Algodoo

This is really cool, and I figured out how to make it even cooler with dynamic COLOR! Here's how if interested: Select all 512 polygons, then in colorHSVA replace the value that's shown with this script (make sure to include the squigly brackets):

{
[(pos(0) + pos(1)) * sim.time * 8, 1.0, 1.0, 1]
}

Also, the colors will show up better if you darken the background.

Then edit the scene on Algobox with your edited scene.

No it isn't! I made it the way it is just for fun, and it doesn't cheat anyone out of anything. It's just a kind of puzzle that people try to figure out.

What, no CLOCK?

By the way, when I click Play, the scene falls down into a large pile! Is it supposed to do that?

So?

It depends on what the question is about. For technical questions about Algobox or Algodoo, you can ask me by leaving a comment in any of my scenes. Since you are here already, you can ask it now. If it's about something that I cannot answer, I'll try to point you to someone else who might be able to answer it.

What is your question?

Thanks noiq!

Remember this: Acid should only be used in batteries!

You say "throw your ball..." but you didn't explain HOW! What are the control keys or mouse buttons used to play the game?

I deleted it for three reasons:

1. We already know about this issue.
2. You forced this bug to crash Algodoo by intentionally making a large pile of ropes instead of a normal (sensible) scene. There are many ways to make Algodoo crash by creating unusual conditions, and those extreme conditions are not normally considered "bugs".
3. I do not leave scenes posted on Algobox that cause erratic computer conditions such as extreme lag or crashes. No one likes that.

thedestroyer887 -- Thanks, but don't take everything you read here literally. We joke around a lot!

Oh, I didn't know that. Your instruction in the scene description "throw your ball into one of the pits" seems to imply that the PLAYER is the one who throws the ball. Maybe you should change it to "The purple stick figure throws the ball by itself." (?)

OOPS! I thought you were user Wilchz responding to my question. Don't confuse me like that!!!!

Okay, I didn't know that. But anyway your instruction in the scene description says "press tab to hide menus then press d to drag and press space to play". Well, when I press space (or the PLAY button) the scene collapses into a pile of stuff. That's what I was asking about!

Bug: The game doesn't seem to work at all! When I click the dice (as instructed) nothing happens.

Wait! I see what the problem is. After loading and running the game, it requires that I solve the math problem BEFORE clicking the dice. The instructions are not clear about that.
Now it seems to work properly. NICE GAME!

Suggestion: Change the instructions as follows: "Solve Addition Problem by clicking right answer, and then click dice for moving ahead."

It is not fixable by me or anyone else here on Algobox. Only the engineers who work at Algoryx (the company that owns Algodoo and Algobox) can fix it. They might fix issues such as this one down the road, but as far as I know, they have no plan to update Algodoo in the near future. If you don't try your hardest to make Algodoo do weird things, it will work just fine as the physics simulator that it was intended to be.

You said: "if i was wilchz i would have better grammar."

Are you sure about that? Your grammar and sentence structure in your comments prove differently! You don't use punctuation or capital letters where you are supposed to.

Wilchz -- Yes, that's better!


noiq -- It doesn't matter where you are from. You shouldn't criticize someone for having poor grammar when your grammar is just as bad or worse! And even if you had perfect grammar, there's a right way and a wrong way to explain grammar to the other person. Many people even feel insulted when you correct or make fun of their spelling or grammar. Many people are sensitive in that way, and so it's best to not say anything about it.

FourteenPlayz -- Your instructions talk about selecting squares and springs and making cool stuff, but you give no examples! After reading your instructions I am totally confused because they make no sense. No one can read your mind (as far as I know) so you must provide details, not only about WHAT to make but HOW to make them.

AhmadS -- I'm glad you like it.

NP noiq! Let's just get back to having fun and learning things with Algodoo!

Okay, I played it but nothing happens! What is supposed to happen?

I think there's a problem because the AI creatures don't move much at all. They just slowly drift around and don't eat any food.

It's pretty hard to make them walk on the bridge if they don't move at all! Did you forget to give them motion?

A scene title should say what the scene does or what the scene is about.

@Algdoofanroblox -- No one else complains about wrong names, so it must be something that YOU are not doing correctly. Without additional information, I don't know how I can help you figure it out.

Lately my favorite two words to begin with are "audio" and "earth". Those words cover all the vowels except for "Y", and the only letter that's found in both words is "A". There are other "helper words" that give even more hints than those two, but I found that using too many helper words mitigates the challenge of figuring out the word by using mostly logic and a good vocabulary. I don't feel satisfied when the challenge is too easy.

Nice work on this scene. You are truly a programming guru!

By the way, I LOL when I read those three sample words shown in your scene: "FREAK FETAL FECAL" I tried to imagine that situation and it caused all kinds of weird, sick images in my head! Was that intentional?

After just a cursory glance at this scene, one thing that I immediately noticed that's not permitted in the real world of electrical components is a zero ohm capacitor. With a dead short across its terminals, a zero ohm capacitor is electrically a piece of wire!

You mentioned the name "redstone" which I am not familiar with, so maybe that somehow affects how your spintronics components operate.

Nice! My success rate isn't quite as good as yours but it's good enough to be proud about.

Well, that explains it! I guess I missed out on a whole different world of physics by not playing Minecraft in my younger days. My bad!

s_noonan: "Spot welders often use a bank of capacitors that are localy shorted across two pieces of sheet metal to create a spot weld."

Me: I actually have that type of impulse spot welder. It relies on the fact that the material being welded does have some electrical resistance (very low resistance). If the material actually had zero ohms (aka, superconductor), it would not heat up while current is applied, and a weld cannot occur. The current, in that condition, would dissipate as heat into the connecting wires and into the capacitors themselves.

I think you posted the wrong scene because it looks like an airport, not a talking person!