Article 2524 of rec.games.corewar: Newsgroups: rec.games.corewar Path: hellgate.utah.edu!caen!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!usenet.ufl.edu!gatech!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!bcohen From: bcohen@acsu.buffalo.edu (Bram Cohen) Subject: general CW strategies Message-ID: Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: lictor-14.acsu.buffalo.edu Organization: UB Date: Sun, 27 Feb 1994 20:06:04 GMT Lines: 44 I haven't played CW in a while and was wondering what strategies are currently winning competitions. I wrote a program called Powerbomb which got stiffed for the ICWS title in (I think) '88 (Maybe '86 or '87). It worked on the basis of scanning the field until it found something and then catching the thing which it found in a trap. The code went something like: entryway JMP @0 counter DAT 20 databomb DAT 0 scan ADD #108,outptr ; assumes corsize multiple of 4 start JMZ scan,@outptr ; scan till enemy found ADD #10,outptr NOOP JMP 1 ; noops are placed to avoid ; sighting self MOV #1,entryway ; place jump into trap 10 SUB outptr,entryway ; spots ahead of enemy MOV entryway,@outptr ; position JMP 1 MOV #20,counter ; create path of 20 NOOPs noopbomb MOV NOOP,