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Parameters: Energy and vegetables

Solar share per cycle

Photosynthesis base: every bot with chloroplasts produces from this value.

Default
10
Usual range
0 to 100000
Variable
MaxEnergy
Key
base:maxEnergy
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
basic and advanced

Repopulate below (chloroplasts)

If vegetables drop below this, more are seeded.

Default
15
Usual range
0 to 100000
Variable
MinVegs
Key
base:minVegs
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
basic and advanced

Vegetable cap

Vegetable cap (in units of 16000 chloroplasts).

Default
100
Usual range
0 to 32000
Variable
MaxPopulation
Key
base:maxPopulation
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
basic and advanced

Vegetables per repopulation

How many are seeded per repopulation.

Default
10
Usual range
0 to 1000
Variable
RepopAmount
Key
base:repopAmount
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
advanced only

Cycles between repopulations

Minimum wait between two repopulations.

Default
10
Usual range
0 to 32000
Variable
RepopCooldown
Key
base:repopCooldown
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
advanced only

Starting chloroplasts

Chloroplasts of each seeded vegetable.

Default
16000
Usual range
0 to 32000
Variable
StartChlr
Key
base:startChlr
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
advanced only

Mutations

When off, offspring are exact copies.

Default
yes
Usual range
yes / no
Variable
DisableMutations
Key
base:mutations
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
basic and advanced
Note
It is the negation of DisableMutations.

Energy exchange

How a shot’s energy take is computed.

Default
1
Values
1 = proportional · 0 = fixed
Variable
EnergyExType
Key
opt:60
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
advanced only

Fixed amount

Energy per shot with fixed exchange.

Default
200
Usual range
0 to 32000
Variable
EnergyFix
Key
opt:61
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
advanced only

Proportion

Factor of the proportional exchange.

Default
1
Usual range
0 to 100
Variable
EnergyProp
Key
opt:62
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
advanced only

Photosynthesis: fraction to body

Share of what chloroplasts produce (and of digested waste) that goes to body; the rest goes to energy.

Default
0.75
Usual range
0 to 1
Variable
VegFeedingToBody
Key
opt:63
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
advanced only

Tides (cycles; 0 = off)

Tide period: while active, tides override gravity and Brownian motion.

Default
0
Usual range
0 to 32000
Variable
Tides
Key
opt:64
Live
can be changed while the simulation runs
Mode
advanced only