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FloraJS - Agents flock to Walker

Flocking

Agents can also organize in flocks. The following properties affect flocking behavior.

  • flocking {boolean} default: false
  • desiredSeparation {number} default: width * 2
  • separateStrength {number} default: 0.3
  • alignStrength {number} default: 0.2
  • cohesionStrength {number} default: 0.1

In the example below, we create 20 Agents and set their 'seekTarget' to the Walker. We also set 'flocking' to true to enable the flocking behavior.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>FloraJS | Simulate natural systems with JavaScript</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.florajs.com/demos/css/burner.min.css" type="text/css" charset="utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.florajs.com/demos/css/flora.min.css" type="text/css" charset="utf-8" />
<script src="http://www.florajs.com/demos/scripts/burner.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="http://www.florajs.com/demos/scripts/flora.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
Burner.System.init(function() {
var walker = this.add('Walker');
for (var i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
this.add('Agent', {
seekTarget: walker,
flocking: true
});
}
this.add('Caption', {
text: 'Agents flock to walker',
opacity: 0.4,
borderColor: 'transparent',
position: 'top center'
});
this.add('InputMenu', {
opacity: 0.4,
borderColor: 'transparent',
position: 'bottom center'
});
}, {
gravity: new Burner.Vector(),
c: 0
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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