Extending FlexBot: Custom Interfaces to a Common Architecture

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Extending FlexBot Custom Interfaces to a Common
Architecture
Developers Greg Dunham, Nick Trienens

• Powerful Tools For Extending FlexBot To Meet Your
  Needs
• Easy-to-develop custom game-interaction modules
  are loaded at run-time
• Any number of modules may be loaded
  simultaneously and all run in parallel
• Provided template code means a simple
  functional module can be developed with
• with as little as ten new lines of code
• Language-independent modules may be shared with
  other users
• Modules are compiled into standard DLLs for
  language-independent development
• A module is installed simply by copying a file
  into the proper directory

http//flexbot.cs.northwestern.edu/extend/
Lightweight, interchangeable modules to provide
customizable interaction with a standard FlexBot
game.
FlexDebug Debug bot behaviors FlexMonitor
Monitor the game in progress FlexStat Keep tabs
on game statistics FlexControl Control the game
environment
FlexControl
FlexMonitor
BigBrother Game Viewer
Web Interface
AIM Control
FlexDebug
BotWatch Debugger
Debug Logger
Half-Life
FlexBot
FlexBot Behavior
Northwestern University