Command Line Parameters

Command Line Parameters

• --std_retention # Number of cycles an STD lasts
• --plant_reproduction # How long until a plant goes to seed
• --plant_regeneration # How long until an eaten plant regrows
• --vision # Starting vision distance (in pixels) for animals
• --herbivores # Starting herbivores in the grid
• --food # Starting pieces of food in the grid
• --litter_size # Starting number of children born at a time
• --sexual_maturity # Age of child before they can start mating
• --sexual_impotence # Age of creature to stop mating
• --age_limit # How long a creature can survive
• --temperature # Starting temperature of the game
• --climate_upper # Upper limit of the environment's temperature
• --climate_lower # Lower limit of the environment's temperature
• --starvation_level # How long until a creature starves to death
• --speed # How fast is the creature (in pixels per round)
• --hunger_difference # The difference between starving to death and hunger
• --starvation_difference # The difference between starving and starving to death
• --gestational_period # How long a creature carries a baby
• --flu_duration # Number of cycles the flu lasts
• --heat_limit # The upper limit of what a creature can survive in
• --cool_limit # The lower climate limit of what a creature can survive in
• --strength # The strength of a creature (applicable to carnivores)
• --armor # The defensive ability of a creature (applicable to herbivores)
• --hearing # Distance of hearing capability (in pixels)
• --dump_status Dump the status to a text file as the program runs
• --carnivore_present Is a carnivore present at the beginning of the program
• --temperature_shifting # How often we shift the temperature at random
• --generational_report # How often we dump a report (count by generations)
• --dump_toxin # How often do we dump toxin into the air