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Re: WWW Coordinator (Mitchell replies to Andrew)
Announcement: RARS Amiga release 3
Version 0.61 (final form of 0.60)
Rars for NT
to ftp site contributors
about the upcoming races
A couple of bugs
NEWCOMERS OUTLAST VETERANS IN SIMULATED INDY 500
indybots.zip and two more indy 'bots
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- m Robot Auto Racing Simulation Announcement of the Amiga version I've just uploaded the third release of the Amiga version of RARS to the - Track file recognition is no longer case sensitive, and track file names Included in the archive are all the sources you'll need to compile RARS If anybody wants a compiled executable for another CPU/FPU combination, has Hello All, It is not significantly different than 0.60. The name of the rand() From now on, all of my races will be run with this version, for at least m I have uploaded two new files to the ftp site: nt_rars.exe and nt_rars.txt. Hello All, Since we have not found anyone to agree to keep the ftp index up-to-date, This means that every file should have a short text file to acompany it, Example names: exe050.zip The file exe050.txt could simply be one line of text that says "version Authors of files that are already on the ftp site should upload the m Hello All, Below are the three upcoming races, through July 9. All races from now on This past Sunday we had a little IRC chat going during the races. We will Now that we use ver. 0.61, others will be able to replicate the races. The Next Three RARS Race Meets June 11: June 25: July 9: m Yo racers, I just thought I'd point out a couple of RARS bugs I found this weekend Maybe in a month, I'll have something to race you folks :> Rob Hello All, Here's what happened today at our indi500 race: There were three Novice: Tim Battersby Canada Emily Expert: Bill Benedict U.S.A. Rusty As in today's real Indy 500, our racing was dominated by crashes. The two finishers of the novice race were Emily and racer_X, who then results of novice race: (X denotes did not finish) results of expert race: Expert Class Point standings Novice Class Points: The source code for these 'bots will be on the ftp site shortly, along m Hello All, indybots.zip is on the ftp site, accompanied by indybots.txt. The day after the races I received a couple of late entries. One was These tables don't really capture what happens in these races. The Unofficial Novice Races: 7 cars for 50 laps. The track was indi500.trk. The drivers were: results of race 1: results of race 2: results of race 3: results of race 4: 6 cars for 50 laps. The track was indi500.trk. The drivers were: results of race 1: results of race 2: results of race 3: results of race 4: The rars-digest is compiled and published by (Dave `Gizmo' Gymer)
From: "Mitchell E. Timin" <m...@cac.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: WWW Coordinator (Mitchell replies to Andrew)
To: mindw...@mindwarp.com (Andrew Samaha)
Date sent: Sat, 27 May 1995 18:49:59 -0400 (EDT)
Copies to: rars-l...@netcom.com (Rars- List)
> this. <g>
I suppose you have the URL's for the web sites that we now have. I am
sure that everyone will give you their cooperation. Let me know if you
need anything.
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From: mar...@wbmt41.wbmt.tudelft.nl (Marcel Offermans)
Subject: Announcement: RARS Amiga release 3
Send reply to: M.F.Offerm...@WbMT.TUDelft.NL
Date sent: Sat, 27 May 95 17:35:12
To: rars-l...@netcom.com
anonymous ftp site. It is based on RARS version 0.60, but has some
improvements over the original version:
aren't chopped off after 8 characters.
- A new way of specifying tracks is supported. You can now describe a
track by its centerline, instead of having to use the outer rail. This
piece of code is still portable and can be used in other ports.
- Removed some compiler warnings, removed some MS-DOS dependencies
throughout the sources.
- Added a brand new GUI to RARS (the layout what somewhat inspired by the
Mac port of RARS :-).
with the SAS/C 6.55 compiler yourself. I've also included an executable for
the 68030 CPU and 68881 or 68882 FPU. You need at least AmigaOS 3.0 (V39)
for this version to work. This is due to the new GUI.
suggestions, wants to help or has found a bug, please e-mail me.
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From: "Mitchell E. Timin" <m...@cac.psu.edu>
Subject: Version 0.61 (final form of 0.60)
To: rars-l...@netcom.com (Rars- List)
Date sent: Sat, 27 May 1995 09:37:56 -0400 (EDT)
Version 0.61 is now in the uploads directory of the new ftp site.
