ai.planet creator launches new game

Dave Kerr — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:38:44 -0000

Our latest project is Don't Be Patchman, a lighter, light-hearted game that we hope to spiral into a bigger success to fund our ai.planet-style ambitions.

http://www.dontbepatchman.com

Check out the new game, then please pledge and vote!

cheers,
Dave Kerr

ai.planet 1.1.0 released

Dave Kerr — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:23:05 -0000

A new version was built and released to run on modern graphics cards using OpenGL 1.1.

Check the site for more tidbits!

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

ai.planet 1.0.0 released!

Dave Kerr — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:43:05 -0000

Artificial Planet 1.0 released!
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AI.Planet is a virtual world for artificial intelligence. The environment has water, land, suns, moons, and atmosphere. Plants, animals, fish, and insects can be added to create a dynamic ecosystem. Clouds, rain, wind, lightning, rivers, and icebergs naturally arise from the sun and other influences. You can explore your planet from outer space, by walking around, by tracking creatures, or by controlling a robot that interacts with objects. Artificial Planet is an OpenSource project built with Delphi and GLScene.

1.0.0

Official Release
Added Artificial Planet Manual by Dennis Murczak
Added Code Structure Documents (Pasdoc/Aaron)
Fixed targeting arrow keys
New land textures (Dennis)
Upgraded texture seams and blending
Identical textures on world load
Added optimizations to Positioning (still room for more opt)
Optimized planet texture changing
Added Advanced Mode in Settings (hides AI/collisions)
Set trees to reproduce only within XY radius (thins them out)
Fixed camera at poles (not sane, but less crazy)
0.9.9

Set internal water system to more closely match visual water system
Fixed fullscreen camera bar hiding
Fixed populations form bug
Fixed populations lines to become fixed length over time
Fixed FireTrees (new model, casted long shadow)
Fixed Seeds (new model, now cast shadow)
Set water tool default to 1
Fixed vInterface "camEyes" text (was blank)
Sped up Keyboard checking
Sped up AIPosition.Fuel
Set Populations default Refresh Rate to 4, Crop to 1024
Added WaterMax and LandMax to AIGrid
Added precalculated X*10 and Y*10 to AICoordinates
Tweaked terrain collision
Revamped NSIS installer (no more quicklaunch)

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

ai.planet v0.9.8 released!

Dave Kerr — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:04:15 -0000

Artificial Planet v0.9.8
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AI.Planet is a virtual world for artificial intelligence. The environment has water, land, suns, moons, and atmosphere. Plants, animals, fish, and insects can be added to create a dynamic ecosystem. Clouds, rain, wind, lightning, rivers, and icebergs naturally arise from the sun and other influences. You can explore your planet from outer space, by walking around, by tracking creatures, or by controlling a robot that interacts with objects. Artificial Planet is an OpenSource project built with Delphi and GLScene.

0.9.8

Added AIMissileDefence and AIMissile
-Detects and destroys incoming asteroids
Major interface cleanup:
-Added Disasters menu
-Moved Cameras to bottom
-Rearranged and polished buttons
-Made buttons bigger
-Moved shadows to visuals toolbar
Fixed blinking mouse pick
Set internal water system to more closely match visual water system
Fixed Tfm3DEnvironment.FindTarget(aThing: AIThing);
Fixed LastTool after Reality Stop/Start
Fixed Intangible objects making splash noise
Added Random Asteroids setting in Set Menu
Added "Next Kind" targetting camera button

0.9.7

Added option to disable creation of FireFX
Fixed Starfield bug
Fixed "Vicious Circle" of Lightning
Fixed AVI Recording bug
Added new AVIDirect and AVIFrame buttons to control moviemaking
Added some hints and tips

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

ai.planet v0.9.6 released!

