Load parameters from manual.sim (parameters window/menu:open)
Open world window (main window/w)
Drag 'Antelope' genotype to world window
Switch autofocus to 'fast' mode (world window/4th radiobutton)
Click on the creatures list/antelope
Start simulation (main window:stop-play)
You can watch as the creature moves, play with it, grab with the mouse
(shift+LMB), try to change world display parameters, move the camera...
Double click on the creatures list/antelope and watch the neuron
signals in the net
Want to try out your own creature? Look at 'genotype'
section, and try to modify an existing genotypes or create a new one.
Then you can place it in the simulator world.
If you would like to start some evolution now, you should change some
parameters: turn on 'death' – creatures will be removed when they run out
of energy, set the number of creatures to be placed automatically in the
world, set the selection criterion... and of course enter the starting
genotype in the genotypes list: this can be the simple 'bacteria' (single X)
or you may wish to evolutionarily improve any other genotypes.
About supplied files:
velocity.sim – evolution for velocity
manual.sim – without death and automatic creation, good for trying out
creatures (they will not die)
f-x.sim – complicated world (blocks, water), simulator is not ready yet for
using this in evolution, but you can try...