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Changing Ant Movement to Solve The Split Trail and Bouncing Ant Problems

Instead of ants 'seeing' in all 8 directions around them, they will now only be able to see in front of them. This is more realistic as animals usually see in the direction they are facing.

Figure 1 - Before: An ant facing south would be able to choose from 8 possible directions (assuming all grid squares around it are empty)

Figure 2 - After: An ant facing south can now only choose the three squares in front of it.

Figure 3 - After: An ant facing south-east can only choose the three squares in front of it.

How this solves the split trail problem

Figure 4 -Demonstrates how the problem does not now occur - the ant cannot now choose the grid square behind it, so it must choose one that is in the direction of the food.

Last Modified: Jan 7th, 2007 at 22:09:56
Created: Dec 8th, 2006 at 13:24:32