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@Cool_S -- For this particular scene I used two different methods to simulate fire: One is a laser, and the other is a box that has script that generates colored circles. In both cases, I used script to produce a yellow-orange light that shimmers, making it look somewhat like fire. In the laser I used a random number generator that makes the laser beam change colors and shake around like real fire. I can't go into much more detail if you have no scripting experience. The good news is, most fire generators are self-contained, and so if you wanted to copy the laser and the box that produces circles, you can go ahead and copy them and use them in your own scenes. I have a few other scenes that use fire generators and if you can find them you have my permission to copy them and use them in your own scenes. If you find other fire generators in other people's scenes that you would like to use for your own scenes, you will have to ask them permission to copy them. If you ask someone in a comment and they don't respond within a few days, then it might be safe to copy their stuff. But if you do that and they later complain about it, you might need to remove it from your scene, but I doubt that would happen because most people here on Algobox are nice and friendly.

Ummm.... sorry but most of the details in your scene are not correct. For one thing, you attempted to describe a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube). The CRT is only one component of the old analog TV's. There are many other circuits that were required to receive TV signals and convert them to audio sounds and video displays. Wikipedia has a very detailed explanation of how a CRT works Here:

Cathode Ray Tube

And here are details of the old analog television:

Analog Television

YW!

Hi StepSquad1

The scene is nicely laid out and easy to use. Good job!

It looks rather strange when the fork lift moves without an operator behind the wheel! But, except for that little detail, you did an excellent job on this scene. I don't like beer but I do like the scene!

I "think" what's happening here is Algodoo "attraction" attracts the center of mass of an object, unlike a magnet that can attract the end or any other portion of an iron object. That is why the rectangle on the right side is not affected by the attraction of the black circles. The circles are "pulling" on the center of the rectangle which happens to be anchored to the background with an axle. If you were to slide the axle toward the left end or right end of the rectangle, then it will rotate because one of the circles is tugging on the center of mass which is now between the axle and the end of the rectangle. And that is why the segmented rectangle on the left is attracted to the circles. The circles are tugging on each segment whose center of mass happens to be away from the axle anchor point. Attraction doesn't work like magnetism.... it seems to work like gravity!

That is a classic Rube Goldberg machine. You created a complicated machine or device that's used to make an otherwise simple task complex.

That's a really weird bowling game!

Yep.... It's definitely a bendy thing!

Nice explosion!

That scene had to be deleted. My warning message explains why.

HUH? I don't understand. What do you mean by "It took me 2 users.."?

This scene is real corny.

TireBurnout -- Don't be so sarcastic! It's Okay to not like a scene but it's not Okay to be sarcastic or to insult the user. If you continue being sarcastic here on Algobox, you will risk being banned. I hope you don't want that to happen!

Didn't you read and understand my comment? I was telling TireBurnout that his comment was sarcastic. That's my job as Admin here on Algobox. I did not say anything rude about you or about your scene!

Try again! Eventually it will go into the box.

You uploaded only 15 scenes.... Not 1500 scenes!

1. Your note in the scene states: "Hook this up to the engine/wheels" but you do not explain HOW to do that!

2. When I click Start, the Dyno comes to life and it looks like it is accelerating even before I hook anything up to the engine! Then after a few seconds it abruptly stops. Is it supposed to do that?

Thanks Little! Overall, nice job on the scene.

Little -- Your code looks amazing! I'm impressed.


BTW - This is what Google says about structs: Structures (also called structs) are a way to group several related variables into one place. Each variable in the structure is known as a member of the structure. Unlike an array, a structure can contain many different data types (int, float, char, etc.).

Thanks!

If anyone would like to have the puzzle automatically solve itself:

Select all of the pieces, then set the local variable _lockHome = true. When you run the sim, every piece will fly to its correct location.

OUCH! The flare burned my hand!

Thanks guys!

A little super glue should fix it.

@Cool_S --
1. Because I wanted to make them that way. Actually, I had a good reason for making the puzzle pieces all the same shape. If they were different, like in a typical jig saw puzzle, people would try to match shapes to the cutouts. I wanted the shape to be the same for all pieces so that players would need to match the graphic images on each piece to the images on the puzzle. They also need to correctly rotate the pieces for the images to match up. I thought it might be a little more challenging to do it that way.

2. Angry Birds seems to be popular so I searched Google Images for Angry Birds scenes. The one that I chose just seemed like a good one for a jig-saw puzzle.

Thanks for the questions.

@HammerYTIsHere -- Yes, I believe that you are the only one out of 73,679 Algodoo users who do that.

Oh... Thanks!