Prismatic Opticon - Revision history

Hanid: /* Running the Opticon */

2016-11-19T14:54:08Z

Running the Opticon

Hanid: /* Designing the Opticon Light Show */

2016-11-19T14:51:57Z

Designing the Opticon Light Show

Lilyoptra: /* Cost */

2016-04-19T20:29:45Z

Cost

Lilyoptra: /* Cost */

2016-04-19T20:27:00Z

Cost

Lilyoptra: /* Cost */

2016-04-19T20:26:33Z

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Lilyoptra: /* Cost */

2016-04-19T20:25:19Z

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Lilyoptra: /* Cost */

2016-04-19T20:24:28Z

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Lilyoptra: /* Cost */

2016-03-28T02:57:31Z

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Tesa: /* Use */

2016-02-27T20:26:11Z

Use

Tesa: /* Use */

2016-02-27T20:24:47Z

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	Since it is very useful to see how your opticon works in action while you are designing it, but rather difficult to design a new gearbox for each configuration, there is a simple trick that lets you reuse a small number of gearboxes. Any change at all, no matter how small, will reset the gearbox requirement. One method that you can use is to change movement speed to "Slow" and make a miniscule change to a target (in one or more of the phases). After each change, click "Run" on the Opticon menu until you hit upon a requirement for a gearbox that you have. Install that gearbox, which removes any gearbox which was previously installed.		Since it is very useful to see how your opticon works in action while you are designing it, but rather difficult to design a new gearbox for each configuration, there is a simple trick that lets you reuse a small number of gearboxes. Any change at all, no matter how small, will reset the gearbox requirement. One method that you can use is to change movement speed to "Slow" and make a miniscule change to a target (in one or more of the phases). After each change, click "Run" on the Opticon menu until you hit upon a requirement for a gearbox that you have. Install that gearbox, which removes any gearbox which was previously installed.

−	Once you click "Run" after gearbox installation, the design animates and your opticon becomes judgable as soon as it is running. The Opticon remains running full-time thereafter, and judges are not required to stop or start it in order to make their Judgement. If, as the owner, you decide to stop the Opticon, you will receive a warning message that all votes/judgements will be reset to zero. Only stop it if you have decided to change the design and are willing to lose all voting progress.	+	Once you click "Run" after gearbox installation, the design animates and your opticon becomes judgable as soon as it is running. ("Run" does not install the gearbox. There is a separate command to do this on the menu. ~ Hanid) The Opticon remains running full-time thereafter, and judges are not required to stop or start it in order to make their Judgement. If, as the owner, you decide to stop the Opticon, you will receive a warning message that all votes/judgements will be reset to zero. Only stop it if you have decided to change the design and are willing to lose all voting progress.

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 To design your opticon light show, click on the opticon to get the configuration controls. Several of the configuration controls are not very useful, so the following short tutorial will focus on the few that are useful. It is recommended that you do a small test design from start to finish, so you can get the feel for how everything works before launching into your real work of art.
-Pin up the "Reconfigure..." menu, which lets you Add a Target, Add a Ray, and Add a Phase. When you reset the opticon design, you start with one of each. First add two or three more Targets and one more Ray. Note that the Ray sources are attached to the top of the upright in the middle of the structure, while the targets appear at the end of semi-transparent rods sticking out from the top of the structure.
+Pin up the "Reconfigure..." menu, which lets you Add a Target (looks like a grey blob~Hanid), Add a Ray (looks like a wire ~ Hanid), and Add a Phase (Freeze frame when grouped together to make the animation ~ Hanid). When you reset the opticon design, you start with one of each. First add two or three more Targets and one more Ray. Note that the Ray sources are attached to the top of the upright in the middle of the structure, while the targets appear at the end of semi-transparent rods sticking out from the top of the structure.
 The targets are the balls at the end of each rod, but it is the rods that you select. Select a rod by clicking on it directly. To move a rod, pin up the Target Movement menu. The Fast, Medium, and Slow speed controls how quickly you can move the rods and/or their attached targets during the design phase. These settings do not control movement speed during the actual running of the Opticon. You can move the targets Up, Down, Right, Left, In and Out. In and Out determines the length of the light ray in the final design. (Comment: set the Target Movement menu to: Speed: Fast to see the target moving - Nissim)

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 *3 [[requires::Cut Gems|Appolonia Garnet]]
 *1 [[requires::Cut Gems|Full Eye (Any)]]
-*1 or more one-output [[Gearbox]] (see Running the Opticon section below.)
+*1 or more random 1-output [[Gearbox]] (see Running the Opticon section below.)
 Built in a [[requires::Small Construction Site]].

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 *3 [[requires::Cut Gems|Appolonia Garnet]]
 *1 [[requires::Cut Gems|Full Eye (Any)]]
-*1 or more one-output [[Gearbox]] (see Running the Opticon section below.
+*1 or more one-output [[Gearbox]] (see Running the Opticon section below.)
 Built in a [[requires::Small Construction Site]].

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 *3 [[requires::Cut Gems|Appolonia Garnet]]
 *1 [[requires::Cut Gems|Full Eye (Any)]]
-*1 or more one-output gearboxes (see Running the Opticon section below.
+*1 or more one-output [[Gearbox]] (see Running the Opticon section below.
 Built in a [[requires::Small Construction Site]].

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 *1 [[requires::Cut Gems|Ra's Lantern Sunstone]]
 *2 [[requires::Cut Gems|Hile's Chevrons Sunstone]]
-*2 [[requires::Cut Gems|Bastet Suntstone]]
+*2 [[requires::Cut Gems|Bastet Sunstone]]
 *3 [[requires::Cut Gems|Amanti Jade]]
 *2 [[requires::Cut Gems|Choronzon Jade]]

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 The popup on the Opticon indicates that the limit is (Rays + Targets) * Phases <= 300.
 {{RequiredBy}}
 [[Category:Buildings]]

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	Used in the[[ Test of the Prismatic Opticon]]		Used in the[[ Test of the Prismatic Opticon]]
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	[[Category:Buildings]]		[[Category:Buildings]]