Instructions for getting setup in Xpilot-AI

Xpilot-AI GitLab
https://gitlab.com/xpilot-ai/xpilot-ai

Download the following:
binaries/*
archives/maps.tar.gz
exampleBots/c/Spinner.c
exampleBots/java/Spinner.java
exampleBots/python/Spinner.py
exampleBots/racket/Spinner.rkt
library/racket/rktAI.rkt
library/c/cAI.h

Go to the location of the files you downloaded (maybe in Download) and move them all to a folder such as xp on your Desktop.

Open a terminal and cd to the location of the files (for example):
cd Desktop/xp

Now we have to make xpilot (the client) and xpilots (the server) executable by running the following commands:
chmod +x xpilot
chmod +x xpilots

Then extract the maps for the server to the same location as xpilots either by navigating to the file, double-clicking, and exporting, or by running the following command:
tar -xzf maps.tar.gz

You can run a server with the following command:
./xpilots -map maps/simple.xp -noQuit -switchBase 1
(Press Ctrl+C in the same terminal window to stop the server)

You can run the XPilot client simply by navigating to xpilot and double-clicking on it or in a new terminal running: ./xpilot

Once the xpilot window opens, click on Local, then localhost to join your server!
The keys a and s turn left and right, while shift thrusts and enter fires.

To run the Spinner bot, open a terminal, cd to the directory with Spinner and lib*AI.so.
So for Python, that would be Spinner.py and libpyAI.so, then run:
python3 Spinner.py
You can also use a text editor to open Spinner.py and edit it, plus look in the comments for directions on how to run.