We have implemented both saving and loading of scripts created by the user. To facilitate this, we changed some of the functionality of switching states so that the user defined variables remain the same while the program is running. But are reset when the program is reloaded.

A little more tweaking on the algorithms, mostly around boid speed, was done as well.


Our enemies have been ...

We spent some time polishing the Separation algorithm. It now is (correctly) running on a log scale, specifically 4.8-2ln(x). These numbers were chosen to give us a correct y = 0 value at x = 10. Which is the maximum distance any boid can be from any other boid when scaled 1:1000 for calculating purposes (the range check is capped at 10000).

Additionally, we felt it was necessary to implement...

We were able to figure out how to read from and write to XML files. We now have it so the user is able to use the GUI to edit values and then write those values to the script that will be run. There isn't much else to say because this was a more difficult task than we expected and it took some time. Making it work is a huge step towards our goal.

With this implemented, a few of our possible nex...