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Bots and Simulations => Evolution and Internet Sharing Sims => Topic started by: Elite on May 15, 2006, 12:16:38 PM

Title: Planets sim
Post by: Elite on May 15, 2006, 12:16:38 PM

Inspired by Eric's Pacific Island Sim I've been constructing 'planets' out of vegs with planet eaters in order to build a 'planet of the bots'  

I have been experimenting with different settings and soon found that I had to give vegs a very high population limit and little (or no) energy per turn. Large vegs form unstable, 'earthquake-prone' planets that bots tend to slip through.

So my first design challenge is to encourage many small bots. A more difficult task than it sounds since small vegs get bigger.

Oh, I've got it - give the vegs no energy and they'll die, but keep repopulating the field with a constant rain of bots!

Feel free to try yourselves

Title: Planets sim
Post by: Numsgil on May 15, 2006, 05:58:58 PM

Do you see the slider between feed vegs nrg and feed vegs body?  I think playing with that is the key.