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The speed at which your opponent is moving toward you, perpendicular to LateralVelocity.  If you stand still, RamFire usually has an AdvancingVelocity of 8 and MyFirstRobot will probably normally have an AdvancingVelocity of close to 0.  A robot moving straight away from you would have an AdvancingVelocity of -8.

The formula for calculating this is:
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	double advancingvelocity = -Math.cos(e.getHeadingRadians()-absbearing)*e.getVelocity();
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absbearing is the absolute bearing to your target.  If you take off the negative sign, I suppose it would be the retreating velocity.  --[[Kawigi]]

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==== Questions / Comments ====

I tried using the sign of the advancing velocity in CassiusClay version 1.9.6.10. But I think maybe I did that segmentation the wrong way. This is the relevant code:
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	double approachVelocity = e.getVelocity() * -Math.cos(e.getHeadingRadians() - enemyBearing);
	wave.approachSignIndex = 1 + (approachVelocity == 0 ? 0 : PUtils.sign(approachVelocity));
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-- [[PEZ]]

This is how I calculate advancing velocity, so assuming enemyBearing above is the abs bearing then it's exactly the same.
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double advancingvelocity = -Math.cos(firedAt.getValue(firedAt.heading, stepsBack)-PulsarMax.robotStats.getAbsBearingTo(firedAt, stepsBack))*firedAt.getValue(firedAt.velocity, stepsBack);
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Clearer:
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double advancingvelocity = -Math.cos(enemyHeading-absBearingToEnemy)*enemyVelocity;
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But most of all I think comparing that double to 0 is way to restrictive. Have some margin instead perhaps? This is coming from somone with 50 less score of course though...

-- [[Pulsar]]

Yes, I always forget about the danger in comparing doubles to 0. But in this case it might hold since it's a true zero value in the velocity reading I want to check for. I'll test with some debug outputting now. Thanks! -- [[PEZ]]

Yup. You are entirely right. I get very few hits in the middle bucket the above way. In fact I get exactly what I asked for when thinking zero velocity would be the mid bucket. That's not very good... -- [[PEZ]]

Summary:
Consciousness check: 9 + 8 =
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