Monday, May 7, 2012

Points of light.

Here's a dump of the history info from my standardized test cell after a test run:

ME value increases for point: [512, 832]
3.6843689007676927E-4
2.716237547371342E-5
2.9090579695712552E-5
3.1144463596306965E-5
6.506629228372208E-5
7.405909856976646E-5
1.7063948094252874E-4
3.3792013449738514E-4
7.444779872999891E-4
0.002446036637268214
0.012186734948650564
0.2634531866962704
0.05472177183706822
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ME value increases for point: [512, 132]
3.7562109253996525E-4
2.867135985517093E-5
3.0778210777415476E-5
3.3027122124802656E-5
6.928975898518475E-5
7.921599901756085E-5
1.835023833388631E-4
3.6633310815393274E-4
8.139099483572199E-4
0.00268837270633909
0.01693013582993017
0.3543588907279924
0.04679710557484452
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ME value increases for point: [768, 640]
3.760923095653502E-4
2.915072708934144E-5
3.1326436311622165E-5
3.365123867539532E-5
7.064017770270657E-5
8.091135601364832E-5
1.8698489800672439E-4
3.7208456012115634E-4
8.258726661649197E-4
0.002729821637916935
0.01721015128808257
0.40555363904035674
0.09538530622543287
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ME value increases for point: [512, 768]
3.767499868527032E-4
2.8279704526428565E-5
3.032241944513951E-5
3.2500398334611576E-5
6.754609983521939E-5
7.69811061138045E-5
1.7632033895116132E-4
3.4639456486021885E-4
7.570867716124853E-4
0.0024541848351469445
0.011871005835509091
0.2395660995876462
0.01219728123002246
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ME value increases for point: [0, 640]
3.8561785862321E-4
1.2321449572353496E-5
1.26924945932426E-5
1.3073266099040977E-5
1.3463927338444061E-5
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ME value increases for point: [640, 0]
3.722880447846761E-4
9.88352883149037E-6
1.0129457676970466E-5
1.0380636692813959E-5
1.0637132442555548E-5
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ME value increases for point: [512, 144]
3.733165328463877E-4
2.750708483139135E-5
2.9457539037267986E-5
3.15347941568521E-5
6.524675689809289E-5
7.416671102236263E-5
1.693333998658301E-4
3.327206820422787E-4
7.26147700986548E-4
0.0023424264101682976
0.01045868543088396
0.02708073563331379
0.0015200371921317774
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ME value increases for point: [384, 384]
3.817576409065541E-4
2.9874999870465113E-5
3.212520064006556E-5
6.671118787423355E-5
7.64355917225563E-5
1.7542695358521127E-4
3.4845124474010053E-4
7.711369032722636E-4
0.0025399536635697523
0.0126289164665422
0.26379030752774035
7.561156233093637
158.16191766117714 <---- this point will be something big!
21.97533623061286
2.1882426816866567
1.1442409191569198
0.7480535613845003

I've run tests against my test cell (a cell which generates the same noise map every time) and random cells (random noise maps), and the interesting thing is that, very consistently, one point rises far above the others. This bodes well for the system I've set up, since while the majority of the cells in the galaxy will be "empty" space without significant structure, the ones that do have significant structure will tend to have one high-density point and some variable number of lower-but-variable-density points... just like a solar system. Neat.