User:Obol/FountainGuide - Revision history

Obol at 21:27, 30 March 2014

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Obol at 15:38, 14 August 2013

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Obol at 21:18, 20 April 2013

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Obol at 21:14, 14 April 2013

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Obol at 21:06, 14 April 2013

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Obol at 20:40, 14 April 2013

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 Notice the images below; the left one illustrates the 5 basins and their configuration screens and the right one is the main interface for the fountain design.
-The interface is accessed by clicking on the mechanism and using the <b>Adjust the Fountain</b> option.  On the interface the grey dot is the mechanism(sorry, you can not see it on this image), the yellow dot is you and the larger circles are the basins. The small dots in the basins are nozzles.  You can access the basin's configuration screens by clicking on a basin and hitting the <b>Config</b> button.  Notice I only put water in one basin, the middle one.  Also notice I named the basins so I can keep track of them since the screen will rotate when I move around.  With this design I plan to send water from the middle basin to the 4 outer basins, then send the water back to the middle basin and repeat, creating a repeating affect.  To add water to the basin you will need jugs of water in your inventory, the more water you put in the basin the longer it will take to repeat because it will take longer to move that amount of water.  To be honest, I used too much water in the middle basin, but I wanted it to take longer, however most people won't set there and watch the full effect when it takes this long.  50 water will make for a very fast turn around.
+The interface is accessed by clicking on the mechanism and using the <b>Adjust the Fountain</b> option.  On the interface the grey dot is the mechanism(sorry, you can only see half of it at the top), the yellow dot is you and the larger circles are the basins. The small dots in the basins are nozzles.  You can access the basin's configuration screens by clicking on a basin and hitting the <b>Config</b> button.  Notice I only put water in one basin, the middle one.  Also notice I named the basins so I can keep track of them since the screen will rotate when I move around.  With this design I plan to send water from the middle basin to the 4 outer basins, then send the water back to the middle basin and repeat, creating a repeating affect.  To add water to the basin you will need jugs of water in your inventory, the more water you put in the basin the longer it will take to repeat because it will take longer to move that amount of water.  To be honest, I used too much water in the middle basin, but I wanted it to take longer, however most people won't set there and watch the full effect when it takes this long.  50 water will make for a very fast turn around.
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 Notice the images below; the left one illustrates the 5 basins and their configuration screens and the right one is the main interface for the fountain design.
-The interface is accessed by clicking on the mechanism and using the <b>Adjust the Fountain</b> option.  On the interface the grey dot is the mechanism(sorry, you can only see half of it at the top), the yellow dot is you and the larger circles are the basins. The small dots in the basins are nozzles.  You can access the basin's configuration screens by clicking on a basin and hitting the <b>Config</b> button.  Notice I only put water in one basin, the middle one.  Also notice I named the basins so I can keep track of them since the screen will rotate when I move around.  With this design I plan to send water from the middle basin to the 4 outer basins, then send the water back to the middle basin and repeat, creating a repeating affect.  To add water to the basin you will need jugs of water in your inventory, the more water you put in the basin the longer it will take to repeat because it will take longer to move that amount of water.  To be honest, I used too much water in the middle basin, but I wanted it to take longer, however most people won't set there and watch the full effect when it takes this long.  50 water will make for a very fast turn around.
+The interface is accessed by clicking on the mechanism and using the <b>Adjust the Fountain</b> option.  On the interface the grey dot is the mechanism(sorry, you can not see it on this image), the yellow dot is you and the larger circles are the basins. The small dots in the basins are nozzles.  You can access the basin's configuration screens by clicking on a basin and hitting the <b>Config</b> button.  Notice I only put water in one basin, the middle one.  Also notice I named the basins so I can keep track of them since the screen will rotate when I move around.  With this design I plan to send water from the middle basin to the 4 outer basins, then send the water back to the middle basin and repeat, creating a repeating affect.  To add water to the basin you will need jugs of water in your inventory, the more water you put in the basin the longer it will take to repeat because it will take longer to move that amount of water.  To be honest, I used too much water in the middle basin, but I wanted it to take longer, however most people won't set there and watch the full effect when it takes this long.  50 water will make for a very fast turn around.
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 Now for the final nozzles and we will be done.  These nozzles will send water from one outer basin to another.  Since these nozzle are sending water from one outer basin to another at the same rate it will not affect the On and Off levels for the nozzles in these basins.  On the <b>Last Nozzles Selected</b> image above, you can see I have the center nozzle in the NW basin selected and I am standing in the NE basin.  Hit one of the <b>Aim</b> buttons and set the height and Spread attributes.  Hit the <b>Config</b> button and set the On Level to 35 and the Off level to 30.  This will make these nozzles turn on and off while the nozzles in the middle basin are filling these basins. Move to the next basin and select the nozzle in the basin you were just in and set its attributes.  Test it.
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-To Open the fountain for judging have must start it first.  I hope this tutorial has helped and good luck on passing this test.
+To Open the fountain for judging you must start it first.  I hope this tutorial has helped and good luck on passing this test.

