Which Player are you?

Entelect Challenge 2021 Phase Issues
1

Probably dumb question, but how do I know which player in the game state I am?

2

When your bot receives the register callback from the engine, it is assigned a UUID.

This UUID can then be referenced in the playerObjects array in the game state.

3

How do I get the UUID value. If I print registration token I get a different value to every playerID.

4

So the registration token you send to the game engine and the UUID you receive back from the game engine are two different values.

There is a callback called Registered which when connected and registered successfully will return your bot UUID

5

You can also check the GameComplete json file to check what PlayerID value your bot received, for your bot’s nickname.

For example:

{
      "Placement": 2,
      "Seed": 10211,
      "Score": 14,
      "Id": "ecce2667-32eb-4893-bee5-136c39672460",
      "Nickname": "RefNickName",
      "MatchPoints": 6
    }

Where my bot’s nickname here was RefNickName, I can now search the logs for ecce2667-32eb-4893-bee5-136c39672460 to find all references to my bot.

You can also use this file to identify where your bot finished.

If you grab the latest starter pay, you’ll notice a visualiser, which will also help you see this!

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