Robocode application developers have a discussion group here. The version of Robocode can be changed in this file: Setting the version of the Robocode application Gradle puts the installer into /build/robocode-x.x.x.x-setup.jar You build the Robocode installer (setup file) using Gradle from the command line: You can launch it from the toolbar with 'Robocode app' and press the 'play' button for running Robocode or the 'bug' button for running Robocode in debugging mode. You can run or debug Robocode as soon as Robocode has been set up in IntelliJ. You do this by running the 'Reload All Gradle Projects', which is available by pressing the 'refresh button' with the Gradle tool window in its top-left corner. The last step is to align IDEA with the Gradle setup. Select the home directory of your JDK 1.8 installation. Secondly, set the JDK for the Robocode project, which needs to be JDK 8.įile > Project Structure | Platform Settings | SDKs > + (plus sign) > Add JDK This step is required to easy importing the project into IntelliJ IDEA, but also the quickest way to build and test Robocode.įirst, open the 'robocode-project' directory in IntelliJ. Robocode is built by running using Gradle standing in the 'robocode-proj' directory: This downloads the Robocode source files into a directory named 'robocode-proj' into the current directory. You need to download the source files for the Robocode project into your PC using Git with this command line: Make sure that your JAVA_HOME and PATH is set up to use the JDK 8 when building the Robocode application.

But notice that the build tools might not be work with newer Java versions. If you build a customized version of your own, you are of course free to use a newer JDK version. Note that JDK 8 is required for Robocode to ensure all binaries can run on Java 8.

An Internet connection, as Robocode has dependencies to libraries that are available on public binary repositories.

To get started with building Robocode you need: If you just need to study the sources, you can do it from GibHub, where it is possible to download the source code as a zip file under 'Code'. This guide is intended for experienced Java developers, who want to work on the Robocode application, and describes all the basic stuff required to compile and run Robocode within IntelliJ IDEA.

1.9 Robocode developers and contributionsĭeveloper's Guide for building Robocode with IntelliJ IDEA setup Notice.

1.8 Setting the version of the Robocode application.

1 Developer's Guide for building Robocode with IntelliJ IDEA setup.

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