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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:43:26 -0700</LI>
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On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:13:24 -0500
Koster, Raph<rkoster#origin,ea.com> wrote:
> UO's original system spawned creatures via two methods:
> 1) reproduction when two parents of the same type had met their
> needs for food. 2) spawn when excess food of a particular type was
> laying around and not being consumed.
> The breakdown occurred when all the food was grabbed and all the
> creatures were killed before they managed to find any. Given this,
> the computation power spent on the AL code was wasted and therefore
> the AL code was disabled.
> We ended up with a region-based spawning system that is not very
> fancy, moderately functional, fairly predictable, and far from
> cutting edge. But we do have plans to go back to the AL.
JSSS (my new web toy) contains an interesting article on this area in
its first issue:
<A HREF="http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/1/1/1.html">http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/1/1/1.html</A>
While it probably goes into greater depth than many here are
interested, they consider a wide range of factors which contribute to
the population curve behaviours. Good stuff.
--
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00682" HREF="msg00682.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00683" HREF="msg00683.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00686" HREF="msg00686.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></strong>,
Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Wed 12 Aug 1998, 17:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00687" HREF="msg00687.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00691" HREF="msg00691.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 12 Aug 1998, 18:19 GMT
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