How to prevent neural probes from disappearing? 

Hi there!

First I wanted you to tell that this program is really great, I enjoy playing around with it for years now.
Thanks for the people who made this!!!

My question is, how can I make them little windows for the neuron activity stay open. When I click on a Neuron in the Brain section of the Body and Brain Window, the window with the neuron activity pops open, but only for a few seconds, then it closes again. Is there somewhere an option to make them stay open all the time?

I think they close when new food is added to the world. But exactly then it would be interesting how some neurons (like smell food) react when the food comes close.

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Maciej Komosinski's picture

...glad you like Framsticks :-)

The neural probes disappear when there is a change on the "populations" lists. This happens when a new individual (including food) is added, removed (dies), or you manually change selection on these lists.

So indeed, adding food causes the Body&Brain window to be "re-associated" with the selected creature, and the neural probes are lost. A workaround is to turn off death, add as many food items as you need, open neural probes, and move food using the "robot hand" closer/farther the smell receptors to see their influence on the sensory signal.

This workaround should help in your situation. Let us know if there are cases when it does not suffice.