If my understanding of the code is correct, if the organism successfully roams, it basically spawns another copy of itself, leaving the original behind to compete in the source biome . That organism isn’t removed from the competition pool. Given the relatively low roaming rate, I’m not sure this makes a huge difference, but it doesn’t seem like it should be intended behavior.
Not what I’m seeing. Roamers start roaming before the encounters in each biome, then after every biome is processed, the roamers find a new home. So the roamers go a whole generation without competing or foraging. Is that not what was intended?
If my understanding of the code is correct, if the organism successfully roams, it basically spawns another copy of itself, leaving the original behind to compete in the source biome . That organism isn’t removed from the competition pool. Given the relatively low roaming rate, I’m not sure this makes a huge difference, but it doesn’t seem like it should be intended behavior.
The method
.popremoves the roamer from the original population.Ah, ok. So instead of competing in that generation, the individual roams.
Roamers don’t skip competitions. Roaming happens between competitions for food.Edit: I was wrong. See thread.
Not what I’m seeing. Roamers start roaming before the encounters in each biome, then after every biome is processed, the roamers find a new home. So the roamers go a whole generation without competing or foraging. Is that not what was intended?
You’re right. I’m wrong. Good spotting! This behavior wasn’t intended but I’m keeping it because it’s interesting and makes some biological sense.
It would also be kind of a pain in the ass to change! :)