StarCraft AI competition-Rules

Lai Yonghao (http://laiyonghao.com)

Yesterday, I saw this message through Google Reader at the venue of the 3rd technology salon in Guangzhou (http://developers.solidot.org/article.pl? SID = 09/11/14/0641223 & amp; from = RSS), a burst of excitement. When I came back, I took a look at the relevant documents. I thought it was quite interesting and I just translated it. If any, please correct me.

Competition rules

• No registration fee required
• No bonus
• All videos of the open competition after the competition
• Starcraft Brood War 1.16.1 is used in all competitions
• Starcraft is a registered trademark of Blizzard Entertainment.
• Legitimate copies of Starcraft and extensions required by participants
  1. We will confirm that the StarCraft owned by contestants is legal and require participants to log on to battle.net as part of the registration process.
• Blizzard does not assume any responsibility
• We do not assume any responsibility
  1. This includes the issue where your CD Key is blocked by battle.net due to running a third-party Starcraft runner.
• Entries must use the Brood War API provided by this website.
• Robot execution of malicious behaviors will be canceled and prohibited from participating in the next competition. The so-called malicious behaviors include but are not limited:
  1. Deliberately caused Starcraft to crash
  2. Install worms/viruses/malware
  3. Malicious exploitation of resources, such as sockets, files, and zombie processes (100% of Ram and 100% of CPU are allowed)
  4. Spread "junk" (interference information, etc.) on the game console)
• Attempts to cheat will be disqualified
  1. Robots need to disable the perfect information mark in 1, 2, and 4 games.
• In the competition, the StarCraft crash is negative
  1. There will be a series of tests several weeks before the start of the competition to ensure that the contestant program runs correctly on the competition Machine
• The robot will run in a Windows XP/Vista Environment
  1. The entries should be submitted after the Windows XP/Vista test is installed.
  2. We will not be held responsible for the StarCraft crash caused by program participation due to our system configuration
• The competition is semi-automated. For more information, see the competition configuration page.
• Robots will run in a LAN and cannot access the Internet
• A single place can only be submitted for one competition program, but different robots can be submitted for each sub-member than cold.
• Robots cannot slow down the game
  1. The fastest setting will be used for the competition, with 24 frames per second
  2. Here are the details about how to compile the Remote Process of AI.
  3. During the game, robots slow down the game for a long time.
• Participants do not need to disclose source code
  1. Provide a DLL. For more information, see the submit page.
  2. However, the contestant must provide a brief description of the execution details.
• Open-source or closed-source components are allowed for entries
• Works can be used to communicate with remote processes.
  1. The remote process must click to run the application (for example, we will not install a Lisp compiler on the host to run a robot)
  2. Compile other details of the remote process.
• Entries can be written to a local directory.
  1. Allow robots to save the status of both sides in a round of competition
  2. However, these files will be cleared after each round.
• The robot cannot pause the game. If the robot suspends the game, the game will be negative.
• The following Starcraft errors/tips are acceptable:
  1. Plague on interceptor
  2. Units pressed through
  3. Drops to defuse mines
  4. Mineral walk
  5. Manner Pylon
  6. Lurker hold position
  7. Observer over turret
  8. Stacking air units
• However, all of the following errors/vulnerabilities are forbidden. Robots exploiting these vulnerabilities will be disqualified from the competition. This includes but is not limited:
  1. Flying drones and Templars
  2. Terran sliding buildings
  3. Stacking ground units
  4. Allied mines
  5. Gas walk, to get through blocked entrances or ramps
• Do not encourage bad behaviors in other competitions, but do not prohibit

The above rules are formulated according to the orts 2009 rules.