Re: [Swarm-Support] Ignore last message!

[Steve Railsback]

On 7/6/2011 8:50 PM, Mark Hovenden wrote:
> G’day again from Tasmania,
>
> Well, sending that support request did the trick because finally this
> morning it all ran properly.

Your problems sound vaguely like the ones I've had with Cygwin on 
Windows 7. Sometimes just re-installing it works.

Concerning getting started, tutorials, etc.: This is a big weakness of 
Swarm (and other platforms).
One useful way to start is by building or reading the template models at:
http://www.swarm.org/index.php/Software_templates
after you digest the basics of Swarm in the User Guide:
http://www.swarm.org/index.php/Swarm:_documentation_main_page#Swarm_User_Guide

But almost everyone now encourages beginners to look hard at NetLogo as 
an alternative that is much easier to get started with. There's even an 
extremely pleasant new book on modeling with NetLogo:
http://www.railsback-grimm-abm-book.com/

Best of luck!

Steve Railsback