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Successes...and Failures?

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Numsgil:

--- Quote from: bacillus ---I think a bot's total nrg (counting offspring, nrg, body, slime, shell, poison, venom) should define the best bot function.
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 This has always been my thought as well.  Was this ever implemented, or is it still the bot with the most kids?

Moonfisher:
Hmmm sounds like there would still be loopholes... I agree that most kids and kills will end up selecting the worst bot in the sim (The one who makes small offspring and eats them)...
But if you just add up all that stuff then bots that make shell/poison/venom with no limit will seem realy good... but they're actualy very wastefull...
Can't you check for living offspring somehow ? I think that's the most important thing a bot can have... live children.... live grandchildren are even better...
In the end when it comes to evolution successfull reproduction is the key... a living grandchild is a strong sign that this a bot is doinf well... where a lot of shell usualy means it broke it's shell gene and soon it will be too heavy to move and die from starvation...

Gambit:
lol most kills.

how about the total energy harvested since birth - total energy expended. when it eats kids that wouldnt double. it'd just be getting back the energy it put into them.

I think that works out...

Moonfisher:
With energy gain you still have a problem with bots that don't reproduce... they always end up big with a lot of energy.
Maybe if you found the bot with most energy/body/shell/venom/asf, then picked a non mutated offspring... problem is most offspring will be mutated if you have high mutations...
It just seems like measuring most values would end up finding a bot with a broken repro gene, and looking at repro will often find a bot who's very good at eating it's own offspring before they get away... just seems like there needs to be a way to make sure the selected bot can atleast reproduce successfully or it won't matter how strong it is...

asterixx:
I agree Moonfisher. A very successful bot might also be able to limit the amount of energy it absorbs from the environment (T_Preservans is a good example). Doesnt measuring values that are outside the scope of reproduction become a problem of subjectivity?


--- Quote from: EricL ---I've never played with scripts.  Give it a try.  I'll fix any bugs you find...
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As for this, I think the main issue I've been having is that when I set "DNA Scripts Enabled" checkbox, and run the simulator, then go back and check the settings, the box is unchecked.

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