VOLVE 5.0

Activity 0: Basic Simulation

You can use the following parameters for a good simulation.

Energy: Use smaller amounts of energy to reduce the overall population that will be reached. You will want to adjust the size of the simulation to the performance of your computer for best results. E.g., If 4,000 organisms is too slow, reduce energy until you only have 2,000 organisms.

Make sure to protect the MAKE-BARRIER and SPAWN instructions, otherwise you will see lots of random barrier blocks created. (And SPAWN will could stop evolution since it does not mutate).

As shipped the Default strain profile needs to be tweaked. Start with the following mode settings. These are good mode settings to use. Highlighted are the main ones you might want to tweak:

Strain Visibility is really the maximum number of cells that an organism can grow. 0 turns off the limit.

MAKE-SPORE Mode is the number of energy units required to make a spore.

GROW Mode is the number of energy units required to make grow a new cell.

These mutations settings are good.