From vanderhyde at sxu.edu Thu May 4 18:29:24 2023 From: vanderhyde at sxu.edu (Vanderhyde, James) Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 22:29:24 +0000 Subject: alice-teacher Joint bug when using setAdultPersonResource Message-ID: <36376DCD-48C9-4802-9232-3946F4EA3483@sxu.edu> I make my students use setAdultPersonResource on the Sims characters so they can save a unique avatar for each student. Using Alice 3.7, there is a bug so that after you call setAdultPersonResource, the joints no longer move. This was not a problem two years ago, last time I taught the course. There was an earlier bug related to using the vehicle property and the origin of speech bubbles after calling setAdultPersonResource. After I reported that bug, the Alice team fixed it (thanks). But since then a different bug, even worse, has come in. See attachment for example. The movement is still occurring, as evidence by the object moving, but the sims character does not move their limbs. James ? 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URL: From dslater at andrew.cmu.edu Sat May 13 17:14:58 2023 From: dslater at andrew.cmu.edu (Donald Slater) Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 17:14:58 -0400 Subject: alice-teacher Alice Contact: You need Alice support or want to report a bug In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Mohammed, This is possible through the use of Camera Markers, and pointing each camera at different locations in the Scene (in other words, the second marker will be looking in the opposite direction of the first). Set up the basics of your first scene, position the camera appropriately, and set a camera marker at that position. Select THIS from the object menu and make a note of the colors for the ATMOSPHERE, ABOVELIGHT, and BELOWLIGHT that you think are appropriate for this scene, as you will need these values as you switch between scenes Then position the camera in a location that no elements of the first Scene can be seen. Select GROUND from the object menu, and select from its PAINT property the ground texture that you wish for the second scene (i.e. SeaFloor). Select THIS from the object menu and select the colors for the ATMOSPHERE, ABOVELIGHT, and BELOWLIGHT that you think are appropriate for this scene. Remember what these color values are as you will need these values as you switch between scenes. Set up the basics for this scene, position the camera appropriately, and set a camera marker at this position Once both scenes are set up, move to the camera marker position from which you animation will start. Return to the Code Editor, and create a Scene procedure, name it something like switchToSecondPosition. In that procedure moveAndOrient the camera to the second camera marker poostioin change the PAINT value of the GROUND to the appropriate texture for the second scene change the color values of the lighting for THIS to the appropriate values of the second scene Set your duration values for each command to create the desired effect as you switch scenes Create a second Scene procedure, name it something like switchToFirstPosition. In that procedur moveAndOrient the camera to the first camera marker poostioin change the PAINT value of the GROUND to the appropriate texture for the first scene change the color values of the lighting for THIS to the appropriate values of the first scene Set your duration values for each command to create the desired effect as you switch scenes Use these two procedures appropriately in your project as you move from Scene to Scene. I have attached a simple demonstration program that illustrates the points I have made above. All the best, and good luck on your project. Don Slater Alice Project ? > On May 12, 2023, at 2:49 PM, aljaber8763 at gmail.com wrote: > > > Hi I need help in Alice programming , is there an option to use two background in the same project , for example I need first a guy walking in the ( grass) and the next scene I want a fish swimming in the (sea ) , how to do it ?? Please respond because I have an Alice competition in two days . > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: SwitchingScenes.a3p Type: application/octet-stream Size: 277407 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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