When using an algo in the playground, the "time limit vastly exceeded" instantly appeares

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I have just started doing this stuff so I don’t know how anything works

I just uploaded my algo, but all my algo does is crash :stuck_out_tongue: I don’t know why and It doesn’t tell me anywhere why.
Plus, When I set my algo against a boss for example, the only thing that happens is the yellow pop up screen saying the time limit vastly exceeded, before even the map loads

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It seems very likely that your code has an infinte loop in it, as algos only have 3 seconds to submit a turn. Try using debut_write() in all your while loops. You can make sure the playground is working by uploading starter algo.

Hope this helps!

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Is there more detail about the time the algorithm can take? Is it 3s from when whenever the game engine prints out a string with stateType 0?

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I believe it is 3 seconds from when the algo proccess starts

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My understanding is that there are 3 processes: 1 Java game engine, and 2 Python processes running the algorithms. They communicate through stdin/stdout. The Java engine prints out json strings with a field “turnInfo” being 0, 1, or 2, for beginning of turn, frame in the action phase, or end of game respectively. After printing a “turnInfo”=0 string, it waits for input from the Python processes. Is this where it sets a 3s timer?

Otherwise, the time spent serializing each action phase frame would be counted, and the time from the gamelib calling “on_turn” to the time that the engine needs a submission would change based on how many action phase frames took place.

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so umm… turns out, its just a space in one of my folders…

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