Configuration / Design Time Control File

The following list describes the input for the boids.ini configuration file.
The numbers to the left represent good configuration settings.

• 100 Total number of entities (50)
• 10 Seperation: How much they stay away from each other(distance factor) (10 )
• 100 Cohesion: How much they steer towards each other's center of mass (1000)
• 100 Alignment: How much they steer toward each other's goal (1000)
• 20 Bounds: How much they try to stay within the prescribed bounds (10)
• 5 Movetoward: How much they attempt to move toward the specific goal (intelligence) (20)
• 1 Seperation Factor: weight for this specifc factor in total equation (1)
• 1 Cohesion Factor: weight for this specifc factor in total equation (1)
• 1 Alignment Factor: weight for this specifc factor in total equation (1)
• 1 Bounds Factor: weight for this specifc factor in total equation (1)
• 1.5 Move toward Factor: weight for this specifc factor in total equation (1)
• 1 Move Away Factor: weight for this specifc factor in total equation (1)
• -150 Boid Min x coordinate of platform bounds -50
• 60 Boid Max x coordinate of platform bounds 20
• -9 Boid Min Y coordinate of platform bounds
• 15 Boid Max Y coordinate of platform bounds
• -90 Boid Min z coordinate of platform bounds - 30
• 90 Boid Max z coordinate of platform bounds - 30
• false case sensitive trigger for multicolor: True
• 50 Ratio of prey to total entites (50 to 100 means 2 prey)
• 300 Delay start lower bound - how long they wait before starting animation (predator)
• 400 Delay start upper bound
• 100 Delay stop lower bound how long they wait before starting animation (prey)
• 200 Delay start upper bound
• 2 Initative Min - how quickly they get up from perching
• 10 Initative Max - how quickly they get up from perching