boids_test

Controls

• Space bar to restart Simulation
• Tab to toggle Control Panel(GUI)

Spawning new items

• Hold Shift + Alpha1  to spawn a   SPAWN_AREA    at your mouse position
• Hold Shift + Alpha2  to spawn a   PLAYER   at your mouse position
• Hold Shift + Alpha3  to spawn a   OBSTACLE   at your mouse position
• Hold Shift + Alpha4  to spawn a  CLIMBABLE OBSTACLE   at your mouse position

Object Manipulation

•  Scaling: Hold S and press LMB(increasing scale) or RMB(decreasing scale) while dragging the object lengthwise or breadth wise to increase/decrease its size in that dimension.
• Rotation: Hold R and press LMB(anticlockwise) or RMB(clockwise) rotation.
• Translation: Hold G while hovering over the object and move mouse to move its position
• Deletion: Press D while hovering over the object to duplicate it.
• Duplication: Press Shift + D while hovering over object to delete.

Terms

• Percentage of smart boids:- controls the percentage of population that will be smart and avoid all sorts of obstacles, the rest will be dumb
  
• Min Kill Time and Max Kill Time :- Specifes the range of time limit of killing a boid
• Target Follow Speed:- Specifies how sharply the boid follows its assigned target, be it the player or the mouseposition.
• Obstacle avoidance radius:- The max distance at which the boid can sense the obstacles
• Obstacle avoidance force:- The force with which the boid will try to steer away from an obstacle
• Climbable Slowdown Factor:- Factor by which the boid will slow down when it tries to pass through a climbable object(Cyan Color).
• supportsComputeShaders:- Specifies whether the current platform supports compute shaders.