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Seymour:
Hi all, my first post here and hopefully not too annoyign for those who know whats going on.

Basically, I downloaded the program about 2 hours ago. I have a vauge idea now of how it works. However, the bots that come with the first instance of the program (version 2) are dated from around 2002. Having then updated the .exe (the zip didnt contain anything else) to the latest "official release" they seem to either not work at all or behave errtically. Which version do recommend I use for purely compatability reasons? (in other words, which version is best for simply importing species and watching- far too scared to put my own together)

Many thanks to whoever (anyone) answers my feeble call!
Peace love and robots,
Seymour

EricL:
Hi there.  Welcome aboard.

All the older bots should work in the latest versions though some may act a little strange due to various differences in the underlying physics.  I'd be interested in any older bots you find that flat out have serious problems in recent releases.  

Check out the beastiary forum for a wide selection of various bots of varying sophsistication.

Numsgil:
Yeah, the original bots are a little dated.  Try animal minimalis.  It's such a simple bot that it should run in pretty much any version from 2.35 or so on.  Any bots listed in the leagues are going to be good to run, too.

EricL:
Also, if you just want to watch some cool bots battle it out, try the latest buddy drop and just hit the button with the big I....  

Carlo:

--- Quote from: Seymour ---Hi all, my first post here and hopefully not too annoyign for those who know whats going on.

Basically, I downloaded the program about 2 hours ago. I have a vauge idea now of how it works. However, the bots that come with the first instance of the program (version 2) are dated from around 2002. Having then updated the .exe (the zip didnt contain anything else) to the latest "official release" they seem to either not work at all or behave errtically. Which version do recommend I use for purely compatability reasons? (in other words, which version is best for simply importing species and watching- far too scared to put my own together)

Many thanks to whoever (anyone) answers my feeble call!
Peace love and robots,
Seymour
--- End quote ---

C'mon, people, don't you think time has come for you to put together a stable, clearly documented package, with just the working species, example simulations, predefined settings of different environments, and so on? People gets scared when coming here, and it needs a lot of patience to download the original package, patch it, download the right species from the bestiary and set up the experiments without a single example file.

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