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Numsgil:
I like the idea of ties being split to daughter cells.  Not sure how we'd decide which numbers to assign to the ties (and which one is the 'new' tie?)

The gonium actually stay in their sheet forms, which I think are much closer to the kinds of MB we'd probably be making in DB.  Volvox are very large, and might be hard to represent in 2D.

PurpleYouko:
Another problem is that in such a system, everything would become a multi-bot.

Your little alga ball would just turn into a giant mess.

In order for cells to be able to divide to make single robots, ties have to be a conciously controlled function with distance and direction. Otherwise you have to start using those arbitrary rules that are different for MB species.

Another alternative would be to give a robot the option of making temporary ties attached to it, permanent from the DNA. That might work. Something like...

cond
*.robage 0 =
start
1 .permtie store
stop

the 1 stored into permtie becomes the tie address for any and all birth ties that are converted to permanent ties.

I don't think we would need or want to have more than one existing robot tie to a young one. It would make complex structures like Hexagonis impossible since they would all be cross-linked to hell and back.

How about a command that allows a robot to tie to another bot that is within.. say 100 units in any direction, automatically. That also would allow for large amorphous structures to be formed. With a bit of thought it may be possible to use this to make complex structures too.

 :laugh:  PY  :laugh:

Old Henk:

--- Quote ---How about a command that allows a robot to tie to another bot that is within.. say 100 units in any direction, automatically. That also would allow for large amorphous structures to be formed. With a bit of thought it may be possible to use this to make complex structures too.
--- End quote ---
Good idea, but I think this should only apply to bots of the same species... Cuz' I can imagine this to be an evily awesome überpowerful weapon.  :evil:

PurpleYouko:
Yes that kind of limitation would have to be applied to some degree. This control will need to be restricted to immediate family members.

 :D  PY  :D

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