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20 Dec 16:04

rootatkali

corewars8086-6.0.0

63ffbe3

CoreWars8086 v6.0.0 Latest

Latest

The version used in the cgx2025 competition.

Features

Graphics: Add visual effects on war events (#40) // Thanks @talbor49!
Graphics: Allow setting a predefined color for centers (#29)
CLI Runner: Allow setting the total amount of wars to be run (#41)

Bug fixes

CPU: Correct signed-to-unsigned int32 conversion (#35)
Scoring: Zombies no longer receive scores in games (#36)

Notes

The bug fixes specified above may break scores from previous competitions.
The visual effects feature is experimental and may not always work as intended.

Contributors

talbor49

Assets 3

12 Feb 19:20

rootatkali

corewars8086-5.0.1

24874cf

CoreWars8086 v5.0.1

The version used in the cgx2023 competition.

Running Instructions

See the previous release for details.

Changelog

Gameplay

Zombies now run at 2x speed in the preset scripts (instead of 5x in the previous version).
Note: The codebase was not altered from v5.0.0.

Assets 3

13 Dec 17:40

rootatkali

corewars8086-5.0.0

24874cf

CoreWars8086 v5.0.0

The version used in the cgx2023 season.

Running Instructions

Extract the zip file to a location of your choice. Run a script based on your OS (.bat for Windows, .sh for macOS/Linux) and your desired configuration:

Script	Description
cgx	The default configuration, to be used in the cgx2023 final. Faster, but heavier. See `Changelog` for a description of an issue with the war frame.
cgx-lite	The default configuration, except parallel games are disabled. Run on slower computers, or if you want to avoid the war frame issue.
cgx-legacy	A modified configuration that emulates cgx2022 (and earlier) results. Runs well on slow computers, and avoids the war frame issue.

You may also run the JAR file directly:

java -jar bin/corewars8086-5.0.0.jar

Add the --help command line option for a description of all command line arguments.

Changelog

General

Updated the target Java version to Java 8 (download from https://www.java.com).
Added a headless mode (running without graphics).
Survivor and zombie directories, as well as the score output path, are configurable as CLI arguments.
Games now run in parallel. The default is 4 war threads (available as a CLI argument). Multithreading can be disabled in the CLI.

Gameplay

Zombies run at a speed 5 times higher than the survivors (for each turn the survivors take, the zombies take 5).
Improved the score view UI.
Known Issue: When running in parallel mode, the war frame displays inaccurate data. This does not impact the game results, and will be resolved in a future update.
~~Mystery gameplay change, to be revealed at the cgx2023 final (or by looking at the code - good luck 😃)~~ Zombie H runs at twice the speed of other zombies.

Assets 3