It is meant to be the final form of 0.60, replacing 0.6b and 0.60.
I hope nobody discovers something I have to change.
function has been changed to r_rand(), so any robots that call a random
variable generator should use r_rand() now. There are several minor
bug fixes. In my testing everthing is very fine.
a few months. I don't expect to develop another version soon.
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Date sent: Fri, 26 May 95 15:28:00 PDT
From: Muir Lee Harding <l...@autodesk.com>
Subject: Rars for NT
To: rars-l...@netcom.com
This is a hacked-together port to Win NT 3.5.
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From: "Mitchell E. Timin" <m...@cac.psu.edu>
Subject: to ftp site contributors
To: rars-l...@netcom.com (Rars- List)
Date sent: Fri, 26 May 1995 16:07:33 -0400 (EDT)
we will fall back on plan B, orinally suggested by Marcel Offermans.
and explain what it is. Files that are already short text file can do
without this. For maximum compatibility with all system, the short text
file shoul have the same name as the file it explains, but with .txt
at the end.
exe050.txt
0.50 exectable for DOS" or something similar.
text file to go with it, or send e-mail to jivko asking him to delete
the file.
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From: "Mitchell E. Timin" <m...@cac.psu.edu>
Subject: about the upcoming races
To: rars-l...@netcom.com (Rars- List)
Date sent: Tue, 30 May 1995 17:23:29 -0400 (EDT)
will be with version 0.61. If you developed your driver with version 0.6b or
0.60 it should be fine. Of course it is alway a good idea to test it on
the actual version.
continue this practice as it was kind of fun. My wife, Arelys, handles the
keyboard as she is an IRC regular. I holler out the play-by-play as best I
can, and she types it as best she can. Some info gets across the net that way!
So, from now on, we will log onto the IRC at 5:00 EDT on each race day, and
begin the races at 5:10. I start the race at realistic speed, but then
speed it up later when nobody is passing.
I will distribute the race report which contains the initial seed. You can
get the same bots from the ftp site, and put them in the order shown in the
race report. (actually, I will include the CARZ.CPP file) I will also
state the exact command line that I use. Then when you run the same race,
and enter the seed with the -nr option, you should see exactly the same
race I did.
(no prizes)
No. of races: 4
Track: two surprise tracks, two races each
Laps: 25 each race
Software version: 0.61
Surface type: 1
practice: up to 200 laps each track, if anyone requests it
(if no-one has a robot that learns, we will skip the practice)
No. of races 6
Track: oval2
Laps: 10 each race
Software version: 0.61
Surface type: 0
no practice on race day, practice at home all you want!
The default starting order system will be used, i.e. alternating
random and reversed.
No. of races 2
Tracks: one race on each of the same two tracks as June 11
Laps: 80 each race
Software version: 0.61
Surface Type: 1
There will be no practice on race day. The tracks will be known after
June 11. Fuel economy will be a factor here.
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Date sent: Tue, 30 May 95 09:48:50 MDT
From: r...@bigb.stortek.com (Rob Creager x2365)
To: rars-l...@netcom.com
Subject: A couple of bugs
while creating my first robot. 1) The lap counter doesn't work real well
during practice sessions. If there are 25 practice laps and 10 race laps,
the lap counter counts from 10 to -15. 2) When refueling, the cars take
damage. This can be seen by running a car solo on a track where it doesn't
normally take damage (ie go off road). As soon as it refuels, some damage
occurs ('bout 300 pts I believe). Note that this is with 0.60 picked up
5/26/95 from the FTP site. I have a hack fix for #1 and will donate it if
desired.
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From: "Mitchell E. Timin" <m...@cac.psu.edu>
Subject: NEWCOMERS OUTLAST VETERANS IN SIMULATED INDY 500
To: rars-l...@netcom.com (Rars- List)
Date sent: Sun, 28 May 1995 20:52:14 -0400 (EDT)
first-timers but some of our regulars didn't make a special Indy car,
so we again wound up with a total of nine. Here they are:
Muir Lee Harding U.S.A. racer_X
Grant Reeve New Zealand IndyMan
Thomas Rooney U.S.A. goCART
Patrick Tierney Canada Heath3
Safai Ma Canada Burns
Jussi Pajala Finland Bubble
Randy Saint U.S.A. Ramdu
(plus two from the novice race)
There were only two finishers in the novice race and three in the
expert race. It would have been heartbreaking for Bubble and Ramdu,
if they had hearts, for both lost the lead in the last third of the
race, after laboriously working their way from the back of the pack.
