VOLVE 5.0
Evolve Batch Utility
evolve_batch is a command line utility. It runs on both linux and windows. The primary purpose is to run a simulation from a shell or console window (without the GUI).
Command line modes
- s -- simulate
- sf -- simulate forever
- t -- generate terrain from image file
- p -- print information
- k -- execute kforth program and print top of data stack.
- = -- compare two .evolve files
- 1s -- simulate until 1 strain left
- rc -- pick random creature and display its KFORTH.
s
C:\> evolve_batch s 24h input.evolve output.evole C:\> evolve_batch s 60m input.evolve output.evole C:\> evolve_batch s 3600s input.evolve output.evole C:\> evolve_batch s 1000u input.evolve output.evole
sf
Runs forever writing to the output file every interval.
All 4 of these commands will read input.evolve and when finished the output is written to output.evolve. The input will not be changed by these commands.
The first commmand runs the simulation for 24 hours. The second command runs the simulation for 60 minutes. The third command runs the simulation for 3600 seconds.
The last command runs the simulation for 1000 steps. This last variation is not timer based. It simply runs the simulation for that many steps.
t
Generate terrain from an image file:
evolve_batch t <infile.png> min max <outfile.txt>
(generate terrain file from image. min/max form the greyscale pixel inclusion range)
evolve_batch t foobar.jpg 128 140 foobar.txt
evolve_batch t group_face.png 120 140 terrain_file.txt
p
Evolve_batch will also dump statistics about a simulation file.
C:\> evolve_batch p some_file.evolve filename some_file.evolve step 35627500 nborn 713951387 ndie 713949271 width 500 height 400 seed 12410 norganism 2117 energy 150000 num_cells 4063 num_instructions 185693 call_stack_nodes 4019 data_stack_nodes 11671 num_organic 1499 num_spores 644 num_sexual 0 grid_memory 1600000 cstack_memory 64304 dstack_memory 186736 program_memory 2226401 organism_memory 801136 spore_memory 15456 check_sum 5711437