Last updated: February 7th, 2023
Evolve 5.0
VOLVE    5.0

Right Click Tools

Clicking on the button will show a menu of possible modes that can be assigned to the right mouse button. This menu includes these options:

A checkbox indicates the currently active right click tool. These options are also selectable from the main menu Edit >> Right Click Tool.

None

By default no right click behavior is specified. Whenever the simulator is started the right click tool is reset to "none".

Draw Thick Barrier

This will cause the right mouse button to draw a thick barrier inside of the simulation window. See the section on barriers for more information.

Draw Thin Barrier

This will cause the right mouse button to draw a thin barrier inside of the simulation window. See the section on barriers for more information.

Radioactive Tracer

The right mouse button can be used to mark organisms with a radioactive tracer. See the section on Radioactive Tracers for more information.

Move Organism

The right mouse can be used to move organisms around. See the section Moving Organisms for more information.

Tweak Energy

Lets you modify the amount of energy for organisms, spores and organic material. See the section on Tweak Energy for more information.

Set MOUSE-POS

This sets the mouse coordinates returned from the MOUSE-POS instruction. A red "X" will be shown where the mouse was clicked. To clear the MOUSE-POS marker, click on it again. Any cell which executes the MOUSE-POS instruction will recieve these coordinates. When there is no "X" marker set, the MOUSE-POS instruction returns (-1, -1).

See the section on Set MOUSE-POS for more information.