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Do you know what is venom?
Carlo:
--- Quote ---Ideally, yes, but there are quite a few things in the game that keep track of a robot's lineage, some subtle, some not. Mutation rates, for one. A few other things.
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No, there aren't (well, there weren't in the code I released). Mutation rates, for instance: are not in any way species-dependant, but are individual for each robot. The only thing which is indeed linked to the species is the autotroph status.
--- Quote ---The program is a large amalgamate of 'hey, at least it works'. I'm not saying if that's good or bad, but, hey, at least it works.
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Well... :rolleyes:
PurpleYouko:
I think I would side with Carlo on this.
The only things that are truly species dependent at present are the Autotroph settings and the (relatively) recent addition of the poison and venom immunities for conspecs.
I think that moving towards a venom/poison system such as Henk or Num suggested, is definitely the right way to go.
It does sound a little Star Trecky though. Multi-phasic shields to intercept shots with certain frequencies.
Could work well I guess but it just sounds a little Sci-fi.
Numsgil:
You just have to use the right words to explain it :P
Multiphasic Shielding becomes Unique Protein Receptors.
Real cells have certain proteins that hang out of the cell's membrane to accept certain chemicals that can't pass through the membrane through osmosis, and to identify itself to other cells (I think white blood cells do this to identify conspecs?).
We could say that bots' shots have a special receptor that renders it disabled if it encounters a certain protein marker in the target bot. This could be the way that bots are immune to their own shots. If a whole species uses the same protein marker, then conspecs are immune to each other. If a bot changes it's shot receptor's to not recognize this protein marker, then it becomes a cannibot.
PurpleYouko:
Yup it definitely sound better when you put it that way. :D
Old Henk:
Scotty! Activate the Unique Protein Receptors! ;)
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