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The Bibites 0.6 Alpha 10: Entering the Endgame (Patreon)

Published:

2024-03-29 22:14:59

Edited:

2024-03-29 22:15:47

Imported:

2026-06

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So! A long-awaited alpha that finally comes!The delay has been long, but this update has been jammed full of very important things, long-awaited fixes, and under-the-hood stuff that will change the game. I would've liked to be able to do a little bit more testing before releasing it, but I asked you all your opinion on the subject and you said you preferred having access to it as soon as possible, so here it is!So I did not finish everything I wanted, but since I'm gonna be away for a few days for the easter weekend, I figured I should give you this "almost-polished" version, and publish the next alpha, with all the missing stuff and a few other additions as soon as possible. Important to note:-Due to changes to how species data are logged, saved, and loaded, I did not have the time to write the (probably complex) migrate function from the earlier versions, so know that this will reset the species data of your simulations, and possibly lead to other errors

Lineage Tree and Changes to the Species Panel

The long-requested lineage tree is finally here! It was a headache to make work and handle all the little edge cases, but I'm incredibly proud of the result. You'll be able to change between the two (tree, and previously available mesh view) and view the lineage however you see fit!

And you'll see that it can get pretty complicated pretty fast

A few esthetic changes have also been made to the Lineage Mesh, making it a lot more pretty to look at and removing a lot of weird artifacts (although some remain)

Species now also track their distribution through time, with the historic placement of zones

(Distribution will only be shown if there were enough bibites back then to build a distribution)

I also added a few parameters to allow you to customize how you use the Lineage panel

Option to scale the species in the tree graph with their importance

Both graphs have the option to hide the extinct lineages (only show living species and their direct ancestors)

Changed the log-like time distribution of points to be more representative

Changed how the lineage panel zooms (now only need Ctrl+scroll)

Simulation Time and Frames Rework

All the sim now updates at regular intervals (50 updates per second but planning on making that a setting)

The simulation is now decoupled from rendering. FPS will have no fundamental impact on the simulation from now on

Max Time Speed increased to x20

The sim will now try to update as fast as possible up to the set speed

More time info displayed on top right

Warning at >3x no longer needed (and is removed)

New Brain Sorting Algorithm

Added a new custom sorting algorithm for the brain that should make them a lot more readable by default

The brain panels will now be sorted by default (unless there's a saved configuration)

Added button for additional calls to the sort() function

Adjusted brain connection sizing (more dynamic thickness)

Other Changes

Added setting to disable drag on pellets when they are held by a bibite (off by default for all scenarios except ant sim)

The gene distribution graph's bucket size are now capped at multiples of 1% of the genes' possible span to regularize it and make comparisons across time easier

Changed most gene's possible span slightly to have better spans in the gene distribution graph

Lowered min boundary for Size gene from 0.25 to 0.05

Gene distribution graph scale is minimally capped at 10 to improve Y axis labels

Bibite previews (for template, or species) will now display the size at maturity

Fused Shade settings with Out-Of-Bound-Exterminator for simpler functionality

Added brain energy settings to in-sim settings