youngi (1/14/2010)

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Pieter

The first square 0,0 is the rule has n=2;s=1;e=1;w=2;c=1

as per
--1100010010
--1101101111
...

this then selects the gene number 206 (from 2*81+1*27+1*9+2*3+1*1+1) from the dna. The rules are not in order of execution - their just the conditions extracted from the dna string

Bill Talada (1/14/2010)

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If you run the included "DecipherDNA" script and do a "select *" at the bottom of it, you will see all 243 possible views numbered. These are the 243 rules hidden in the math formula as a sort of virtual table. The robot's dna strand is 243 characters long and matches up to these 243 views.

jeremiah.thomas (1/14/2010)

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I think i am with Valued member. how do we read the grid that decipherDNA creates?

here is a short example of the grid:

n s e w c a
0 0 0 0 1 4
0 0 0 1 1 4
0 0 0 2 1 4
0 0 1 0 1 4
0 0 1 1 1 1
0 0 1 2 1 3
0 0 2 0 1 4
0 0 2 1 1 1
0 1 0 0 1 3