To run FAE you will need to use a Java enabled browser, using Java Runtime Environment v1.4.2 or better. Since the graphical interface is computationally expensive to generate, it is recommended that you use a system faster than 600MHz, with at least 256Mb RAM. Note: resizing the Java window will speed up the simulation.
At the bottom of this page is a button to open up FAE. When you click on this button, the following window will appear:
The screen is divided into three main sections: the workspace (the main area), a project tree (to the left) and a menu bar below. To load an example project, click on the file button on the menu bar to the bottom left of your screen. The following menu will appear:
To run an example simulation, click on the “Load Example” option. When you click on “Load Example” option, you will be provided with a list of example problems from the various projects:
Simply click on the example problem that you wish to load. After a few moments, FAE’s working memory will appear in the workspace:
To run the loaded problem, simply click on the play button. If you are running problems from the Copycat domain, there may be several alternative solutions. In this case, after a solution has been found hitting stop to reset the contents of working memory and replaying the problem may yield different results.
Click on the following button to open FAE (please note, in some browsers such as IE, you may have to click on the button twice - once to activate the applet itself, and once to actually click the button):