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 Notice the yellow dot on the northwest(NW) basin, that is where I am standing, also notice the small grey dot near me, that is where the nozzle was aimed.  To aim the nozzle hit the <b>Aim(Gentle)</b> or the <b>Aim(Abrupt)</b> button.  I typically use the Aim(Abrupt) button because that will make the nozzle shot the water to that location quicker.  Once an aim button is hit, it will add some attributes to the <b>Time 0</b> line on the nozzle table.  With that line selected, you can then raise or lower the water stream by using the <b>Higher</b> or <b>Lower</b> buttons.<BR>
 With this nozzle still selected, hit the <b>Config</b> button to see the configuration screen for this nozzle.  On the <b>Nozzle Configuration</b> image above you see there are several options to set.  I suggest you name your nozzles, it help you keep track of them, however I didn't this time.  The <b>Turn-off Level</b> is used to tell the nozzle what water level to get to to turn off, the <b>Turn-on Level</b> tells the nozzle when to turn on.  Those are the only two settings you really need to worry about, the rest of the settings I do not change, I really don't see much of a change with them but your welcome to experiment.  The two check boxes on the bottom I do set, the <b>Move While Dry</b> I turn off on all nozzles and the <b>Start On</b> I tun on for nozzles in the basin with the starting water and off for nozzles in basins with no water.<BR>
-Since there is 600 water in the starting basin(middle), I set the On Level to 600 and I set the Off Level to 220.  Using some math; (600 - 220) = 380 so 380 water will be sent to 4 basins at the same time. (380 / 4) = 95 will make the outer basins have 95 water each.  That will also leave 220 water in the middle basin that I will use for the center nozzle, but we don't really need that much.  Now you need to run/walk to each of the other outer basins and select a different nozzle to aim to those basins and set configurations too.  I choose to use the nozzle closest to the outer basin I am aiming for, you may want to use different nozzles to get a different affect.
+Since there is 600 water in the starting basin(middle), I set the On Level to 600 and I set the Off Level to 220.  Using some math; (600 - 220) = 380 so 380 water will be sent to 4 outer basins at the same time. (380 / 4) = 95 will make the outer basins have 95 water each.  That will also leave 220 water in the middle basin that I will use for the center nozzles in those basins, but we don't really need that much.  Now you need to run/walk to each of the other outer basins and select a different nozzle to aim to those basins and set their configurations.  I choose to use the nozzle closest to the outer basin I am aiming for, you may want to use different nozzles to get a different affect.
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 To configure and aim the nozzles, you select a nozzle by clicking on one of the dots inside a basin, that will change the interface to look something like the <b>Nozzle Selected</b> image above.  Notice the dot turned RED and new options appeared.  To aim the nozzle you have to move your avatar to the location you want the nozzle to send water.  This can be tricky because you can not click inside a basin to move there.  I like to use F8F8 camera and use the arrow keys to move(close chat and set Option/Interface/Other:/Use arrow keys for movement), I also set my emote to walk.  That way I can get as close to the middle of a basin as I can.<BR>
 Notice the yellow dot on the northwest(NW) basin, that is where I am standing, also notice the small grey dot near me, that is where the nozzle was aimed.  To aim the nozzle hit the <b>Aim(Gentle)</b> or the <b>Aim(Abrupt)</b> button.  I typically use the Aim(Abrupt) button because that will make the nozzle shot the water to that location quicker.  Once an aim button is hit, it will add some attributes to the <b>Time 0</b> line on the nozzle table.  With that line selected, you can then raise or lower the water stream by using the <b>Higher</b> or <b>Lower</b> buttons.<BR>
-With this nozzle still selected, hit the <b>Config</b> button to see the configuration screen for this nozzle.  On the <b>Nozzle Configuration</b> image above you see there are several options to set.  I suggest you name your nozzles, it help you keep track of them, however I didn't this time.  The <b>Turn-off Level</b> is used to tell the nozzle what water level to get to to turn off, the <b>Turn-on Level</b> tells the nozzle when to turn on.  Those are the only two settings you really need to worry about, the rest of the settings I do not change, I really don't see much of a change with them but your welcome to experiment.  The two check boxes on the bottom I do set, the <b>Move While Dry</b> I turn off on all nozzles and the <b>Start On</b> I tun on for nozzles in the basin with the starting water and off for nozzles in basin with no water.<BR>
+With this nozzle still selected, hit the <b>Config</b> button to see the configuration screen for this nozzle.  On the <b>Nozzle Configuration</b> image above you see there are several options to set.  I suggest you name your nozzles, it help you keep track of them, however I didn't this time.  The <b>Turn-off Level</b> is used to tell the nozzle what water level to get to to turn off, the <b>Turn-on Level</b> tells the nozzle when to turn on.  Those are the only two settings you really need to worry about, the rest of the settings I do not change, I really don't see much of a change with them but your welcome to experiment.  The two check boxes on the bottom I do set, the <b>Move While Dry</b> I turn off on all nozzles and the <b>Start On</b> I tun on for nozzles in the basin with the starting water and off for nozzles in basins with no water.<BR>
