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FPSC Classic Scripts / Game of Life style enemies

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protoborg
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Posted: 10th Dec 2008 03:28
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Does anyone have any idea how to implement the following for enemies:
1. Each cell with one or no neighbors dies.
2. Each cell with four or more neighbors dies.
3. Each cell with two or three neighbors survives.
4. Each cell with three neighbors becomes populated.

This would apply to enemies that are adjacent to the player as well. Each "cell" is a grid square. I have no idea how this would be done. If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate it.

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Marc Steene
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Posted: 20th Dec 2008 11:55
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Could you be more specific?

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Plystire
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Posted: 20th Dec 2008 23:54
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In order to keep the entities locked in the center of their cell, you would need to activate them individually and have them appear/disappear. This would be very difficult to accomplish in and of itself with the stock engine.

After that, it's a simple matter of scripting each cell entity to properly activate adjacent cell entities when the timer cues.


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protoborg
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Posted: 7th Jan 2009 21:29
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Marc, what I am referring to is a game that was created to demonstrate emergent qualities in a game. This means the complex qualities that arise from simple rules. If you Google "the game of life", you will most likely find the game.

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