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Simulation controls

The bar above the workspace controls the running simulation.

• Setup - re-initialise the world. Runs every setup_rules, sets

the tick counter to 0, and re-seeds the RNG from Seed.

• ← Step - replay one tick earlier. Only works while time-travel

history is valid (i.e. you haven't made a structural edit since the last Setup).

• Step → - run one tick forward.
• Go / Pause - run forward continuously until paused.
• Tick / Agents / Seed - live counters. Click the seed number to

edit it or hit ↻ to randomise. Either action re-runs Setup.

• Undo - pop the last structural edit (add/update/delete on an

agent type, rule, property, etc.). Doesn't affect ticks or slider changes.

Time travel

Every Setup starts a fresh history. Stepping forward records checkpoints; ← Step replays from the nearest checkpoint forward to tick - 1. Any structural edit (changing a rule, adding an agent type) invalidates the history - the back button greys out until your next Setup.