I did it,

[shvarz]

I managed to crash DB!  For the first time since the 2.36.5 came out!

Don't know what caused it though.  It was running fine for a very long time and then kaboom!

One thing I noticed was that I did not do a very good job at cleaning up DNA before starting the sim.  The DNA had gene numbers between genes, like this:

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cond
start
blah
stop
2
cond
start
blah
stop
3
etc

Also at the end of DNA I had an extra "cond" line:

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cond
start
blah
stop
cond
end
But it did not cause a crash right away, so that may not be it.  The crash happened after almost 4 hours of running.

BTW, the problem with DNA I described above is due to the fact that I can't make PY's robot generator in "Snapshot analyzer" to work and I have to clean up DNA manually.  Whenever I click that button, Excel just freezes for me.

[PurpleYouko]

What version of Excel are you using?

I have the 2000 issue (I think). Macros written in this are often not compatible with earlier versions like Office 97.

Anyway I have crashed it dozens of times since 1.36.5

[PurpleYouko]

Never mind!

It isn't your Excel version.
It is my crappy macro that didn't work on any robot except the first one on the list.

Download it again and it will work fine now.

I also figured out how to add a file dialog box to Excel (supposedly impossible according to all the Excel gurus) so now you can choose where to save your file and even name it.

Aren't I a clever little PY  :laugh:

Still only seems to work on the old FTP server though. I can upload it to Darwinbots.com, manipulate it, copy it, read it and all sorts but I haven't figured out how to make it visible for non FTP download.

[PurpleYouko]

I have updated the snapshot viewer a little more.

Now you don't have to physically open your snap file and copy it manually.
A new feature allows you to browse and import it directly from the utility.

downolad the zip file below and give it a go.