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Title: Drawing bots in 2.43.1d vs 2.43.1e
Post by: shvarz on March 26, 2008, 02:36:50 PM
In the new version I don't see my Duplo bots when I zoom out all the way (size 10). Admittedly, they are tiny, but they were still visible in 2.43.1d as tiny specks of white (eyes?). Now it looks like they don't exist until I zoom in significantly. Did you change the way the bots are drawn? A bit annoying, now I can't cast a quick glance at the sim to see how things are going. The numbers on graphs don't give this information, because they don't tell me how the bots are distributed - they could all be clumped in a corner or they could be spread widely.
Title: Drawing bots in 2.43.1d vs 2.43.1e
Post by: EricL on March 26, 2008, 02:43:49 PM
Probably.   I was in that code for the larger field sizes...  Bot's should still be visible as dots no matter how far zoomed out.  You sure it's not a color thing?

Post a sim and I'll take a look.  Thanks.
Title: Drawing bots in 2.43.1d vs 2.43.1e
Post by: shvarz on March 26, 2008, 03:02:05 PM
Oh, you're right. It is a color thing! It's just that the color is very dark and hard to see on dark-blue.  Before I could see bot's eyes, which are always white, but now just the colors.
This will work. Maybe add an option to change the background color? Right now the only way to do that is to import a white picture.
Title: Drawing bots in 2.43.1d vs 2.43.1e
Post by: Numsgil on March 26, 2008, 06:28:05 PM
There's a way to change the background to use a picture (gif or jpg).  PY added it way back when.  You could make and use a white gif in the mean time.
Title: Drawing bots in 2.43.1d vs 2.43.1e
Post by: EricL on March 26, 2008, 08:24:38 PM
Built in field color selection is now on the work list....
Title: Drawing bots in 2.43.1d vs 2.43.1e
Post by: EricL on March 26, 2008, 08:45:19 PM
Moved to Suggestions as it's not a bug, it's a feature request.
Title: Drawing bots in 2.43.1d vs 2.43.1e
Post by: shvarz on March 27, 2008, 12:18:24 PM
Noticed another thing. When I first open the saved sim, it looks just like before - I can see the eyes of small bots. As soon as I touch any of the "zoom" buttons (even zooming out when zoomed out completely), the eyes disappear and only bots colors are visible. It's a bit spooky when all your bots flick out of existence
Title: Drawing bots in 2.43.1d vs 2.43.1e
Post by: EricL on March 27, 2008, 12:22:04 PM
Same bug as Testlund.  I'm on it.