Completion of game

thinus · August 12, 2020, 4:17am

Hi
the rules state 'The first car to reach the end of the track, defined by blocks containing a FINISH_LINE object is the winning car and thus the winning bot." If both cars reach the finish line in the same round, is there a rule as to which car is first?

Why did B win in this example

pierre.roux · August 12, 2020, 7:25am

Hi @thinus

This does seem odd, since player B even has less score. We are investigating this in more detail and will get back when we have more info on what is happening here

rfnel · August 12, 2020, 7:59am

According to the rules (in the endgame section), if both bots cross the finish line in the same round, the bot with the highest speed wins. I suspect that bot A ran out of boost in the round above (boost counter = 1), and as a result, bot B won the race because it was still at boost speed.

github.com

EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/develop/game-engine/game-rules.md

# The Game

The Game for Entelect Challenge 2020 is **Overdrive**. 

In a match **2** players with **1** car each will race against each other. The goal is to be the first player to the finish line.

## Contents
- [The Game](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#the-game)
  - [The Map](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#the-map)
      - [Structure](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#structure)
      - [Visiblity](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#visibility)
      - [Files](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#files)
  - [The Car](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#the-car)
  - [The Commands](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#the-commands)
    - [All Commands](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#all-commands)
    - [Command Structure](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#command-structure)
    - [Command: NOTHING](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#command:-nothing)
    - [Command: ACCELERATE](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#command:-accelerate)
    - [Command: DECELERATE](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#command:-decelerate)
    - [Command: TURN_LEFT](https://github.com/EntelectChallenge/2020-Overdrive/blob/master/game-engine/game-rules.md#command:-turn_left)

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WillieTheron · August 13, 2020, 6:24am

I just want yo confirm what rfnel said:

Player A has a boostcounter of 1,
That means they should have lost because their boost timer expired as they entered that round causing Player A to essentially have a speed of 9 there.

You will generally see when a boost counter hits 1 the movement speed is also 9 for the next round.

So that is probably what hapopened and completely normal.

KyleMc · August 16, 2020, 8:51am

Hello everyone, thanks for bringing this to our attention. We have confirmed that @rfnel and @WillieTheron observations are correct and that players 1s boost ran out and thus they had a lower speed than player 2 which is why player 2 won.