This is Tecko, our community machine learning Rocket League bot. This is the 3rd generation of the bot and its learning to play 1's, 2's, and 3's thanks to RLGym. Our end goal is making a version that can take down pros!
Fun fact, Tecko has the same number of neurons some real life geckos!
V1: Necto
V2: Nexto
V3: IN PROGRESS: Tecko
V4: IN PROGRESS: SSL/Pro Trained
SunlessKhan and Rocket Sledge have both made videos about Nexto!
Watch Necto V1 win the 2022 RLBot Championship!
These bots are trained with Deep Reinforcement Learning, a type of Machine Learning. We have several games playing at super speeds behind the scenes while the data is collected and learned from. We ingest these games using a custom built distributed learning system.
We define rewards that the bot tries to achieve. Over time, behavior that leads to more reward gets reinforced, which leads to better Rocket League play.
Yup! Go download the RLBot pack and Nexto and Necto are some of the bots that you can play against. Make sure fps is set to 120 and VSync is turned off.
Tecko is still being trained so we don't yet know.
Nexto is low-mid Grand Champion, depending on the version
Necto is around high Diamond.
Check out our Twitch stream here.
Graphs are also available for our fellow nerds.
Yes! The recent breakthrough in Video PreTraining has allowed us start building a model that's seen years of gameplay before setting a wheel on the field. Occasionally, we showcase its progress on our Twitch stream. In the future, we plan to follow up this "jumpstarted" training with live reinforcement learning.
Here's an explanation of how it all works.
We're working on it!
We're currently not accepting compute donations but thanks for your interest!
Nexto++ is a secret post-training upgrade to Nexto that increases its already impressive skill. It is not available for play but may make appearances in future RLBot tournaments.
Toxix Nexto is a version of Nexto at the same skill level but provides that authentic Rocket League experience of harsh words and bad vibes. Its equally mean to its opponents as to its teammates.
It can be played against in the RLBot pack.