Ideas for Movement

~sciocont wrote:

AI could mutate, tweak through natural selection. Player could tweak movements easily as they happen in test mode..

But what if, like Bashi said, Darwinian evolution is not possible without unbelievable processing power?

Then we would have to find another method or a way to reduce the processing power required. We should test each method when we have working prototypes and then choose the most realistic and efficient one.

GamerXA wrote:

Then we would have to find another method or a way to reduce the processing power required. We should test each method when we have working prototypes and then choose the most realistic and efficient one.

Agreed.



I won't be the tester, though; as I've said before, my computer can only really run games designed mostly for efficiency.

InvaderZim wrote:

GamerXA wrote:

Then we would have to find another method or a way to reduce the processing power required. We should test each method when we have working prototypes and then choose the most realistic and efficient one.

Agreed.



I won't be the tester, though; as I've said before, my computer can only really run games designed mostly for efficiency.

We'll have to test on a variety of systems, especially slow ones like yours and mine.

You should change Crocodile to Reptile. Less specific.

~sciocont wrote:

InvaderZim wrote:

GamerXA wrote:

Then we would have to find another method or a way to reduce the processing power required. We should test each method when we have working prototypes and then choose the most realistic and efficient one.

Agreed.



I won't be the tester, though; as I've said before, my computer can only really run games designed mostly for efficiency.

We'll have to test on a variety of systems, especially slow ones like yours and mine.

Good point. I WILL be the tester, then!

Brown Spotted Kiwi wrote:

You should change Crocodile to Reptile. Less specific.

Good point as well.

What about flying with wings, or perhaps airsacks that inflate?

I suppose that would work in a similar way for underwater creatures. The game would also calculate Buoyancy.

GamerXA wrote:

I suppose that would work in a similar way for underwater creatures. The game would also calculate Buoyancy.

actually, it could simply calculate density, then index it against the density of the surrounding environment. It would take
[volume]x[mass]=[modeldensity]
then [modeldensity]_(<,>,=)[environmentdensity]
(However you would program that, I imagine it's pretty simple.)

~sciocont wrote:

GamerXA wrote:

I suppose that would work in a similar way for underwater creatures. The game would also calculate Buoyancy.

actually, it could simply calculate density, then index it against the density of the surrounding environment. It would take
[volume]x[mass]=[modeldensity]
then [modeldensity]_(<,>,=)[environmentdensity]
(However you would program that, I imagine it's pretty simple.)

pretty much like that, but you could even throw in the calculation to the second line

soo...

creature.velocity.y = modeldensity-environment density x bouyancyrate