Dave Kerr — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 03:19:33 -0000

Artificial Planet v0.9.6
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AI.Planet is a virtual world for artificial intelligence. The environment has water, land, suns, moons, and atmosphere. Plants, animals, and fish can be added to create a dynamic ecosystem. Clouds, rain, wind, lightning, rivers, and icebergs naturally arise from the sun and other influences. You can explore your planet from outer space, by walking around, by tracking creatures, or by controlling a robot that interacts with objects. Artificial Planet is an OpenSource project made primarily with Delphi and GLScene.

0.9.6

Added Speech (AISpeech, text bubbles in 3D View)
Added Camera Eyes (first person perspective of your target)
Added AIFireTrees (to simulate a forest fire)
Added AVIRecorder (makes AVI movies, no sound)
Added HighPoly fruits and High Detail button to Audio menu
Updated Purgatory system with new Trash system
Added Plant Removal cursor
Added Life.Die cursor
Added Thing removal cursor
Added AIThingList.Tangibles
Fixed Cease bug
Fixed AnyBeacon divided by 0
Fixed non-existing objects getting fueled
Added Lightning Button
Added Rain Cloud Button
Modified Storm Cloud to no rain
Added Restore button (restores time and space window)
Added Harm button (-256 health)
Fixed old apple tree model (appletree.3ds)
Modified AIBall.Fuel -> added Position.TurnTowardsVelocity
Added some new icons (jump, multicast, storm, lightning, etc)
Fixed MouseInfo leave-behind HUDText bug
Set Atmosphere default to On
Fixed Asteroid model positioning
Stopped close zoom from going to Avatar mode (was annoying)
Added AIThing.Report

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

ai.planet v0.9.5 released!

Dave Kerr — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 23:39:03 -0000

Artificial Planet 0.9.5
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AI.Planet is an environment for developing ai and alife. The world has water, land, suns, moons, and atmosphere. Plants, animals, and fish can be added to create a dynamic ecosystem. Clouds, rain, wind, lightning, rivers, and icebergs naturally arise from the sun and other influences. You can explore your planet from outer space, by walking around, by tracking creatures, or by controlling a robot that interacts with objects. Artificial Planet is an OpenSource project made primarily with Delphi and GLScene.

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

0.9.5.b

Added Shadows (thanks Philipp and mrqzz)
Added GraphicsEdge Tip of the Day, from GLData CVS (thanks Aaron)
Tweaked AIBeacon.PopThing
Fixed fruit->seed collision problem
Added Remember 3D View settings to User Registry settings
Fixed hole in duck model (thanks Halobear)
Updated Grazers (now mating community creatures)
Added email reporting to fError.pas
Improved Error Reporting
Instinctive - Ocean of Freedom.mp3
Nils Schneider - Strange Behaviour.mp3
New birds models (reversed wing faces for shadows)
New tree models (reversed leaf faces for shadows)
New hawk model (reversed wing faces for shadows)
Added Multicast shadows option to Visuals toolbar
Added Shadow volumes option to Visuals toolbar

0.9.5.a

Added collision detection and response (AIThings.CheckCollisions)
Added kinetic energy to collisions
Added AIThing.OnCollide; virtual
Added AIOrbiter.OnCollide; override -> Explode
Suns and moons can collide and explode
Disabled photograph graphic (alot faster)
Added AICloud.Perform (lightning, etc)
Increased explosion damage
Added Error handling form
Removed JVL Tip of the Day (caused major crashes)

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

ai.planet v0.9.4 released!

Dave Kerr — Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:24:48 -0000

ai.planet is a virtual world for artificial intelligence. Developers can study and visualize algorithms in a versatile 3D environment.

Version 0.9.4 Released
August 5th 2003

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

This new version of ai.planet includes multicolored trees, that evolve over time by producing varied fruits, which are randomly mutated by small degrees. Improved creature AI gives new predator/prey relationships. Interface improvements include a tool repeat button, jump button, new features on the populations form. There is a new Move tool to pick up objects with the mouse, reposition them, and throw them. Although the Ladybugs aren't always successful, if they are given a good environment they can last indefinitely, as this population survived well over 2.5 million ticks. Birds are now better at mating, and Hawks are better at catching the birds. Note: There is no selection pressure on the tree color, so they can and will change into any color. Also be aware of the known bugs, if you find a new one please report it.

