Radical Mutations

[Shadowgod2]

yes but is a bit difficult... i'll try it out

[spork22]

Ok.

[Shadowgod2]

add this into the virus at the end

50 dec
157 .aimdx *50 sgn 0 floor mult store
1 .repro *50 sgn 0 floor mult store
8 50 *.refeye *.myeye sub sgn abs mult store

[spork22]

It seems to be working pretty well. We could make this "sneezing" zombie a sub-form of a zombie bot, because the sneezing ones are a little laggy and messy. But that doesn't mean we can't add the sneezing one to the bestiary and keep improving on the one that doesn't sneeze.

[spork22]

I did some tests and found out the best "zombie apocalypse" scenario setup.
This is what I had:

The default Animal Minimalis and Alga Minimalis Chloroplastus

The Patient Zero bots: The zombie virus with Divider genes and swarming tactics

And something that can serve as food during the apocalypse, which is the Caterpillar Chloroplastus. The Caterpillar Chloroplastus can fend off zombies for a long time before any of them become infected. This makes them a good food source, but a tough one to get. I got some interesting results:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21b668_zombie-species_tech

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21b3vn_zombiess_tech


I'm not sure if the patient zero bots and the sneezing one are ready to be posted in the Bestiary as official bots, though.

[spork22]

The patient zero bots I have made prove themselves to be quite effective. What would have been a stable ecosystem was completely changed by the zombies. All that was left was a colony of Caterpillar Chloroplastus, which was heavily mutated, and a few very small Animal Minimalis.

[Botsareus]

Ok cool, so you have a system to wipe out ecosystems. Then what? Start building real life bio weaps to destroy the planet? XD

[spork22]

Well, that's why zombies AREN'T found that much in real-life ecosystems, mainly because they're too good at taking over everything and there's nothing left to take over.  It has to find the right prey that can match reproduction rates with infection rates. In that ecosystem, there wasn't a bot that could do that. Well, except for the Caterpillar Chloroplastus, but it already had a little "colony" going on to defend against the zombies.

[spork22]

I suppose there could be at least some practical uses for the zombie bot other than destroying ecosystems. Perhaps they could be used as a challenge? I'm not sure it would do very well in fighting against a league, because it takes some time to start firing off those viruses. Still, it's worth a try.

[Botsareus]

Well, it is already used as a challenge right now, isn't it?

[spork22]

I suppose so. Also, I have observed that the algae sometimes become immune to the virus; that is, remaining a plant while still spreading the virus. Sort of like bacterial resilience.

[spork22]

What do you think, shadow? Are the zombie bots ready to be posted in the bestiary?

[Shadowgod2]

i think so

[Shadowgod2]

so i decided to revise it a bit what do you think.

edit: oops forgot to attach it

[spork22]

I'll try it as soon as possible.