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Subject: Newbie needs help
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I read about corewar, and decided to try to get into it.  I read a few
of the FAQs, and got a few tutorials, but I have run into a problem
with my first warrior.  It is a modified dwarf, but it only seems to
set up a gate.  Can anyone help me with it?  Here is the warrior:

;redcode
;name Dwarven warrior
;author Net Mantis
         org dwarf
         dat     #0   ;bomb1
         dat     #0   ;bomb2
dwarf    mov    #-2, #5   ;lunch bomb ahead
         mov    #-2, #-5  ;lunch bomb behind
         add    #-2, #1   ;incriment ahead coordinates
         sub    #-2, #1   ;decriment behind coordinates
         jmp    dwarf
         end

What am I doing wrong? Please keep in mind the fact that I have only
been doing this for 2 days, and just made it stop killing itself. :)



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Usually, a dwarf will keep its pointer stored in the bombs, not in the MOV
instructions. This makes it easier to see the bombs in cdb, and helps throw
scanners off your trail. For this result, modify the warrior like so:

> ;redcode
> ;name Dwarven warrior
> ;author Net Mantis
>           org dwarf
>           dat     #0, 0
>           dat     #0, 0
> dwarf mov     -2,   5  ;lunch bomb ahead
>           mov     -2,  -5  ;lunch bomb behind
>           add    # 5,  -4  ;incriment ahead coordinates
>           sub    #5,  -4  ;decriment behind coordinates
>           jmp    dwarf
>           end


Also, you were adding 5 to one line, and subtracting -5 from the other.
That's fixed too. Note that subtracting negative five is the same as adding
five.