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

ai.planet introduces evolving creatures!

Dave Kerr — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:34:38 -0000

Guess what?

Evolving Ladybugs. These are inherited from AIGeneticCreature and include a DNA object. This is called AIDNA and contains mutation values, buoyancy and bounce values, and color values.

Evolving trees. These evolve into new colors and produce multicolored fruit and seeds.

Included are DNA *.INI files that users can edit, save and load. There is also an in-program DNA editor accessible from the object viewer, as well as a Position editor.

Genetic creatures developed in collaboration by Dave Kerr and Dushan Tcholich.

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

ai.planet v0.9.2 released!

Dave Kerr — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:55:26 -0000

Artificial Planet

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

AI.Planet is an environment for developing ai and alife. It is an OpenSource project made primarily with Delphi and GLScene. The world has water, land, suns, moons, and atmosphere. Plants, animals, and fish can be added to create a dynamic ecosystem. Clouds, rain, wind, lightning, rivers, and icebergs naturally arise from the sun and other influences. You can explore your planet from outer space, by walking around, by tracking
creatures, or by controlling a robot that interacts with objects.

Changes since last release include:

0.9.2

Made LadyBug inherited from AIGeneticCreature (evolves buoyancy)
Added Mating Timer (128)
Fixed Mating direction bug for Males
Added Handle to all relevant OneLineDisplays
cAIActions.pas: Action Scheduler now active (disabled due to bug)
Added PositionThing // solves flat vs sphere coordinates
Fixed Camera.NearPlaneBias
Added Free Camera mode
Fixed AIBird.ReaffirmFlock
Added duplicate member check to AILivingGroup.AddMember
Made EventScheduler more robust and memory efficient (now a dynamic array)
Disabled auto-mouseview when reality is stopped
Fixed Tool selection after loading file
Dozens more minor changes/fixes/tweaks

0.9.1h

Fixed: AICommunityCreature.Community rejoin (thanks Dushan Tcholich)
Stopped reality on Load
Added: AIThingList.JoinAllCommunities;
Added: AIBird.ReaffirmFlock;
Added: AICommunityCreature.ReaffirmCommunity;
Added: AIEnvironment.LoadFromFile -> fThings.JoinAllCommunities;
Improved Buoyancy (objects no longer bounce on top of water)
Tweaked the water bubble a bit, made it larger (works perfect in Flat Mode)
Disabled Minimize on fPopulations
Disabled Minimize on fHeightField
Disabled Minimize on fHumidityMap
Disabled Minimize on fSpirit
Disabled Minimize on fConstruction

0.9.1g

Added Earthquakes (Dave and Aaron)
Added an optional Camera Light (improves look greatly) // default is on for now
Call RefreshSatellites when user pops SpaceForm (fixes improper world state flash bug)
Call EmptyAllSounds when user pops SpaceForm (fixes buildup of sounds played all at once)
Fixed bug: AIAttachmentContainer.SetObjectPointers
Fixed: AILearningCreature.SaveToFile, LoadFromFile // wasnt calling inherited method
Fixed: AICommunity.SaveToFile, LoadFromFile
Fixed: AICommunityCreature.SaveToFile, LoadFromFile
Fixed: AIMatingCreature.SaveToFile, LoadFromFile
cUtilities: added writeVector and readVector // file read/write methods

0.9.1f

When user stops reality, the active tool is set to Select
Added f3DEnvironment.InformOfStart
Added f3DEnvironment.InformOfStop
When Reality stops and starts, calls either method
Added numbers to Populations Graph
Added ThingNamePlural in AIThings.pas
Tidied up the Time/Reality bar
Set the default SpaceForm size to be no more than 1024x768 on startup
Fake Sun button now positions sun in center of map, and stops it automatically
New Planet form defaults to no continents, land, or sun

0.9.1e

Removed SafeBonk and SafeGrab (may have permanently fixed Attachment.Holding bug)

0.9.1d

Added baby duck sound
Added zoom in/out buttons
Fixed photo/autosnap directory bug
Moved cbTrackNewThings to Tools menu
Caught a nasty bug: not saving gUniqueHandle to files
Target dead in object windows fixed (gUniqueHandle bug)
Added memory dump buttons to fLists
Cleaned up fLists
Began cleaning up AIThings.pas; removing NewThing functions
Improved Populations Graph cropping algorithm
Set Mating gender to random(2) male/female

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

ai.planet v0.9.1 released!

