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Test My Program Please!

Started by Wavewash Sep 5, 2000 at 10:54 PM 25 replies 1.1k views
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Wavewash
Wavewash
Hi! This is a program that I created which is an Artficial Life simulation which models darwinism. The program takes a bunch of tiny creatures and pits them against each other in a battle for food. I would appreciate if you would download the program from this following link: www.geocities.com/wavewash/clv1.4.zip Geocities is giving me some problems so this link might now work if you just click on it. if that doesn't work, here is the link you can write directly into the address of your browser to get it www.geocities.com/wavewash/clv1.4.zip Please tell me if you experience any problems and the error if there was one. This program was made in Visual Basic so it will require the VB 5 runtimes, Most people have this already on their computer so I don't think it will a problem. But if you don't have them, you can get them from pretty much anywhere, just do a basic search for VB5 runtimes. I made a website for the program, if you would like for information please go to www.geocities.com/wavewash The links on the download portion of the website don't work.I gotta get those fixed. The program outputs a text log file to C:\windows\desktop. If you computer doesn't have the path C:\windows\desktop, the program will give you an error. Thanks! Edited by - Wavewash on 9/5/00 11:43:29 PM
Pouya
Pouya
hmm, looks like they dont like you hosting that file on the geocities server
or maybe you violated the terms of service

anyways, the download doesn''t work at all

- Pouya
#define PURE_STUPIDITY 128 PROGRAMMERS
Wavewash
Wavewash
lol, Wow! That was real quick! I was editing the link and someone already tried it. I''m sorry it didn''t work! It works now! Boy did I look like an idiot to that person. Sorry!
Pouya
Pouya
it''s still not available

- Pouya
#define PURE_STUPIDITY 128 PROGRAMMERS
PyroBoy
PyroBoy
Works for me! I had to manually type in the address, but it did download.

Cool little program! Biological sims are always interesting.

Pouya
Pouya
yeah, it worked when i copy/pasted the address. but when i click on it it doesn''t work

- Pouya
#define PURE_STUPIDITY 128 PROGRAMMERS
WolfMaster
WolfMaster
I tried to run it but it gave me a Run time error 76 Path not found.

I am running Windows NT 4.0

I figure it may be something like it''s looking for C:\Windows.
I''ll check it out.


Hey, Freud, what brand of bullshit are you shoveling, huh? Right now he's probably dancing around his room in a pair of his grandmother's panties, singing show tunes and rubbing himself with peanut butter...
Wolfmaster
Empty Your Cup!Wolfmaster
WolfMaster
WolfMaster
Nope Still did not work! Same error.
Empty Your Cup!Wolfmaster
Pouya
Pouya
yeah it doesn''t work on my computer either
i have win2k

- Pouya
#define PURE_STUPIDITY 128 PROGRAMMERS
wrenhal
wrenhal
quote:
Original post by WolfMaster

Nope Still did not work! Same error.


Make sure you have
C:\windows\desktop
he says in the opening post that you have to have that or it will error out.

BeS
It's Da BOMB Baby!!!
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Pouya
Pouya
reminder to self: next time READ the post

- Pouya
#define PURE_STUPIDITY 128 PROGRAMMERS
WolfMaster
WolfMaster
DOGH!

::SMACKS HIMSELF IN THE FOREHEAD::

Don''t Just Download, Don''t Just Download!


Hey, Freud, what brand of bullshit are you shoveling, huh? Right now he's probably dancing around his room in a pair of his grandmother's panties, singing show tunes and rubbing himself with peanut butter...
Wolfmaster
Empty Your Cup!Wolfmaster
WolfMaster
WolfMaster
Oppen Issue 1:

If you put the Food Reproduction Number down to 5,
and the Ameoba start number down to two, also max
out the Food Lifetime, and Food Start Number,
It give an overflow error number 6. I think you did
not declare a the right variable size for the food amount.


Hey, Freud, what brand of bullshit are you shoveling, huh? Right now he's probably dancing around his room in a pair of his grandmother's panties, singing show tunes and rubbing himself with peanut butter...
Wolfmaster
Empty Your Cup!Wolfmaster
Wavewash
Wavewash
Boy do I feel like a shmuck, I kept pressing new post and kept wondering why my replies weren''t showing up in the thread. I''ve deleted them. sorry!
I just looked into that error Wolf. Your right, I defined the food int when I changed it into long the program ran for a longer time. But also another problem was that the new increased amount of food crashed my computer, which isn''t a good thing. So now I am stuck between the decision to either put a constant cap on the food or let it go on and just hope that the persons computer can take the calculation load.
Right now I am opting to put a cap. And then put an option to make the program take into account that if the screen is filled with food then the soil won''t be as furtile. But if there is a steady stream of birth and death in the plants then they can flourish. Whuddya think? Good idea or bad?

If you have any ideas to make this program better, I''m open to all suggestions. :0)
Thanks again
~Wave
CobraA1
CobraA1
Making the log file optional would be a good idea, I can''t run your program because all of the servers at this school do not allow any access to the local C: (I''ll try in my dorm room however).

Darwin makes good AI learning routines, even if I don''t believe in it happening in real life.



"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away" --Henry David Thoreau
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away"--Henry David Thoreau
SPAR
SPAR
I would like to try the program, but the link is bad.

I would be willing to host your zip on my server, if you want just email it to spar@addr.com

thnaks!
WolfMaster
WolfMaster
quote:
Original post by Wavewash

Whuddya think? Good idea or bad?

If you have any ideas to make this program better, I''m open to all suggestions. :0)
Thanks again
~Wave


I like it!




Hey, Freud, what brand of bullshit are you shoveling, huh? Right now he's probably dancing around his room in a pair of his grandmother's panties, singing show tunes and rubbing himself with peanut butter...
Wolfmaster
Empty Your Cup!Wolfmaster
Wavewash
Wavewash
Hi Spar,
The link does work, but you have to copy it into the location bar of your browser. I have no clue why.
I think I''ll take ya up for that offer! Thankyou! I am going to update the program tonight so that it will bring up a box asking you where you wanna put the log file. I am also adding some features. I''ll upload it today or tomorrow depending how fast I can finsih the program.
I''m not sure if any of you have noticed, but sometimes the ameobas get stuck along the side. To move an ameoba, select it and right click where you want to place it. What would you feel if I tried to make the world wrap around itself? So that ameoba could cross one side and come up on the other? Good idea or bad? It''ll get rid of the stuck ameoba bug, but it''ll be harder to track the ameoba when they switch sides. Tell me what you think!

The new program will have the ability to:

Input your own ameoba (SUPER AMEOBA!!!)
New World option to make food reproduce near Parent food
Ability to place food on the world

~Wave

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