Bubble was the fastest driver, but only by a small margin. He started
off dead last and took about 20 laps to push through to first place.
Bubble was able to hold the lead, and increase it slowly, for more
than half the race. Finally, however, he tried to pass a slower car
and touched the inside wall. Having already accumulated damage from
various hits, he stayed there. (The leaders had to pass slower cars
many times, and there was occaisonal contact.) Bubble's demise left
Ramdu in the lead, and being the fastest driver had no trouble
holding it. BUT... at about lap 178 he hit the outside wall just
after the 2nd turn. (Just like many of today's real indy cars did!)
I didn't notice if this resulted from passing a slower car, but it
probably did.
went on to the expert class. Surprisingly, they took 1st and 2nd in
that race also! Congratulations to Tim Battersby and Muir Lee
Harding for such a fine showing!
5 cars for 200 laps. The track was indi500.trk. The drivers were:
Emily, goCART, Heath3, racer_X, and IndyMan.
starting positions:
Emily, racer_X, Heath3, goCART, and IndyMan.
place 1 Emily average speed 220.67 mph 10 points accumulated
place 2 racer_X average speed 210.73 mph 6 points accumulated
place 3 IndyMan X average speed 224.77 mph 4 points accumulated
place 4 Heath3 X average speed 0 mph 3 points accumulated
place 5 goCART X average speed 0 mph 2 points accumulated
6 cars for 200 laps. The track was indi500.trk. The drivers were:
Rusty, Burns, Bubble, Ramdu, Emily, and racer_X.
starting positions:
Emily, Burns, racer_X, Rusty, Bubble, and Ramdu.
place 1 Emily average speed 220.43 mph 10 points accumulated
place 2 racer_X average speed 210.75 mph 6 points accumulated
place 3 Burns average speed 210.03 mph 4 points accumulated
place 4 Ramdu X average speed 221.6 mph 3 points accumulated
place 5 Bubble X average speed 224.1 mph 2 points accumulated
place 6 Rusty X average speed 0 mph 1 points accumulated
Jussi Pajala 12 pts (Finland)
Tim Battersby 10 pts (Canada)
Bill Benedict 7 pts (U.S.A.)
Randy Saint 7 pts (U.S.A.)
Safai Ma 7 pts (Canada)
Muir Lee Harding 6 pts (U.S.A.)
Mike Inman 2 pts (U.S.A.)
Patrick Tierney 5 pts (Canada)
Oscar Gustafsson 4 pts (Sweden)
Grant Reeve 4 pts (New Zealand)
Carl Burke 3 pts (U.S.A.)
Thomas Rooney 2 pts (U.S.A.)
Tristrom Cooke 1 pt (Australia)
with the modified CARZ.CPP file. Look for the file indybots.zip.
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From: "Mitchell E. Timin" <m...@cac.psu.edu>
Subject: indybots.zip and two more indy 'bots
To: rars-l...@netcom.com (Rars- List)
Date sent: Wed, 31 May 1995 13:33:45 -0400 (EDT)
an improved version of IndyMan, which I called IndyMan2. The other
was from a new competitor, B. Cabe, who called his robot "Bacon".
Both of them wanted to know how their driver would have done, so I
ran a bunch of 50 lap races. The results are below. You can see
that both robots are outstanding. (they are included in indybots.zip)
cars interfere with each other a lot. Often the leader will tangle
with the no. 2 car, slowing both down, and letting no. 3 take the
lead.
