formularsumo / formularbot

FormularSumo/FormularBot contains two Rocket League bots, FormularBot and DemoBot. See README for instructions on running them and other bots.

FormularBot

FormularBot is a Rocket League bot based on GoslingUtils and Jereon's aerial shots. It can be found here and in the RLBot botpack. It was started 1 April 2020 and first appeared in a 3x FormularBot team in the UBL qualifying tournament 12/19 April (though didn't qualify D:) - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WWITdU0URIt0OAEKejeWODnoNkqmoj7X7-g2H63md8U

DemoBot is a demolition bot with around 100 lines of code. It always goes for kickoff if closest/joint closest and after that either tries to demo enemies or collects boost.

Both bots require RLBot to work - https://www.rlbot.org/ Within the RLBot GUI you can download the botpack, which contains most of the best bots. The easiest way to run FormularBot is through the botpack.

formularbot's Issues

Fix bot sometimes going towards random green lines

Moved routine checks to FormularBot.py from utilities files so DemoBot isn't affected by that decision making.

Record changes between Version 0.1 and 0.7

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7

Fix wrong bot occasionally going for kickoff

Re-introduce demoing

If ball is close to enemy goal but FormularBot isn't closest to ball and ally is reasonably close, FormularBot demos enemy nearest ball instead to try and free a path to the goal.

Allow wavedash_recovery to take an input and land facing it, like recovery does

Fix FormularBot flipping around endless in goal and not facing the right way

Fix FormularBot sometimes driving straight fowards when trying to take a shot

Add fast kickoffs for off_centre kickoffs

Offcentre kickoffs have little use in 3 v 3s (I think around 9/10 games they are not useful) but are quite useful 2 v 2s and 1 v 1s

Make a bot only count as closest to ball if it's onside

#In closest to ball checking code
If item_friend.location.y etc (if onside)
Code that checks if it's closet to ball

Improve aerials using Jereon's tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mPxOmsLnj8 - Jeroen's GoslingUtils aerial tutorial

• Copy aerials from tutorial
• Fix bugs / modify to work with my bot

Fix bot sometimes doing nothing

Try rewriting stack code is in the same place as decision making code. That should mean there's never a situation where bot has nothing to do.

Prevent accidental turtling and rule ones

Create a new logo for FormularBot

Something similar to Relief or Cryo, with FormularBot in game on a background.

Add chat and celebration code

https://github.com/RLBot/RLBotPythonExample/wiki/Quickchat

Add a bounce shot routine

Where FormularBot hits the ball straight after it bounces, perhaps flipping into it.
Would be useful to try because I've never actually written shooting code before.

Add dribbling and flicking

Improve demo routine - less wall crawling

Create a design for DemoBot (as oppose to having the same design as FormularBot)

Work out how to use training and create a few training courses

https://github.com/RLBot/RLBotPythonExample/wiki/Manipulating-Game-State - how to change gamestate

• Aerials

Make bot boost if it's shooting and somewhat far from the ball

Comment code on new routines I've written and ones I've edited

Add fast backcentre kickoffs

Only useful in 1 v 1s, and only then 1/5 of kickoffs. Still should be added at some point though.

Copy paste off-centre kickoff code and tweak it slightly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4WDvcNdbD0&t=182s

Fix FormularBot being afk in goal