AIsHockey


Requirements

Java compiler and runtime environment (JRE) supporting JDK version 1.4 or better.

Download

The latest version is available at

http://staff.cs.utu.fi/staff/jouni.smed/aishockey/

Installation

Download and uncompress the file AIsHockey.zip. Optionally, you can download the file sounds.zip and uncompress it to a directory named sounds. After that, follow either (a) or (b)

(a) copy the file AIsHockey.jar into your JDK directory tree to the directory /jre/lib/ext/

(b) leave the file AIsHockey.jar in your work directory

Starting the server

Follow either (a) or (b)

(a) java Server <configuration file>

(b) java -cp AIsHockey.jar;. Server <configuration file>

Starting the client

Follow either (a) or (b)

(a) java Client <configuration file>

(b) java -cp AIsHockey.jar;. Client <configuration file>

Alternatively, if the team's class files are in a jar package, follow either (a) or (b)

(a) java -cp <team>.jar;. Client <configuration file>

(b) java -cp AIsHockey.jar;<team>.jar;. Client <configuration file>

Compiling an AI class

Follow either (a) or (b)

(a) javac <file>.java

(b) javac -classpath AIsHockey.jar <file>.java

Distributing a team

When you distribute the team's class files, you should preferably compress them into a jar package:

jar cvf <team>.jar <AI file 1>.class <AI file 2>.class ...

In addition to the jar package, provide the team definitions from the configuration file including the fields