new bugfixes and changes made since the beta version are listed.

Bugfixes

Bug [3021140] - Possible for robot to kill other robot threads.

Bug [3029344] - Zipped robots data files are not extracted.

Bug [3026855] - Robot Packager doesn't package source file in Eclipse proj.

Bug [2828479] - Missed onRobotDeath events. Thanks goes to ForNeVeR for finding and solving this bug.

Bug [3019854] - Cannot see robot with no package in New Battle dialog.

Bug [3026856] - Robot Packaging Wizard doesn't save value for Next & Back.

Bug [3028102] - ClassNotFoundException at RobotClassLoader.java:271.

Bug [3032423] - "skipped" turns at start with -Ddebug=true

Bug [3032843] - Exclude filters not working.

Sometimes the compiler window was hanging for several seconds, even though the compiler had finished compiling.

Changes

The Robot Packing Wizard will now only allow word characters (letters, digits, dots, but no spaces) with the version field.

Added robocode.annotation.SafeStatic, which can be used to suppress warnings in the robot console for a robot uses static reference to a robot on a field. Note that this means that you need to clean the static field, when a new round is started. This annotation was suggested by Nat Pavasant. The annotation is used like this:


  @SafeStatic
  private static AdvancedRobot robot;

Added syntax highlightning on Java annotations for the Robot Editor.

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Robocode 1.7.2.1 Beta

2010-06-19T13:17:00.005+02:00

This is the beta version of Robocode version 1.7.2.1, where the Jikes 1.22 compiler has been replaced with the Eclipse Compiler for Java (ECJ) 3.5.2.

We encourage everybody to test this new Beta version as much as possible and report any bugs found at our Bugs Tracker at SourceForge. Then we will do everything we can to fix issues before the final release of version 1.7.2.1.

In the following we list the new bugfixes and changes made with the 1.7.2.1 Beta version.

Bugfixes

Bug [2867326] - Lockup on start if too many bots in robots dir (cont'd).

Fixed some issues with the robot repository when file URLs contains spaces, where robots were sometimes disappearing from the repository.

Changes

Req [2815450] - Move away from Jikes towards ECJ. Jikes 1.22 has been replaced with the Eclipse Compiler for Java (ECJ) 3.5.2.

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Robocode 1.7.2.0 (final)

2010-05-28T23:39:00.006+02:00

The final version of Robocode version 1.7.2.0 has finally been released. As usual, lots of bugs have been found and fixed.

If you are new to Robocode 1.7.2.0 then please note that this version is the first version of Robocode that supports robots written for .NET. With the .NET plugin for Robocode, Java and .NET robots can participate in the same battles in the same time.

You can read our two first articles on the RoboWiki about
how to create and how to debug a .NET robot with Visual Studio.

If you want to know the differences between the Robot API for Java and the new one for .NET, you should read this article.

You can read about the bugfixes and changes with the previous beta versions here:

Beta (1)

Beta 2

Beta 3

In the following, the new bugfixes and changes made since the 1.7.2.0 Beta 3 version are listed.

Bugfixes

Bug: Robots were disabled when skipping 30 skipping non-consecutive turns (or 120 turns when performing I/O operations). Now, Robocode is only disabling robots when the robot skips 30 consecutive turns, which is the original behavior, and which has been broken since version 1.6.1.4.

Bug [2994724] - Duplicate version numbers prevents uploading.

Bug [2994732] - tzu.TheArtOfWar 1.2 gets NullPointerExceptions.

Bug [3003721] - Attempting to install Robocode over an existing install NPEs.

Bug [3005547] - The robocode.command is missing the execute permissions bit.

Bug [2999719] - Problems with Graphics2D.fill/draw(Shape).

Bug [3005111] - NPE when uploading results.

Bug [2994560] - "Ignoring" messages in rumble is duplicated.

Bug [2975871] - Minor visual bug - Currently selected robot gets covered.

Bug: A security exception was thrown with development robots trying to access their data directory.

Changes

Robocode will now only install batch files relevant to the hosting system, e.g., .bat files are not installed under Unix/Linux/Mac OS X, and .sh files are not installed under Windows. Furthermore, .command files are only installed under Mac OS X, and has now the execution permission bit set (due to bug [3005547]).

Robocode will now write out a warning in the robot console when a robot is detected that uses static references to a robot, i.e. static fields that are declared as e.g. a Robot, AdvancedRobot, TeamRobot etc. (typically references to the robot itself). A static reference to a robot can cause unwanted behavior with the robot accessing these. Hence, it is strongly recommended that static robot references in a robot class or within its helper classes are changed into non-static references and that the robot is recompiled afterwards. In every round, Robocode is creating new instances of the individual robot, meaning that static references to former Robot objects points to "dead" objects that are not used anymore in the game, and which cannot be garbage collected during the battle when there is static references to these.

