RE: Mosquito or no-see-em?

["mike sandy" <mjsandy@xxxx>]

In my program, mosquito_hunter.mw2, the following piece of code controlled
the fluctuations - a simple switch of direction, decreasing with the proximity
of the prey.

make "d distance "t2
if :d > :dmax[make "dmax :d]
lt :d / :dmax * 80 * (-1 + 2 * random 2) ; ;:k
fd random 10 towards "t2

But as Gary McCallister said, a large number of factors could affect the 
flight path.
These might lead to movement, at times, away from the prey.
One way of allowing for this is the following code:

make "d distance "t2
if :d > :dmax[make "dmax :d]
make "f :d / :dmax
lt (power :f :n) * (-1*:angle + random 2 * :angle) 
fd random 10

If :n, in (power :f :n), is greater than 1 then the rate of decrease in 
fluctuations
increases with :n; the reverse is true for 1 / :n.

:angle < or = to 180. 

The distance travelled by "fd random 10" can be changed, but if much larger 
values are used
the mosquito can go right through the barrier before TOUCHING? is called.

Mike

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