Robocode 1.7.2.1 (final)

Robocode version 1.7.2.1 (final) has now been released, which contains lots of bug fixes compared to the beta, but also a few changes.

You can read about the previous bugfixes and changes made for the beta version here:

• Robocode 1.7.2.1 Beta

In the following, the new bugfixes and changes made since the beta version are listed.

Bugfixes

• Bug [3021140] - Possible for robot to kill other robot threads.


• Bug [3029344] - Zipped robots data files are not extracted.


• Bug [3026855] - Robot Packager doesn't package source file in Eclipse proj.


• Bug [2828479] - Missed onRobotDeath events. Thanks goes to ForNeVeR for finding and solving this bug.


• Bug [3019854] - Cannot see robot with no package in New Battle dialog.


• Bug [3026856] - Robot Packaging Wizard doesn't save value for Next & Back.


• Bug [3028102] - ClassNotFoundException at RobotClassLoader.java:271.


• Bug [3032423] - "skipped" turns at start with -Ddebug=true


• Bug [3032843] - Exclude filters not working.


• Sometimes the compiler window was hanging for several seconds, even though the compiler had finished compiling.

Changes

• The Robot Packing Wizard will now only allow word characters (letters, digits, dots, but no spaces) with the version field.


• Added robocode.annotation.SafeStatic, which can be used to suppress warnings in the robot console for a robot uses static reference to a robot on a field. Note that this means that you need to clean the static field, when a new round is started. This annotation was suggested by Nat Pavasant. The annotation is used like this:



  @SafeStatic
  private static AdvancedRobot robot;



• Added syntax highlightning on Java annotations for the Robot Editor.

Download Robocode 1.7.2.1 (final) from here
Download Robocode .NET plug-in 1.7.2.1 from here
Download Robot testing plug-in 1.7.2.1 from here