View source for Wall Avoidance

Hitting walls makes an [[AdvancedRobot]] take damage and it also brings any robot to a stop. It is usually a good idea to try not to hit walls.

A common form of wall avoidance is [[Wall Smoothing]]. This involves detecting when you are moving towards a nearby wall and turning so that you'll move along the wall instead. A simpler solution is to stop and reverse direction, but that makes your movement much more predictable. 

An option commonly used in [[Melee]] is to use a [[:Category:Movement|movement]] algorithm that moves to a target point, then only choose points on the battle field. This is not foolproof - since turn rate is limited in [[Robocode/Game Physics|Robocode physics]], you could still hit the wall on your way to your destination.

== See also ==

* [[Wall Smoothing]]

[[Category:Movement]]
[[Category:Terminology]]