Bot Initialisation Period

marcin_k · April 6, 2020, 1:54pm

Good day,
Would it be possible for there to be a short period (maybe 2s) at the start of the match when bots are launched so that they can finish any initialisation? This would be prior to any state/game information being provided to the bots.
My usecase for this would be to load a large library and load a model file from disk.

Please let me know if something like this would be possible for the upcoming May tournament or at a future time

demaniak · April 6, 2020, 3:45pm

Hey @marcin_k - not sure when/where, but somewhere in one of the logs I was staring at (might have been one downloaded from the portal) there was a line that read something like “waiting for bots to stabilize” or some such (read that with a LOT of salt).
It was in the first 50 or so lines of the log.

Bottom line, it looked to me like some grace time was being granted - but of course, I’m just an outside observer like you

marcin_k · April 6, 2020, 9:37pm

github.com

EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-runner/src/main/java/za/co/entelect/challenge/engine/runner/GameEngineRunner.java#L101




    gameResult = new GameResult();
    gameResult.isComplete = false;
    gameResult.verificationRequired = false;
    gameResult.matchId = gameRunnerConfig.matchId;


    botExecutionContexts = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<>());


    if (gameRunnerConfig.isTournamentMode) {
        LOGGER.info("Delaying match start for bots to warm up");
        Thread.sleep(5000);
    }
}


@Override
public void onRoundStarting() {
    gameMap.setCurrentRound(gameMap.getCurrentRound() + 1);


    StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
    s.append("=======================================\n");
    s.append(String.format("Starting round: %d \n", gameMap.getCurrentRound()));

Ahh looks like you’re right
I should’ve checked the source first before asking on the forums

demaniak · April 6, 2020, 9:39pm

Nah, that’s what the Hive Mind is for