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Newbie / Hello! (and newbie questions)
« on: April 18, 2008, 06:18:14 PM »
Hello. I love this sim. I've always found a certain allure towards programming, though I never was able to get good at it. Its still fund to play around with the DNA, even though the results usually are nothing like what I wanted. I have two questions though and I'm horrible at using wikis.
1. How does the physics of this work? I tried to create a simple veggie that would turn at 90 degrees until it found a side that was open, reproduce, tie, repeat. It would kind of work, until a reproduction accidentally hit an existing cell, in which case everything would cause a chain reaction, moving all the cells around. How do I prevent slight nudges from transforming my plants into vicious tornadoes?
2. Since movement is executed first, is there a simple way to work around that and force the wanted order? I can find ways to do it, but they are just duct tape solutions.
1. How does the physics of this work? I tried to create a simple veggie that would turn at 90 degrees until it found a side that was open, reproduce, tie, repeat. It would kind of work, until a reproduction accidentally hit an existing cell, in which case everything would cause a chain reaction, moving all the cells around. How do I prevent slight nudges from transforming my plants into vicious tornadoes?
2. Since movement is executed first, is there a simple way to work around that and force the wanted order? I can find ways to do it, but they are just duct tape solutions.