Autonomous Characters

Fall 2003

Tuesdays 3:00-5:50pm

Location: HIB335

Directions for Running the Demo

Note: These directions may not correspond exactly to the versions of software that you will be using.  Therefore, it is important that you follow the spirit of the directions, rather than the exact letter of them.  If you are having trouble, please ask any classmates who are nearby, or email me (wmt@uci.edu) and I will do my best to help.

 

  1. Make sure you are logged in as ACE_<usernumber>, rather than as visitor.
  2. Make sure you have compiled the demo.  See the Directions for Compiling the Codebase to do that.
  3. Start meny->run->Type “cmd” (which stands for “command”)
  4. Type “c:” and hit return.
  5. Type “cd c:/files/ACE/ACE_<usernumber>/code” to switch into your directory (or whatever your directory is)
  6. (FIRST TIME) -> right click menu bar of command window and choose Properties.  Turn on options ->quickedit mode, and change Layout tab -> screen buffer size height to be 9999.  When asked, save properties for future windows with the same title.
  7.  (FIRST TIME) -> Type “notepad runner.bat”
  8. (FIRST TIME) -> Change lines 2 and 4 to point to your code and art directories.
  9. (FIRST TIME) -> Save and close it.
  10. Type “runner” and press return.  Demo should start.  If it does not, track down the last thing that happened before it crashed, which is a good place to start for debugging.
  11. Camera steering is done using the arrow keys and page-up and page-down.  The main graphics screen must be the top-most window in order for the camera controls to work.
  12. To quit demo, bring the command window to the top and hit Ctrl-C twice.
  13. Try using the runner with some command line options:
    1. “runner –fullScreen”
    2. “runner –numPeople 01 5”
      (this is in the format “-numPeople userNumber numberOfThatType”.)
  14. Note: hitting up-arrow in the command window will allow you to scroll through the recent commands you’ve typed in.  It’s useful for not having to type “runner” all the time.
  15. Note 2:  If you turn on the sound, they should beep when they’re happy.