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Robocode 1.7.2.0 Beta 3

2010-04-30T00:52:00.005+02:00

This is the 3rd and last beta for Robocode version 1.7.2.0, where lots of bugs found in Beta 2 have been fixed.

We need to have the fixes verified and also let you check if we have introduced some unwanted side-effects with all the bug fixes we made. So if you have made a bug report for Robocode, please verify the fix the bug if it has been marked as "fixed", and update the tracker with a comment. That is, if the bug was fixed or not.

If you discover a new issue, then don't hesitate reporting it on SourceForge here with a note of which system and Java version you are running under.

If you are new to Robocode 1.7.2.0 then please note that this version is the first version of Robocode that supports robots written for .NET. With the .NET plugin for Robocode, Java and .NET robots can participate in the same battles in the same time.

You can read our two first articles on the RoboWiki about
how to create and how to debug a .NET robot with Visual Studio.

If you want to know the differences between the Robot API for Java and the new one for .NET, you should read this article.

We encourage everybody to test this new Beta version as much as possible and report any bugs found at our Bugs Tracker at SourceForge. Then we will do everything we can to fix issues before the final release of version 1.7.2.0.

You can read about the bugfixes and changed made with the first beta here and the second beta You can read about the bugfixes and changed made with the first beta here.

In the following we list the new bugfixes and changes since the 1.7.2.0 Beta 2 version.

Bugfixes

Bug [2976754] - Battle engine consumes more CPU power over time

Bug [2972932] - Strange issue first time running roborumble in 1.7.2.0 Beta 2.

Bug [2978825] - isTeammate() sometimes returns false with teammates.

Bug [2964562] - Cannot extract downloaded robot for editing in Robot Editor.

Bug [2976258] - Strange thread exceptions with kid.DeltaSquad in 1.7.

Bug [2974178] - Krabb.sliNk.Garm 0.9u freezes often in 1.7.

Bug [2970414] - Occasionally losing the bit of text in the robot console.

Bug [2954723] - java.lang.Error: Interrupted attempt to aquire read lock.

Bug: Teams with versions could not be found in a development path.

Bug: Files in /robots/.data or /robots/.robotcache dir were put into a underscore sub-directory.

Bug: The "Kill Robot" button in the robot console windows was often disabled.

Changes

The robot console now uses a rolling buffer so when the number of lines in the robot console exceeds the max number of lines (500), the oldest lines are removed, and "^^^ TEXT TRUNCATED ^^^" is written in the top. Previously half of the text was truncated when the max number of lines was reached.

Download Robocode 1.7.2.0 Beta 3 from here
Download Robocode .NET plugin 1.7.2.0 Beta 3 from here

Robocode 1.7.2.0 Beta 2

2010-03-14T22:18:00.016+01:00

This is the second Beta for Robocode version 1.7.2.0. Many issues were reported and found with the first Beta. We fixed many of these issues - especially regarding RoboRumble (also MeleeRumble and TeamRumble).

We need to have the fixes verified and also let you check if we have introduced some unwanted side-effects with all the bug fixes we made. So if you have made a bug report for Robocode, please verify the fix the bug if it has been marked as "fixed", and update the tracker with a comment. That is, if the bug was fixed or not.

If you discover a new issue, then don't hesitate reporting it on SourceForge here with a note of which system and Java version you are running under.

If you are new to Robocode 1.7.2.0 then please note that this version is the first version of Robocode that supports robots written for .NET. With the .NET plugin for Robocode, Java and .NET robots can participate in the same battles in the same time.

You can read our two first articles on the RoboWiki about
how to create and how to debug a .NET robot with Visual Studio.

If you want to know the differences between the Robot API for Java and the new one for .NET, you should read this article.

We encourage everybody to test this second Beta version as much as possible and report any bugs found at our Bugs Tracker at SourceForge. Then we will do everything we can to fix issues before the final release of version 1.7.2.0.

You can read about the bugfixes and changed made with the first beta here.

In the following we list the new bugfixes and changes since the first 1.7.2.0 Beta version.

Bugfixes

Bug [2953599] - Roborumble doesn't upload with EXECUTE=NOT.

Bug [2960836] - Team RoboRumble uploading is broken.

Bug [2964559] - TeamRumble: Cannot find robot in nested .jar files.

Bug [2930266] - Robot static data isn't being GCed after battle. More fixes were made.

Bug [2960870] - isTeammate() called on null gives NullPointerException.

Bug [2961489] - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when starting team battle.

Bug [2952496] - Installer installs AutoExtract$1.class.

Bug [2952549] - yk.JahRoslav 1.1 throws WinException.

Bug [2960894] - jlm.javaDisturbance loses substantial score in 1.7.2 Beta.

Bug [2962846] - (.NET) condition tested on concurrently modified collection.

License Change

We have changed license from Common Public License (CPL) v1.0 into Eclipse Puplic License (EPL) v1.0.

Download Robocode 1.7.2.0 Beta 2 from here
Download Robocode .NET plugin 1.7.2.0 Beta 2 from here