[alife] New releases of the Framsticks Simulator and Framsticks Theater (v2.11)

[maciej.komosinski@cs.put.poznan.pl]

Dear All,

We would like to announce the release of the next version of
Framsticks Simulator and Framsticks Theater, v2.11.
The previous version (2.10) was released in August 2004, so v2.11 is a
significant update.

Framsticks Theater is an easy-to-use application which illustrates some
basic phenomena, like genes and genetics, mutation, evolution, user-driven
evolution and artificial selection, walking and swimming, artificial life
simulation, virtual world interactions, etc.
It includes a number of "shows", and new shows can be added by advanced
users or developers.

Version 2.11 fixes problems found in previous versions and includes many
enhancements of the Framsticks scripting language, which is now a powerful
way of controlling simulation, evolution, and Framsticks Theater shows.
New experiment definitions have also been added, and new styles of 3D
visualization have been created. For a complete list of changes, see

   http://www.frams.alife.pl/common/dl/history.xml

The Framsticks_Manual.pdf is updated, and contains the most important HTML
reference pages with a table of contents. The official
step-by-step tutorial for new and existing users is published
on the web site.

Framsticks Graphical User Interface for MS Windows can
be downloaded directly from

   http://www.frams.alife.pl/common/dl/FramsticksInstall.exe

and the full list of downloads (including Linux versions and
command-line interfaces) is available at

   http://www.frams.alife.pl/a/al_download.html

Please visit the site to learn more about Framsticks,
download software, and access on-line user news forums:

   http://www.frams.alife.pl/




Kind regards,

Maciej Komosinski
Szymon Ulatowski