[robocup-msrs] New Microsoft Soccer Package available

[Kyle Johns]

There is a new Microsoft Soccer package available at:

http://research.microsoft.com/~kylej/JuneSoccerUpdate.zip

It is not required for you to update to this new package but you can if you would like.

The soccer referee in this package includes a user interface which allows you to move entities around the soccer field.  There are bug fixes that improve the operation across multiple machines and also solve a race condition that occasionally causes one of the entities to be motionless on the field.  (If you ever see Dss errors in the command window that indicate that a port received an invalid message body, this will fix that problem).

The robots are now allowed to go 1 meter outside of the field boundaries.

The simplesoccerplayer service (or the simplerobudogsoccerplayer service) can now specify a team name when it announces itself to the referee.  This team name will be displayed in the referee UI along with the team score.  Search for "Microsoft Sample Team" in the simplesoccerplayer.cs to see how this is done.

This is the referee that will be used at Robocup but you can continue to develop with what you have if you prefer.  You will need to re-compile your player service after installing this package.

-Kyle