[appleeaters]Apples not getting eaten?

Hi,

I think there's a bug in the current robotslib.php library. Whenever I get to an apple, I get the points for it but it doesn't disappear from the board. Somewhat handily, my script just hangs around on that apple eating it again every turn

I think that the following (or something like it) should be on line 190:

unset($this->i_apples["{$this->player[0]};{$this->player[1]}"]);

Hope this helps, and if it's a bogus bug report then my apologies...

As an aside, are we allowed to access the new variables? (ie anything other than $robots->game[]). I assume not (robotslib may change etc...) but could be worth checking.

Also shouldn't line 202:

be


I think the way it is, colliding robots on a dead robots place, reset the number of already dead robots.

Another solution would be to first check for robots with dead robots collission and then robots with robots.

In case others want it, I've modified my robotslib.php to include these changes and to make it so that if you accidentally modify $game['player'], you don't actually set the player position.

You can get it at http://rumkin.com/reference/php_contest/ until the contest ends.

[edit - fixed url]

I'm experiencing the same problem with the apples. They never disappear, so my script just sits on the first apple it comes to until it is forced away by the robots.

Chris B

Tyler, I'm getting a 404 error at that address...

Chris B

I am having the same problem with apples not getting eaten. Sure makes it easy to get a high score though - just keep eating the same apple over and over until a robot forces you to move on :-)

magicmonkey's suggestion fixes the problem for me.

Fixed the URL in my message.