 Since there is 600 water in the starting basin(middle), I set the On Level to 600 and I set the Off Level to 220.  Using some math; (600 - 220) = 380 so 380 water will be sent to 4 basins at the same time. (380 / 4) = 95 will make the outer basins have 95 water each.  That will also leave 220 water in the middle basin that I will use for the center nozzle, but we don't really need that much.  Now you need to run/walk to each of the other outer basins and select a different nozzle to aim to those basins and set configurations too.  I choose to use the nozzle closest to the outer basin I am aiming for, you may want to use different nozzles to get a different affect.
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 Notice the images below; the left one illustrates the 5 basins and their configuration screens and the right one is the main interface for the fountain design.
-Hovering your mouse over an image will show the name of that image.  The interface is accessed by clicking on the mechanism and using the <b>Adjust the Fountain</b> option.  On the interface the grey dot is the mechanism(sorry, you can only see half of it at the top), the yellow dot is you and the larger circles are the basins. The small dots in the basins are nozzles.  You can access the basin's configuration screens by clicking on a basin and hitting the <b>Config</b> button.  Notice I only put water in one basin, the middle one.  Also notice I named the basins so I can keep track of them since the screen will rotate when I move around.  With this design I plan to send water from the middle basin to the 4 outer basins, then send the water back to the middle basin and repeat, creating a cycle affect.  To add water to the basin you will need jugs of water in your inventory, the more water you put in the basin the longer the cycle will take because it will take longer to move that amount of water.  To be honest, I used too much water in the middle basin, but I wanted a long cycle, however most people won't set there and watch the full cycle when it takes this long.  50 water will make for a fast cycle.
+Hovering your mouse over an image will show the name of that image.  The interface is accessed by clicking on the mechanism and using the <b>Adjust the Fountain</b> option.  On the interface the grey dot is the mechanism(sorry, you can only see half of it at the top), the yellow dot is you and the larger circles are the basins. The small dots in the basins are nozzles.  You can access the basin's configuration screens by clicking on a basin and hitting the <b>Config</b> button.  Notice I only put water in one basin, the middle one.  Also notice I named the basins so I can keep track of them since the screen will rotate when I move around.  With this design I plan to send water from the middle basin to the 4 outer basins, then send the water back to the middle basin and repeat, creating a repeating affect.  To add water to the basin you will need jugs of water in your inventory, the more water you put in the basin the longer it will take to repeat because it will take longer to move that amount of water.  To be honest, I used too much water in the middle basin, but I wanted it to take longer, however most people won't set there and watch the full effect when it takes this long.  50 water will make for a very fast turn around.
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 Do not move your avatar and set the other outer nozzles in the other basins to aim at the same location and set their configurations the same.
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-This is a good time to test it again.  This time it should continue to cycle and you now have a working fountain.<BR>
+This is a good time to test it again.  This time it should continue to repeat and you now have a working fountain.<BR>
 But wait, we are not done yet.<BR>
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-Now for the final nozzles and we will be done.  These nozzles will send water from one outer basin to another.  Since these nozzle are sending water from one outer to another it will not affect the On and Off levels for the nozzles in these basins.  On the <b>Last Nozzles Selected</b> image above, you can see I have the center nozzle in the NW basin selected and I am standing in the NE basin.  Hit one of the <b>Aim</b> buttons and set the height and Spread attributes.  Hit the <b>config</b> button and set the On Level to 35 and the Off level to 30.  This will make these nozzles turn on and off while the nozzles in the middle basin are filling these basins. Move to the next basin and select the nozzle in the basin you were just in and set its attributes.  Test it.
+Now for the final nozzles and we will be done.  These nozzles will send water from one outer basin to another.  Since these nozzle are sending water from one outer basin to another at the same rate it will not affect the On and Off levels for the nozzles in these basins.  On the <b>Last Nozzles Selected</b> image above, you can see I have the center nozzle in the NW basin selected and I am standing in the NE basin.  Hit one of the <b>Aim</b> buttons and set the height and Spread attributes.  Hit the <b>Config</b> button and set the On Level to 35 and the Off level to 30.  This will make these nozzles turn on and off while the nozzles in the middle basin are filling these basins. Move to the next basin and select the nozzle in the basin you were just in and set its attributes.  Test it.
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-To Open the fountain for judging have must start it first.  I hope this tutoial has helped and good luck on passing this test.
+To Open the fountain for judging have must start it first.  I hope this tutorial has helped and good luck on passing this test.