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ANT21 by RUDY RUCKER (C) AUTODESK 1991. HOT KEYS:
A,Shift+A---Decrease or increase preyvalue.
B,Shift+B---Decrease or increase predatorvalue.
C,Shift+C---Decrease or increase foodvalue.
D,Shift+D---Decrease or increase crapvalue.
E,Shift+E---Decrease or increase wallvalue.
F---Toggle between EGA/VGA and CGA modes (if possible).
G---Toggle between the FreeForAll or EatCycle scoring systems.
H---Show this help file. Shift+H---Show a long help file.
I---Toggle between trails made of dots and trails made of lines.
Shift+I---Toggle between thin and wide line-segments for line trails.
J---Draw ellipses of food. Shift+J---Remove the food ellipses.
K---Toggle a maze on or off. Shift+K---Put the ants in screen corner.
L,Shift+L---Decrease or increase the traillength.
M,Shift+M---Decrease or increase the number of ants per colony.
N,Shift+N---Decrease or increase the number of colonies.
P---Randomize the palette. Shift+P---Return to the default palette.
Q---Quit.
R---Read a parameter (*.anp) file. Shift+R---Read a world (*.anw) file.
S---Toggle screenwrap on or off.
T---Toggle between head-dot bodies and stick bodies for ants.
Shift+T---Toggle between permanent trails and "evaporating" trails.
U,Shift+U---Decrease or increase breed cycle.
V,Shift+V---Decrease or increase states.
W---Write a parameter (*.anp) file. Shift+W---Write a world (*.anw) file.
X---Mutate all ants a little. Shift+X---Fully randomize all ants.
Y---Call up the interactive parameter settings menu.
Z---Clear the screen.
Space---Take single steps.
Enter---Do continuous run.
Esc---Quit.
,---Slower. .---Faster [Think of these as lowercase < and > keys.]
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 or 0---Directions: 4,6,8,12,16,fast 16,32,64,128,or mix.
Shift + 1,2,3,4,5,or 6---Step through types of breeding.
Mouse can be used to left click good ants or right click bad ants.
Double click of mouse or Enter resumes continuous run.