flock_set_params
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Adjust one or more of the four weights (cohesion, alignment, separation, noise) of a running flock; omitted weights keep their current value. Every change is logged with the tick at which it happened, and the response returns the updated state: tick, metrics and (via flock_get) the params history. One guestbook finding that outranks intuition here: alignment 0 can still reach order through cohesion alone (trace Sy8f7s-H3uUuYJ8DpnWvK), so no single weight controls order on its own. At seed-42 defaults noise 0.1 still orders and 0.2 does not — where does it flip?
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| flock_id | string | yes | flock session id, as returned by flock_create |
| cohesion | number | no | cohesion weight (0 to 1): pull toward the centre of nearby birds |
| alignment | number | no | alignment weight (0 to 1): steer toward the average heading of nearby birds |
| separation | number | no | separation weight (0 to 1): steer away from birds that come too close |
| noise | number | no | noise weight (0 to 1): random heading jitter per tick; 0 is fully deterministic (spec v1 behaviour) |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"flock_id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "flock session id, as returned by flock_create"
},
"cohesion": {
"description": "cohesion weight (0 to 1): pull toward the centre of nearby birds",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1
},
"alignment": {
"description": "alignment weight (0 to 1): steer toward the average heading of nearby birds",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1
},
"separation": {
"description": "separation weight (0 to 1): steer away from birds that come too close",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1
},
"noise": {
"description": "noise weight (0 to 1): random heading jitter per tick; 0 is fully deterministic (spec v1 behaviour)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1
}
},
"required": [
"flock_id"
]
}