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Offline Testlund

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« Reply #30 on: April 19, 2006, 12:57:27 PM »
How about DarwinBots 2006 Plus?
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« Reply #31 on: April 19, 2006, 01:00:57 PM »
Like the new Battlestar galactica we could just confuse the heck out of everyone and call it:

Darwinbots

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My favorite neo-darwinist is probably Theodore Dobzhansky.  How about calling the program DobzhanskyBots?
 

 Now that's catchy.
 
 We could call it:
 
 LimarckianBots

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« Reply #32 on: April 19, 2006, 01:05:09 PM »
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Now that's catchy.

We could call it:

LimarckianBots

Except that we would then have to pre-select the traits that we want to select for  

on another subject, doncha just love the way that this new forum software combines your posts tother when you post twice in a row?
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« Reply #33 on: April 19, 2006, 01:06:09 PM »
Yeah, it's real nifty.

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« Reply #34 on: April 19, 2006, 01:07:43 PM »
Erm ...

We should have some sort of notice to newbies on advice as to which version to install, which versions are in progress, possible stability issues etc.

One of the times I first care across DB I installed 2.4.A, thinking that a newer version would be better more stable. Of course, it was disorientating and full of bugs (especially bugs in viruses, which I happened to be dabbling in at the time) and I threw it into the recycle bin. I later realised my mistake and installed 2.37.6 and found it much easier to use as a total newbie.

I don't have anything against 2.4 but I think we should inform newcomers of the issues. 2.37.6 might be easier to begin on? Also, one newcomer was trying to make a tiefeeder, and ties are notoriously unstable in 2.4.

We should really have some sort of a notice to avoid confusion.

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« Reply #35 on: April 19, 2006, 01:10:42 PM »
I had a notice up until about a week ago when 2.42 came out.  No one seemed to read any of the little notes I have on the FTP

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« Reply #36 on: April 19, 2006, 01:34:40 PM »
On a more serious note, I think DarwinBots 3 is a good well-descriptive name.  DarwinBots 2006 is good as well, but it's more difficult to add numbers for updates to that (2006.2.12?  Sounds like a date of release).
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« Reply #37 on: April 19, 2006, 01:42:53 PM »
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I don't have anything against 2.4 but I think we should inform newcomers of the issues. 2.37.6 might be easier to begin on? Also, one newcomer was trying to make a tiefeeder, and ties are notoriously unstable in 2.4.

The instructions are readily available and can be found in the "How do I get Darwinbots for myself" thread in the "What is DarwinBots?" forum

Here is a link to the threadhttp://www.darwinbots.com/Forum/index.php?...st=0#entry49485
I have just edited it very slightly. Most of it has been exactly this way for 6 months or more.

Obviously people aren't reading the introductory parts of the forum the way I expected them to.

Do we need to make it even more prominent?
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« Reply #38 on: April 19, 2006, 02:12:47 PM »
Trim the FTP Wiki.  Provide downloads for only the latest 2.3X, 2.4X and C++ releases with a paragraph for each (and the version with the installer).  Put all the rest on a "older releases" page one link away.
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« Reply #39 on: April 19, 2006, 02:27:15 PM »
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Trim the FTP Wiki.  Provide downloads for only the latest 2.3X, 2.4X and C++ releases with a paragraph for each (and the version with the installer).  Put all the rest on a "older releases" page one link away.

Nice idea. Working on it ...

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« Reply #40 on: April 19, 2006, 02:44:51 PM »
How's this:

New FTP

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« Reply #41 on: April 19, 2006, 02:46:58 PM »
I'm not seeing a link to older versions and tools, which would be nice.

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« Reply #42 on: April 19, 2006, 02:54:38 PM »
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I'm not seeing a link to older versions and tools, which would be nice.

Done

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« Reply #43 on: April 19, 2006, 03:39:26 PM »
Hmm, now it doesn't feel any better than before when they were all on there at once.

How about a seperate page for tools and a seperate page for older versions and a seperate page for source code.

And go ahead and remove the links to the C+ version until I get something up and working, that should help it look cleaner.

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« Reply #44 on: April 19, 2006, 04:37:17 PM »
I've neatened it up a bit. How about now?

Maybe we should move the source code onto a defferent page, and the older versions, tools and misc stuff onto entirely different pages?