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what’s different in Iron?

A new version of Iron has been uploaded. It’s definitely different; the .dll file is about 25K larger, which makes it about 1.6% larger than the previous version. That’s a significant amount of code. But what is new? I played a few games and compared the binaries briefly, and so far I haven’t identified any specific differences. I searched them thar intertubes for discussion online, and came up empty. Does anybody know? I can’t tell whether it’s new code, or something like a difference in compiler settings that has no effect on play.

When I played Steamhammer versus Iron, the games went as I expected. Nothing was visibly different. I also played the 2 Iron versions against each other, though only for 2 games. They played exactly the same opening, with only the usual small timing differences caused by different starting positions and such. I could not identify anything new in the play. Each version won 1 game. To me, they looked the same.

Maybe somebody has heard from author Igor Dimitrijevic, or has more time than I do to compare for differences.

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LetaBot on :

Maybe changed it so it works for the new BWAPI version?

Johan de Jong on :

Before the update, Iron bot almost always lost to BananaBrain's dark templar drop strategy but now it no longer does. Since you did not see any difference in the opening between old and new, it is quite possible that Iron bot can now detect and react to dark templar drops.

Jay Scott on :

That makes sense. Reactions to events that didn’t come up in my few test games could account for the whole difference.

Igor on :

Hello Jay,

The last update of Iron is about opening / mid game vs Protoss which explains you couldn't see what's new.

Iron's gameplay has always be weaker vs Protoss and I wanted to to improve it a little bit. Now Iron's wall defense is decent and it expands sooner. Also usage of tanks is somewhat different in the mid game.

Jay Scott on :

Cool! I’ll have to watch some vP games.

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