RLUtilities C++ Example Bot

A ready to use template of a C++ Rocket League bot using RLBotCPP and RLUtilities.

Prerequisites

• RLBotGUI
• CMake 3.8 and higher
• Compiler with c++17 support
  • GCC 8.1 and higher (9.1 if using mingw)
  • Visual Studio 2017 and higher
  • Clang 7 and higher (not tested)

How to use:

• Clone this repository by running:

  git clone https://github.com/Darxeal/RLUtilitiesCPPExampleBot.git --recursive

• Open RLBotGUI, add the cloned folder (Add -> Load Folder) and start a match with the example bot(s).

Visual Studio

• Navigate to the folder and run cmake -A x64 -B build .
• Go to the generated build folder and open the .sln file with Visual Studio.
• Confirm that Build->Build Solution works.
• Right click on RLUtilitiesCPPExampleBot in the solution explorer and choose 'Set as StartUp Project'
• Choose Debug->Start Debugging (or F5), or press the green play button in Visual Studio.

VS Code

• Install the CMake Tools extension.
• Run the CMake: Debug command (or press Ctrl+F5) to start debugging
• To build in release mode, run CMake: Select Variant and select Release. Then you can run CMake: Build.

CLion

• CLion detects CMakeLists.txt and add a Debug configuration automatically.
• Press F5 to debug or Ctrl+F5 to run.
• To add a Release configuration, go to Settings -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> CMake and add a new profile with Build type set to Release.

Auto-start

The rlbot framework has the ability to launch the bot executable automatically. This is useful when sharing your bot and usually required when you enter a tournament.

In order to get auto-starting to work you will need to do the following things.

• Build your bot executable (in Release mode!).
• Find your bot executable in CMake build output (usually build/Release) and copy it to the rlbot folder.
• Set the cpp_executable_path field in rlbot/CppPythonAgent.cfg so it points to the bot executable.