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Suggestions / Fatigue
« on: June 11, 2005, 12:40:02 AM »
Hey I have checked the old suggestion boards in case I found something similar to this but I havent so here goes...
I was thinking it's a bit unrealistic for a bot to expend the same amount of energy every cycle applying a force to move forwards. I was thinking it would be a good idea to make it so either the same application force would cost more with time and so the expended energy each cycle would provide a lower force or the bot's max speed is lowered with time, with a recovery period proportional to the time spent moving.
The amount of fatigue would depend on the time the force was applied, as mentioned, and the magnitude of the force, along with the mass etc of the bot. Maybe a new kind of waste style attribute could be added to simulate the lactic acid build up caused by excerising for long periods of time; this waste could also kill the bot if high levels accumulated.
I'm not sure what use this would have except to make the simulation more accurate (possibly). It just looks so weird having bots whiz around the screen without showing any signs of exhaustion or stress.
I was thinking it's a bit unrealistic for a bot to expend the same amount of energy every cycle applying a force to move forwards. I was thinking it would be a good idea to make it so either the same application force would cost more with time and so the expended energy each cycle would provide a lower force or the bot's max speed is lowered with time, with a recovery period proportional to the time spent moving.
The amount of fatigue would depend on the time the force was applied, as mentioned, and the magnitude of the force, along with the mass etc of the bot. Maybe a new kind of waste style attribute could be added to simulate the lactic acid build up caused by excerising for long periods of time; this waste could also kill the bot if high levels accumulated.
I'm not sure what use this would have except to make the simulation more accurate (possibly). It just looks so weird having bots whiz around the screen without showing any signs of exhaustion or stress.