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Bugs and fixes / Broken Buttons

« on: June 01, 2005, 09:38:26 AM »

Under the General tab in settings, the up/down buttons for Light and Population Control don't work.

Under Physics, the buttons next to Proportional Change change the value by .02, and the buttons for Fixed change the value for Proportional by 20.

Under Mutations, the buttons for Oscillation Frequency at 16x change the value for Cycles At, and Cycles At doesn't change anything.

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Evolution and Internet Sharing Sims / Internet Sharing

« on: May 31, 2005, 12:57:34 PM »

In the mean time, internet sharing!  Internet sharing!

How exactly does internet sharing work? I setup a sim with sharing enabled, and then what does DB do with my robots? And what does this accomplish?

Sounds intriguing, though.

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DNA - General / Vision

« on: May 31, 2005, 12:00:52 PM »

I have the following code for my vision/tracking. I was wondering if the *.eye4 0 = is necessary, or if it should be changed.

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cond
  *.eye1 *.eye9 !=
  *.eye2 *.eye8 !=
  *.eye4 *.eye6 !=
  *.eye4 0 =
start
  *.eye1 *.eye9 sub
stop

cond
  *.eye2 *.eye8 !=
  *.eye4 *.eye6 !=
  *.eye4 0 =
start
  *.eye2 *.eye8 sub
stop

cond
  *.eye4 *.eye6 !=
start
  *.eye4 *.eye6 sub
stop

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Newbie / A Few Questions

« on: May 30, 2005, 11:28:05 AM »

If I'm designing an F1 bot, is the current league table still valid? I saw that PY had said it was horribly out of date. If it is, my bot could place in the top 15. (yay)

Is .shoot a free action? I didn't think it was, but I've seen some bots that seem to constantly shoot.

Are viruses stopped by shells like normal shoot? And what is the cost for making/shooting a virus? Could a virus be realistically implemented as another weapon alongside .shoot and .tie?

If I used an initialization gene to set a number for .out, could that work as an ID to avoid conspecifics? How accurate is the reading of .out? If I used that, and Dad happened to swim by while Junior was fighting competition, would Junior all of a sudden think he was shooting family and stop?

Eh, I'm sure I'll think of some more. :)

Thanks