• deranger@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          edit-2
          5 days ago

          It’s not online/offline like the internet, it’s just referring to how the AI is doing open world stuff. A-life has two modes. Online which is a bubble around you where enemies are rendered with models and doing things in the world, and offline where they’re basically just numbers on a spreadsheet. They have simulated activity offline, like walking around, looting things, sleeping, etc. but aren’t actually spawned into the world until your online “bubble” is nearby.

          • GoodEye8@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            5
            ·
            5 days ago

            okay, that makes sense. The online/offline terminology was just confusing.