Soar 9.6.3 is a maintenance release, meaning no major features were added, but it does still represent a lot of work in the form of bug fixes, code modernization, and usability improvements.
Note: the released zip file initially had an issue for OSX users that prevented initial setup. A fixed release was uploaded here on Aug 19, 2024. If you are on an Intel Mac and downloaded before that date, please download the current zip file to successfully run Soar.
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VisualSoar has improved support for version control and collaboration, including datamap import, opening projects read-only, and reduced commit noise.
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The debugger has been made more stable for dynamic environments that add and remove many agents.
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Chunking now creates singletons by default. This should be a better default for most projects, but it can
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SVS can be disabled/enabled for just substates.
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Linux users: Soar was compiled on the recent Ubuntu 24.04, so you may need to update your system or libstdc++ to run the included binaries (or else build from source yourself).
The full release notes can be found in their own file.