DOCUMENTATION

How to change what minds are fighting:

After running python cells.py for the first time, a file named
default.cfg will be created in the same directory, open this with your
favorite text editor, and change the part that reads:

[minds]
minds = mind1,mind2

to whatever mind names you want to have fight.  Note that the mind
names don't include the .py extension, and that the .py files should
be located in the ./minds directory

You can have from 2 to 4 minds specified, all comma-delimited

How to build a Mind:

make your own .py file with whatever name you like.
Import whatever modules you want to use (random, math, etc) 
and also import cells

the only thing absolutely required for a mind that doesn't instantly
lose is this:

class AgentMind:
    def __init__(self, junk):
        self.my_plant = None

    def act(self, view, msg):
        return cells.Action(cells.ACT_EAT)


Minds can have other class methods to assist in writing the act
method, but remember, when calling another method to determine what
action to take, you must have a chain of return statements leading all
the way back to the AgentMind.act method.

If you don't you'll get a an error that looks like this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "cells.py", line 570, in <module>
    game.tick()
  File "cells.py", line 242, in tick
    self.run_agents()
  File "cells.py", line 158, in run_agents
    if action.type == ACT_MOVE: # Changes position of agent.
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'type'

This is because your act method failed to explicitly return something,
and so python helpfully passed a None instead.




Allowed cell actions:

These actions do not require any other arguments:

 cells.Action(cells.ACT_EAT)

 cells.Action(cells.ACT_LIFT)

 cells.Action(cells.ACT_DROP)

All of these arguments have other requirements, usually a location,
 specified by a global location.  Valid offsets are directly adjacent
 cells to the current position so (me.x +/- 1, me.y +/- 1)

 cells.Action(cells.ACT_SPAWN, (x, y), self)

 cells.Action(cells.ACT_MOVE, (x, y))


 cells.Action(cells.ACT_ATTACK, (x, y))


 msg.send_message(something)
 
 msg.get_messages(something)

Commands in Game window:

spacebar starts a new game.
q quits the game.
e toggles energy display.
a toggles agent display.

Useful properties of the view and msg arguments:

 view:
  get_me() - return the object that is the current agent (see 'me' below)

  get_agents() - return a list of the agents that can be seen 
                 (see 'agent' below)

  get_plants() - return a list of the plants that can be seen
                 (see 'plant' below)

  get_energy().get(x_pos, y_pos) - return the amount of energy at coordinates

 me:
  get_pos()

  get_team()

  get_view()

  act()

  energy - integer value indicating amount of energy

  loaded - boolean value indicating loaded status


 plant:
  get_pos()

  get_eff() - get the efficiency factor of the plant


 agent:
  get_pos()

  get_team()