Dave Kerr — Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:14:04 -0000

Artificial Planet

http://aiplanet.sourceforge.net

AI.Planet is an environment for developing ai and alife. It is an
OpenSource project made primarily with Delphi and GLScene. The world has
water, land, suns, moons, and atmosphere. Plants, animals, and fish can be
added to create a dynamic ecosystem. Clouds, rain, wind, lightning, rivers,
and icebergs naturally arise from the sun and other influences. You can
explore your planet from outer space, by walking around, by tracking
creatures, or by controlling a robot that interacts with objects.

0.9.1c

-Turtle AI Improved (no longer superhungry)
-Duck Flocking improved
-Added AIThing.Digest, returns a result for eating
-Changed AICreature.Grab and CloseEnoughToGrab (better)
-Trees, seeds, aquaplants, explosions, lightning return negative Digest value
-Added LimitVector to cUtilities
-Changed some Mating.Stage constant values
-Fixed AIReportCard.LoadFromFile (turtles and crabs now load correctly)
-Fixed birds not able to grab apples on ground
-Bug fixed: POPULATIONS GRAPH FIXED!!! :)
-Added hidden refresh option to Populations Graph
-Added $Id: changes.txt,v 1.28 2003/06/30 03:27:41 aidave Exp $ to top of most files

(thanks Aaron)
-Set Hawk model normals to Inverted (was inside out)
-Increased Hawk turning rate
-Bug found: photos/autosnap, directory changes if loaded/saved a world
-Changed trees to not drop seed when dead
-Added Track button to Lists form

0.9.1b

-Fixed crabs jumping to catch airborne prey
-Fixed turtles to grab properly (warning they are dangerous!)
-Fixed settings form
-Updated selection icon

0.9.1a

-Modified AquaPlants to produce some Apples (for crabs on bottom of lake)
-Fixed AIMatingCreature.MateWithPartner
(creatures dont exhibit mating activity when flock is full)
-Added AIMatingCreature.DevelopIntoBaby, called when new baby
-Made Ducks surface from underwater faster
-Changed most FaceTargets to TurnTowardsTarget
-Added InvertMouseWheel to UserSettings
-Allowed closer zooming by setting GLCamera.FocalLength when Distance to target <1
-Made Crabs Learning (inherits from AILearningCreature)
-Made AILearningCreature
-Improved Creature.Grab, uses CloseEnoughToGrab function to more accurately
have the creature's grab be based on its size+distance to target
-Not working: AIReportCard.SaveToFile, .LoadFromFile
-Changed all function FullDisplay(..): string; to procedure FullDisplay(..);
Wasnt passing a string back!
-Added Ants (Dave)
-Added LadyBug (Dave, Dan Bartlett, Nik)
-Added AIReportCard, AIReportList (learning memory structures)
-Added Learning to Turtles
-Fixed Maximums form to include last thing (was cLastThing - 1)
-Added WordWrap to Text Box in Object View
-Added SetFocus to OnMouseEnter (thx Aaron)
-Adjusted Targeting Camera rotation to be smoother
-Fixed Camera zoom mouse wheel, +/- keys
-Fixed Camera zoom with bots
-Fixed Target ToolButton bug (key / check for nil, button didnt)
-Added Duck Female model (raised tail, longer beak, sleeker body, lighter color)
-Darkened fish
-Turned MouseView on when reality is paused
-Added AutoSnap feature to take a small BMP picture every N ticks
(for making animated GIFs)

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