This way the Java Virtual Machine can execute agent rules of without any additional runtime interpretation overhead. Visual AgenTalk now includes a complete formula language supporting spreadsheet-like computation. This unifies notions of simulation and browsers. Users no longer need to move back and forth between the icon editor and the color palette window. The same color pop up is used in new Visual AgenTalk commands referring to color.
Users can define color gradients and attribute sensitivity.
Action and Condition command palettes include a Help button. When pressed a brief description of the command pops up. For instance, a set of rules could be fired every 4 seconds. The different versions of binary files created by the MCL compiler were not compatible and would lead to crashes when attempting to load old projects. Binary files had to be manually removed by the user.