Implementation of Craig Reynold's Boids in C++11 with SFML2. Features placeable boids, scatter mode, predators, zooming and multithreading (enabling more boids to be simulated).
You will need an installation of SFML compatible with SFML-2.3.2. If you run Debian or derivatives, you can install SFML by doing
sudo apt-get install libsfml-dev
After you've done that, you can compile by just doing
make
in the project directory. This will compile with gcc/g++. If you want a smaller executable (without debugging symbols), you can remove the -g option from the Makefile.
To run the simulation, do
./sfml-boids <boid count>
where boid count is the initial number of boids. If omitted, it will default to 40.
a: enable/disable rendering of velocity arrows/vectors of boids.s: enable/disable scatter mode. In scatter mode the boids will scatter instead of flock.- Left click: place a new boid
- Right click: place a predator boid. Ordinary boids will flee from predators.
- Mouse wheel/scrolling: zoom in/out, effectively increasing the space the boids can move in.
