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written by 23 on Apr 15, 2009 00:46 Should, when the time comes, we wish to inhabit this place with... Life. And by that I mean life that dosnt run on Lithium, some very simple rules must be established for said life, if it is to inhabit this 'verse with any semblance of order. Now, I hate to play the part of professor, but a-life can be defined as an object with three dimensions. The reserves of energy the life holds can be regarded as its enduring potential. By resisting the raw freezing power of cold space, life expends this potential exhibiting a use of force. The most vital use of force exhibited by our way of life is the power of motion. An inherently wasteful exertion of force, this movement requires that one pick up its entire store of energy, and its entire potential to exhibit resistance, and displace itself against some other resisting force. In movement, life exhausts much of its potential. Feel free to explore this concept in all forms of three dimensional matter. And please don't forget the most important form of life yet discovered, one that reproduces and feeds and sometimes dies and rises anew. written by Onforty on May 02, 2009 15:36 Umm, yeah. I dont really know what to answer with. Where are you leading us? hello! :) felysian written by Hello! :) on May 02, 2009 15:58 To "realistic" creatures. I suggest you read some books on A-Life, it's actually quite an interesting topic (in addition to A.I.). written by Onforty on May 02, 2009 16:03 Any free E-Book on that topic? hello! :) felysian written by Hello! :) on May 02, 2009 16:37 I don't really enjoy reading E-Books, instead I usually go to a library and borrow books on A.I./A-Life. hidden agenda written by Trad.a on May 03, 2009 00:50 Hello! said: I don't really enjoy reading E-Books, instead I usually go to a library and borrow books on A.I./A-Life. Same. I own Digital Biology by Peter Bentley and Artificial Life by Steven Levy and can really encourage you to read them. written by 23 on May 11, 2009 08:47 try this egyptian code fragment on for size calender timer spreadsheet """""Basic notes on little functions I can use to makes my simulation reality" division """""All objects on the originating system move towards equilibrium""""" block "Unit controlled by system" mass density (x,y,z) inclination =storedenergy -(height above surface*time)/mass*acceleration =time til shutdown """"""This is the basic rule of the simulation. You've got karma. "every tick hunger/input" objectlist boulder "Basic building block of land" mass 100,00.,.. density # energy "function of hieght" (0,0,1) fog "weather" input memorylag """"""This function controls the sky and weather as opposed to the ground. This means that you've got the immediate surroundings serving as the ground and the sky functions to show bigger and faster threats to 'memory'. Some threats you cant see, these are visualized via the ground, and whatever holds it up. """""" brush "basic unit of ground cover" input "day=1 sunlight integer+1=height" when "energy">5 creat object"brush" (+/-) extract #mass 'supporting tile' havoc "basic ground controller" mass&density height input taste "hunting reflex" detect nearby brush approach and consume as energy<.75 memory "evasion" '''''A fun use could be vizualizations''''' ubternet-a goofy way of saving your strength when you battle with hats hauoc mass 20-35 density ?2.75 met"abolism" car"nivor" """"""Nivorabolism functionally grab havoc and converts its feeble emitters(however it moves around) into spare parts. Say, the "ground loco mk1" this gives it fuel economy(spares) and the occasional burst of speed"""""" sex mk1 "method of reproduction" """"""Two colliding objects form a tracking pair of eyes"""""" orb 4water, 1earth, 1 fire "basic life block, how you build your animal, earthwindfirewater up there can change, possibly to reflect real elements" solarcell 8water, 2earth, 2 fire, 16 air "absorbs free energy and releases orbs" storagekit 8xwater, xearth, xfire, 2 air "forms from orbs, makes funny shapes" └> last changed by 23 on May 14, 2009 at 06:51 written by Deanfrz on Jul 12, 2009 08:33 leaving the crappy code aside, this approach of measuring life via such a simple measure allows you to move smoothly from single units to herds that move across large spaces. I'm no programmer, so I dont really know how to place and model the things, changing features seems like one of the limitations of such a broad procedural generation project, but it seems like you could get their init values and extrapolate as time went on, though in a few years, each time you approached a planet, it would take longer and longer for the surface to generate. oh, and the three deminsiocs were never really explained. not three special demensions, but rather 1)frame 2)energy stores 3)abilities* *like, it can metabolis stuff, walk around, that sort of stuff.

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