The Agency: Preview 2 Released for Mac & Windows

We are happy to announce the release of StarLogo TNG Preview 2, which is now available for download.

Preview 2 is the first release available for both Mac OS X and Windows. The delay of the Mac release has allowed us to release it as a Universal Binary, which runs natively on both Intel and PowerPC Macs. The performance on the Intel Macs is phenomenal.

Among the noted features of this release are drastically improved performance (averaging about 5x faster on many machines) and many bug fixes. But there are a number of new features as well, including patch variables, tool tips for blocks, more functionality for setup and collision blocks, up/down blocks, ask-agent block, and many new shapes and sample projects.

One subtle new feature, relating to speed, is the "Max" speed on the speed slider. For simulations, try cranking it all the way up. Projects that don't stamp patches (which is still slow and will be improved in Preview 3) run very quickly, easily besting StarLogo 2. Finally, be sure to press the H key for help, which tells you all of the ways you can navigate Spaceland.

For the Windows users out there, a full list of changes from Preview 1 to Preview 2 is available.

Enjoy!

StarLogo Team