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Re: Near Final Release, rtlToronto15 info
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Wed, 5 Nov 2003 19:25:41 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> -1 minute to make a move is a very long time, I think the time limit
> should be drop to at least around 45 seconds. This gives 15 minutes a
> side with an overall length of 30 minutes. The idea of the clock is to
> put time pressure on the game. 20 minutes is way to leisurely. I'd be
> happy with an even sorter time limit then 15 minutes.
At least for the hobby show demonstration, my bot will be making moves in
realtime or close to to it. (ie, 2-3 seconds per move) The scanning and
droppingtakes ~20 seconds, so I'd be happy to see the time limit dramatically
reduced.
> -The coin toss makes the outcome too random. Players should have to
> play each other twice. Shortening the time limit would help with this.
Only in the finals, IMO.
> -I'm not entirely comfortable with the sensor outputs being tided
> directly together. In this situation you will have two rcxs powering
> the line plus the Arbitrator. Thats a lot of power being added
> together. I will definitely have no part of having motor outputs
> attached to the sensor lines.
With one wire for both ways communication, couldn't we have the wire from A and
the wire from B connect to different ports on the Arbitrator? This way the
Arbitrator can work something like the following:
while (true)
{
ds_active(&SENSOR1);
ds_passive(&SENSOR2);
while(!TOUCH2); // wait for bot2 to finish
delay(100);
ds_active(&SENSOR2);
ds_passive(&SENSOR1);
while(!TOUCH1); // wait for bot1 to finish
delay(100);
}
This prevents the 'double click' problem where the Arbitrator loses track of
whose turn it is, and also isolates the two bots from each other. Additional
code could be added to set both sensors back to passive after a short 'press'.
Mike
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| (...) -My understanding was there would be some common space to the sides of the board. -1 minute to make a move is a very long time, I think the time limit should be drop to at least around 45 seconds. This gives 15 minutes a side with an overall (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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