Topic: Game of life

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BricsCADv22, Acad2021&22 and ZwCad 2022

(gol '(a b c d e f g h))
a = width
b = height
c = lifetime or iterations
d = begin row
e = begin col
f = end row
g = end col
h = 0 = don't erase, h > 0 = erase;

d,e,f,g set the initial state

(gol '(20 30 10 0 0 5 6 0))
(gol '(100 100 100 0 1 5 9 0))
(gol '(100 100 100 0 1 5 9 1))

edit: new version, disabled undo recording
edit 2: attached source
edit 3: attached new source, draws center screen

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 pulsar ? (gol '(50 70 100 0 0 5 6 0))

[MickD]

must....resist......shiny......object.....


Will have a look as time permits Daniel, looks interesting, thanks.

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a rocket  (gol '(100 100 100 0 1 5 9 0))

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must....resist......shiny......object.....


Will have a look as time permits Daniel, looks interesting, thanks.

lol!

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these are pretty awesome
(gol '(100 100 1000 0 1 5 19 0))
(gol '(100 100 500 1 3 9 23 1))
(gol '(100 100 500 0 1 49 52 1))
(gol '(100 100 1750 0 3 49 53 1))// best yet
goes for a while before turning into oscillators 

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this one lives 1700 generations 
(gol '(100 100 1750 0 3 49 53 1))

[MickD]

this one lives 1700 generations 
(gol '(100 100 1750 0 3 49 53 1))

cool!

do you have any 'sleep' time in there to keep the animation watchable, I'd imagine you'd need a bit even given the latency of the dwg database interactions etc?

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this one lives 1700 generations 
(gol '(100 100 1750 0 3 49 53 1))

cool!

do you have any 'sleep' time in there to keep the animation watchable, I'd imagine you'd need a bit even given the latency of the dwg database interactions etc?

yeah, like 50ms each generation, otherwise the end of the world comes too fast

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well enough fun for today, attached the source.
I need to add fortune and trek, make it more useful 

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rebuilt to test with zwcad, added DoEvents so graphics don't stall