Hey Daniel,

have you ever thought of a feature for kangaroo that enables it to be used within an e.g. galapagos evaluation network? Basic funtionality is there by setting the internal iterations to a sufficiently high number so the final result is immediately put out.

The main hook is that you have to alternatingly switch the boolean toggle for resetting the simulation which is a bit tricky (or I just didnt figure it out):

- option 1: loop kangaroo with something like hoopsnake (which cannot be triggered but also must be started manually, so this option is no option)

- option 2: a setup of data dams, counters and whatsoever to use every second evaluation cycle generated by galapagos (or similar) to reset the simulation. the other set of cycles is artificially "thrown away" by setting the fitness in that iteration very very bad. Also you have to make sure to maintain the same input geometry to kangaroo for two cycles - and there's the point i havent figured out so far: the output of the actual kangaroo result then does not correspond to the genome galapagos had intended for it ...

so i kindly ask for the possibility of an additional setup-input for kangaroo that says something like 'auto-reset' and 'forces kangaroo physics to automatically reset every time it's inputs get expired/changed'.

i know kangaroo makes use of static variables to be able to provide its 'live physics feeling' over changing inputs, but sometimes it's also VERY useful to use it e.g. as a little helper for relaxation etc. just within an bigger optimization setup.

Would be great if you could think about that a second,

keep up the great work

Best

Robert