Interface
When you start LifeSimulation.exe the following screen is presented where it is possible to select which races you wish to have compete against each other. DLL files which are in the bin and plugins folders are automatically checked to see if there are valid Lifelet classes and added to the list accordingly.
The viewport can be resized at will using the OS window resize feature. The viewport is panned by holding down the left mouse button and moving the cursor.
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D: toggles debug mode -
R: resets the simulation
The normal view shows the world in it's current state. On the following screenshot you can see three races: red, green and blue. The yellow dots are food.
Information about any lifelet can be displayed by hovering over it with the cursor or selecting it with the left mouse button.
When debug mode is activated, all lifelets are highlighted and all statistics information is displayed.
The following command line arguments are supported:
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autostart: Starts the simulation directly without displaying the start screen.