Emily, racer_X, IndyMan2, IndyMan, Bacon, Heath3, and goCART.
starting positions:
IndyMan2, racer_X, Bacon, goCART, Emily, IndyMan, and Heath3.
place 1 IndyMan2 average speed 225.51 mph 10 points accumulated
place 2 IndyMan average speed 223.56 mph 6 points accumulated
place 3 Emily average speed 219.62 mph 4 points accumulated
place 4 Bacon average speed 219.03 mph 3 points accumulated
place 5 racer_X average speed 210.68 mph 2 points accumulated
place 6 Heath3 average speed 214.96 mph 1 points accumulated
place 7 goCART average speed 0 mph 0 points accumulated
starting positions:
Heath3, IndyMan, Emily, goCART, Bacon, racer_X, and IndyMan2.
place 1 IndyMan average speed 223.03 mph 16 points accumulated
place 2 Emily average speed 219.57 mph 10 points accumulated
place 3 Bacon average speed 218.16 mph 7 points accumulated
place 4 IndyMan2 average speed 217.72 mph 13 points accumulated
place 5 racer_X average speed 0 mph 4 points accumulated
place 6 Heath3 average speed 0 mph 2 points accumulated
place 7 goCART average speed 0 mph 0 points accumulated
starting positions:
racer_X, Heath3, Emily, Bacon, IndyMan2, IndyMan, and goCART.
place 1 IndyMan average speed 222.85 mph 26 points accumulated
place 2 Bacon average speed 217.53 mph 13 points accumulated
place 3 Heath3 average speed 217.01 mph 6 points accumulated
place 4 racer_X average speed 210.4 mph 7 points accumulated
place 5 IndyMan2 average speed 218.3 mph 15 points accumulated
place 6 Emily average speed 219.13 mph 11 points accumulated
place 7 goCART average speed 0 mph 0 points accumulated
starting positions:
goCART, IndyMan, IndyMan2, Bacon, Emily, Heath3, and racer_X.
place 1 IndyMan2 average speed 224.27 mph 25 points accumulated
place 2 IndyMan average speed 223.79 mph 32 points accumulated
place 3 Bacon average speed 219.01 mph 17 points accumulated
place 4 racer_X average speed 211.12 mph 10 points accumulated
place 5 Heath3 average speed 216.52 mph 8 points accumulated
place 6 Emily average speed 0 mph 12 points accumulated
place 7 goCART average speed 0 mph 0 points accumulated
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Unofficial Expert Races:
Bacon, Bubble, IndyMan2, Ramdu, Rusty, and Burns.
starting positions:
Burns, Bacon, Indyman2, Ramdu, Rusty, and Bubble.
place 1 IndyMan2 average speed 224.99 mph 10 points accumulated
place 2 Bubble average speed 224.02 mph 6 points accumulated
place 3 Rusty average speed 219.9 mph 4 points accumulated
place 4 Bacon average speed 219.59 mph 3 points accumulated
place 5 Burns average speed 209.54 mph 2 points accumulated
place 6 Ramdu average speed 219.88 mph 1 points accumulated
starting positions:
Bubble, Rusty, Ramdu, Indyman2, Bacon, and Burns.
place 1 Bubble average speed 223.51 mph 16 points accumulated
place 2 IndyMan2 average speed 223.02 mph 16 points accumulated
place 3 Bacon average speed 219.27 mph 7 points accumulated
place 4 Burns average speed 210.34 mph 5 points accumulated
place 5 Ramdu average speed 215.95 mph 3 points accumulated
place 6 Rusty average speed 0 mph 5 points accumulated
starting positions:
Burns, Indyman2, Ramdu, Bacon, Rusty, and Bubble.
place 1 IndyMan2 average speed 225.46 mph 26 points accumulated
place 2 Bubble average speed 223.42 mph 22 points accumulated
place 3 Ramdu average speed 221.85 mph 7 points accumulated
place 4 Bacon average speed 219.73 mph 10 points accumulated
place 5 Burns average speed 209.21 mph 7 points accumulated
place 6 Rusty average speed 218.69 mph 6 points accumulated
starting positions:
Bubble, Rusty, Bacon, Ramdu, Indyman2, and Burns.
place 1 IndyMan2 average speed 225.61 mph 36 points accumulated
place 2 Bubble average speed 224.63 mph 28 points accumulated
place 3 Bacon average speed 219.26 mph 14 points accumulated
place 4 Burns average speed 209.57 mph 10 points accumulated
place 5 Rusty average speed 211.49 mph 8 points accumulated
place 6 Ramdu average speed 0 mph 8 points accumulated
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