Movement - Revision history

PhiNotPi: Fixed typos

2014-02-15T01:14:12Z

Fixed typos

Numsgil: /* Activation hierarchy: */

2006-02-06T03:36:01Z

‎Activation hierarchy:

Ollj: /* Examples: */

2005-12-23T18:54:16Z

‎Examples:

Ollj: /* Examples: */ store fixed

2005-12-23T18:53:47Z

‎Examples:: store fixed

Ollj at 18:24, 23 December 2005

2005-12-23T18:24:35Z

Ollj: test

2005-12-23T18:14:10Z

test

Numsgil at 20:02, 18 September 2005

2005-09-18T20:02:13Z

Numsgil at 20:01, 18 September 2005

2005-09-18T20:01:57Z

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Movement refers to the bots' primary method of locomotion.

When a bot stores a value in .up, .dn, .sx, or .dx, the bot is attempting to move. It is charged nrg based on the value stored in these locations only in so far as that value actually applies to generated forces.

For instance, a bot storing 5 in up and 5 in down is charged nothing. A bot storing 3 in .dx and 4 in .up is charged 5 energy (the magnitude of the resulting vector). A bot storing 20000 in .up is charged only as much as it takes for its speed to reach the maximum allowed value.

This movement force is multiplied by the [[Movement Factor]], which allows a user to modify the efficacy of the bots' manual movements. By lowering Movement Factor, the user is encouraging bots to find other methods of locomotion. Perhaps forming ties and swimming.

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 ==Syntax:==
-When a bot stores a value in .up, .dn, .sx, or .dx, the bot is attempting to move with the strenght of that value in the given direction.
+When a bot stores a value in .up, .dn, .sx, or .dx, the bot is attempting to move with the strength of that value in the given direction.
 *[[.up]] accelerates the robot forward in the direction that he is facing.
 *[[.dn]] accelerates the robot backward from the direction he is facing.
-*[[.sx]] accelerates the robot at an angle of to the left of the direction he is facing.
+*[[.sx]] accelerates the robot at an angle of 90 degrees to the left of the direction he is facing.
-*[[.dx]] accelerates the robot at an angle of to the right of the direction he is facing.
+*[[.dx]] accelerates the robot at an angle of 90 degrees to the right of the direction he is facing.
 ====Example:====
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 ===Range:===
-Any number from up to +32000 can be stored in any of these locations but the values are filtered prior to being used by the robot. Any value with a magnitude of more than 1000 will be reduced to 1000. (no change in sign will be made)
+Any number from -32000 up to +32000 can be stored in any of these locations but the values are filtered prior to being used by the robot. Any value with a magnitude of more than 1000 will be reduced to 1000. (no change in sign will be made)
 ===Vector acceleration:===
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 A bot storing 5 in up and 5 in down is charged nothing because the colinear vectors add up to 0.
 [[.dx]] [[store]] 4 [[.up]] [[store]]
-A bot storing 3 in .dx and 4 in .up is charged 5, the magnitude of the resulting vector, sqr(+), in the resulting vectors direction.
+A bot storing 3 in .dx and 4 in .up is charged 5, the magnitude of the resulting vector, sqr(3^2+4^2), in the resulting vectors direction.
 ===Movement Factor:===

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 ==Activation hierarchy:==
-Movement commands are executed after [[rotation]] commands
+Movement commands are executed after the rotation commands such as [[.aimdx]] or [[.setaim]]
 ==Associated Keywords:==

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 ====Examples:====
-[[.up]] 5 [[store]] [[.dn]] [[store]]
+[[.up]] [[store]] 5 [[.dn]] [[store]]
 A bot storing 5 in up and 5 in down is charged nothing because the colinear vectors add up to 0.
-[[.dx]] 4 [[store]] [[.up]] [[store]]
+[[.dx]] [[store]] 4 [[.up]] [[store]]

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 ====Examples:====
-[[.up]] 5 [[.dn]] [[store]]
+[[.up]] 5 [[store]] [[.dn]] [[store]]
 A bot storing 5 in up and 5 in down is charged nothing because the colinear vectors add up to 0.
-[[.dx]] 4 [[.up]] [[store]]
+[[.dx]] 4 [[store]] [[.up]] [[store]]

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 Movement refers to the bots' primary method of locomotion.
 The movement commands are part of the heart of the DarwinBots DNA language. Without these, there could be no movement, just bouncing, gliding, flowing and [[tie]]-pushing.
 ==[[Sysvars]]:==
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 ==Syntax:==
 *[[.up]] accelerates the robot forward in the direction that he is facing.
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-===Example:===
+====Example:====
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 Prior to actual movement of the DarwinBot the values in .up .dn .sx and .dx are all added together such that a negative .up and a positive .dn will add to make a larger acceleration in the .dn direction and a positive .up and a positive .dn, of equal magnitude, will cancel each other out.
-===Examples:===
+====Examples:====
 [[.up]] 5 [[.dn]] [[store]]
-A bot storing 5 in up and 5 in down is charged nothing.
+A bot storing 5 in up and 5 in down is charged nothing because the colinear vectors add up to 0.
 [[.dx]] 4 [[.up]] [[store]]
+resulting vectors direction.
 ===Movement Factor:===
-This movement force is multiplied by the [[Movement Factor]], which allows a user to modify the efficacy of the bots' manual movements.  By lowering Movement Factor, the user is encouraging bots to find other methods of locomotion.  Perhaps forming ties and swimming.
+This movement force is multiplied by the [[Movement Factor]], which allows a user to modify the efficacy of the bots' manual movements.  By lowering Movement Factor, the user is encouraging bots to find other methods of locomotion. Perhaps forming ties and swimming.
 ===Ties and Repulsion:===
-Next, these accelerations are added to any existing accelerations due to the actions of [[tie]]s and repulsion fields (when robots get too close together). Finally, the accelerations are converted to X and Y vectors and applied to the DarwinBot by adding them to existing velocities in the X and Y directions. '''The total velocity cannot exceed 40 units per cycle so any excess is then lost.'''
+Next, these accelerations are added to any existing accelerations due to the actions of [[tie]]s and repulsion fields (when robots get too close together). Finally, the accelerations are converted to X and Y vectors and applied to the DarwinBot by adding them to existing velocities in the X and Y directions. '''The total velocity (length of the resulting vector) cannot exceed 40 units per cycle so any excess is then lost.'''
 ==Movement energy costs:==
 [[Energy]] costs to the DarwinBot are calculated based on the input values. These vary with robot [[mass]] and applied acceleration but cannot exceed 100 energy points per vector per cycle.
 ==Activation hierarchy:==
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 ==Associated Keywords:==
- [[.aimsx]] [[.aimdx]] [[.vel]]
+[[.aimsx]] [[.aimdx]] [[.vel]]
 See also:
 *[[Physics]]

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	This movement force is multiplied by the [[Movement Factor]], which allows a user to modify the efficacy of the bots' manual movements. By lowering Movement Factor, the user is encouraging bots to find other methods of locomotion. Perhaps forming ties and swimming.		This movement force is multiplied by the [[Movement Factor]], which allows a user to modify the efficacy of the bots' manual movements. By lowering Movement Factor, the user is encouraging bots to find other methods of locomotion. Perhaps forming ties and swimming.
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		+	See also:
		+	*[[Physics]]