Re: Simulation speed and multiple diffuse2ds

[Ralf Stephan]

Michael J Ash:
> First of all, what's the best way to slow down a simulation so that it's
> easier to watch when running in real-time? A good portable solution would
> be nice.

Good question that constantly arises with demos.  I guess
the best solution would be to enhance the control panel using
alarm()/pause() which should be portable enough (POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD).
Nobody found it worth doing it until now, though.

> Second, I have two Diffuse2d spaces existing in the same conceptual area.
> The only way I've figured out to display both of them is to have two
> windows, each showing the exact same collection of agents but with a
> different Diffuse2D behind it all. Ideally, I'd like it that wherever one
> of the spaces has a value less than, for example, 512, then the other one
> would be displayed, otherwise show the first one. Is there a good, easy
> way to display two spaces in a single window like that?

This would require its own 2dDisplay and this means coding for you, too.
I soon have a similar problem but I'm sure I'll concentrate on the
simulation results which, if they are 'obvious' to a casual observer
from looking at the sim, shall be expressible in a loglog plot for
presentation in an article.


ralf
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