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Bots and Simulations => DNA - General => The Gene depository => Topic started by: Diggsey on June 17, 2007, 12:00:28 PM

Title: Explosion virus
Post by: Diggsey on June 17, 2007, 12:00:28 PM

This is my first virus, and it basically causes every unprotected bot to explode in a shower of shots, containing copies of the virus. It spreads extremely fast.

Here is the initial bot code:

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cond
0
0
=
start
*.thisgene .mkvirus store
250 .vshoot store
10
.aimsx
store
50
.repro
store
stop

end

Title: Explosion virus
Post by: abyaly on June 17, 2007, 09:02:22 PM

Hi. Welcome to DB.
That's a good idea for a virus (it actually includes the two most popular virus elements).
But there is a way you can make it a bit more..  explosive   First, you may want to increase the amount of rotation it creates so that an infected bot will repro in all directions. Second, if you give bots that catch the virus a one-time thrust as they are born, they will move away from the parent to cover a larger area and look a bit like fireworks.

Title: Explosion virus
Post by: Diggsey on June 18, 2007, 12:40:41 PM

Thanks for the ideas  

I have been trying to make it infect the 'Furiae' bot, but have found that it's impossible unless two viruses or a virus and a bullet hit it at the same time. I made infected bots fire out bullets which deleted genes in robots that they hit. The problem was that the last gene in 'Furiae' set delgene, and other useful commands to 0. Bullets can't contain two commands, and viruses can't contain two genes, so the only way is for two to hit at exactly the same time (which is almost impossible  ).

edit:

Here is the updated version. It now deletes some of the host's genes incase of an an antivirus system.

cond
0
0
=
start
*.thisgene .mkvirus store
250 .vshoot store
150
.aimsx
store
50
.repro
store
5
.up
store
*.thisgene
1
sub
.delgene
store
stop

end

Title: Explosion virus
Post by: cliftut on August 04, 2007, 03:45:17 PM

If you want to see a real explosion, try it using this bot of mine. It mutated during a battle against mutating veggies, giving it the tieing ability. It looks pretty cool if you put it in a sim and let it catch the virus, because it makes ties with all of it's children while shooting out the virus.

Here (http://www.darwinbots.com/Forum/index.php?showtopic=2156) is the link to my bot.

Tell me what you think. Sorry about the length of the bot. Product of evolution.

Title: Explosion virus
Post by: fulizer on December 24, 2007, 05:03:15 AM

that is a good idea but falls short of the problem of if it gets too close it could easily fall victim to its own virus.
also try looking at elites tutorial as it includes how to makes shots go further.
shots that go everywhere would be so cool to watch

Title: Explosion virus
Post by: Peter on December 24, 2007, 05:30:38 AM

Okay fullizer, here ya go with a awful self-replicating virus. It will continue to replicate until the energie of all bots is gone, put this in any bot and it will kill everything.

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start
*.thisgene .mkvirus store
1500 .vshoot store
stop

And btw. It isn't the only way to defeat furiae-virus-system, inserting two viruses at desame time. Another simple one, is having the luck it goes in the last gene, that way you can overide any delgenes.

Title: Explosion virus
Post by: fulizer on January 07, 2008, 09:02:44 AM

yes overiding stuff is fun especially when the bot thats been annoying you with its plain superiority over any of your bots.
anyone who makes an invincible virus will find that it will not be invincible for long.
I hope your virus kicks cyber butt

Title: Explosion virus
Post by: bacillus on March 24, 2008, 05:53:37 PM

Is there any use of the 0 0 = condition? Remember, the smaller the virus, the quicker it replicates. Have a look at Commander Keen's Profero Victoria; its virus works in very similar ways.