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Off Topic / so... we meet again

« on: September 30, 2008, 01:05:48 PM »

Okay so

1. school is back
all of my more time consuming hobbies are out of the question. im shifting back to my more casual hobbies

2. I got this new old computer
I got it working again, added some ram (for a whopping total of about 380mb   ) and downloaded like 8 years of windows updates.

I dont use it much so its perfect for programs that I can setup and then let work for weeks on end

3. my real life selective breeding of pillbugs experiments havnt been going so good lately (spiders keep getting in :\)


so yeah darwinbots is lookin good again.

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Newbie / Multiple Sims

« on: May 02, 2008, 11:50:30 AM »

I just got a dual moniter hook up. Is it possible to be running 2 sims at once on the same computer and put a teleporter between them?

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Bot Tavern / Community Bots

« on: April 29, 2008, 11:44:12 AM »

I'm working on a bunch of bots that will recognize each other AND recognize what species the other bot is.

they'll work togethor accordingly.

I'm using .myeye and outs and ins for the recognition.

theres one that stores massive large amounts of food and doesnt do much with it. but loves to share it with weaker bots.

1 that sends out a self destruct virus

1 that sends out a self replicating bleeder virus

and eventually some kind of multi bot that has a scout and a warrior attached to each other. or maybe a warrior that attaches itself to the sharer bot and will give up all its resources to protect it.

it would built up slime shell poison and venom and if the sharer was attacked it would give up all its resources in a flash via a tie to save the sharer.

why make all these speperate species work togethor? the answer is simple.

TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!  

p.s. has this ever been done before?

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Suggestions / fear and courage

« on: April 29, 2008, 11:34:14 AM »

a fear rating. you'd build up fear and then shoot it at the enemy. causing them to run away from you or even enrage them against you depending on thier courage (another rating which would take twice the energy to build up that fear does)

basically

shell is to body shots as courage is to fear

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Newbie / Internet Mode

« on: April 27, 2008, 08:41:36 PM »

It sounds amazing and I'm dying to test out my Communitus_Friendlius but I cant get it to work. I dont know what to put in the FTP Server box

I'm running 2.43.1j

"run-time error '5'"
"invalid procedure call or argument"

"C:\Program Files\DarwinBots\F1leaguetable.txt doesnt exist"

thats what I keep getting when I try to do the F1 league thingamajig


and internet sharing gives me

"run time error '76'"
"path not found"

both of these suggest I'm missing program files. where can I download em?

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Interesting behaviour bots / Communitus_Friendlius

« on: April 27, 2008, 07:37:24 PM »

'If there is no food then look for some randomly.
cond
 *.eye5 0 =
 *.refeye *.myeye = or
start
 314 rnd .aimdx store
 10 .up store
stop

'peripheral vision left
cond
 *.eye1 0 >
start
 52 .aimsx store
 *.refeye *.myeye !=
stop

peripheral vision right
cond
 *.eye1 9 >
 *.refeye *.myeye !=
start
 52 .aimdx store
stop

'if you find something chase it
cond
 *.eye5 0 >
 *.refnrg 3000 >
 *.refeye *.myeye !=
start
 *.refveldx .dx store
 *.refvelup 30 add .up store
stop

'Attack the food if its strong enough but dont kill it. Let it live so you can feed on it later. Though bigger bots may accidentally kill prey.
cond
 *.eye5 50 >
 *.refnrg 3000 >
 *.refeye *.myeye !=
start
 16 .shootval store
 -1 .shoot store
 *.refvelup .up store
stop

'poop
cond
*.waste 200 >
start
.backshot inc
-4 .shoot store
*.waste .shootval store
stop

'if you find something that isnt food (a relative) heal it if it needs
cond
*.eye5 50 >
*.refeye *.myeye =
*.refnrg 5000 <
*.nrg 5000 >
start
-2 .shoot store
stop

'if you get huge reproduce
cond
*.body 20000 >
start
40 .repro store
stop

'if you find a strong relative kill it (to control population)
cond
*.eye5 50 >
*.refeye *.myeye =
*.refnrg 10000 >
start
-1 .shoot store
stop

end


this bot is built around helping its species as a whole. it preserves food, heals the weak, kills the rich. its really kind of a communist actually...

it has peripheral vision to make it an effective hunter. but it lacks shells poisons venom or ties or any of that advanced stuff. it does very well against any packaged bots from previous versions and is the best bot I've made so far.

its biggest problem is it has a high tendancy to get this nasty mutational disease. it takes out the breeding condition causing it to breed itself to death and all the offspring breed. it locks up the program very quickly. if you turn off mutations you'll be amazed as its effectiveness though.