MechMania25 C++ Starter Pack

Here's all the code you need to get started with making a bot for MechMania in C++. Just do these steps:

• Pre-Setup -- install Java, Node, and the mm command line tools
• Setup -- Clone this repository and start running your bot!

Pre-Setup

1. Follow the Pre-setup instructions on the wiki here

2. Install or update clang++ to compile your C++ code! You can check out this guide on getting started with clang

Setup

1. Clone this repo (or fork it or download it somewhere as a ZIP)

2. Modify the script at strategy.cpp.

   • Write your code in the Strategy::doTurn method.
   • You may also add other files or dependencies. If you have any questions about this, we're here to help!

3. Run make server. This step should be completed whenever you want to run any mm commands with a new strategy.

   • If you encounter any linker errors that seem to do nothing with your files, this may be a result of some dependency errors.
     • Crow is the library used for the webserver, and has caused issues in the past. In particular, the boost C++ library.
     • If you are still having issues, consult Boost Installation

4. Run mm play .

   • This will build the bot in the given directory (.) and then starts a game in which your bot fights against itself.
   • On Windows, if an mm play command fails, make sure to close any Java SE Runtime Binary processes with Task Manager.
   • run mm play with the --logfile [filename] option set from within Bash Subsystem for Windows to get a log for a game
     • then run mm play with the --input [filename] option set from the Windows command prompt to view the game
     • This also means you can't run mm play human from bash subsystem

5. To run two different bots against each other, run mm play bot1_directory bot2_directory.

6. To submit your bot, run mm push .

Use mm help for more information!

Game API Information

The header file (strategy.h) has a list of functions that you should implement, and a list of functions to get data from the game are in api.h.

Note: you should not need to edit the files inside of Resources.

Good luck, and happy coding!

Boost Installation FAQ

Mac

brew install boost

Linux and Windows Ubuntu Subsystem

apt-get install libboost-all-dev