alice-teacher Grounds in Alice

[Matthew Wasserman]

Once again Don, you know you're stuff!! Thanks a lot. My kids will love this!

Matt Wasserman
Livingston HS

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 12:34 PM, RYAN NUTT <RYAN.NUTT at cfisd.net> wrote:
> That does work.  We've done that with our kids, but for another reason.  We
> keep an .a2c file for all the grounds available on the server so that when a
> student accidentally deletes the ground and isn't able to undo they can
> import it back in without having to redo anything else in the world.
>
> - Ryan
>
>>>> Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> 10/27/2010 11:07 AM >>>
> Here is something to try… Assume you want to add sandy ground to a world
> with water ground
>
> 1) Open up a new world with the sandy ground
> 2) In the object tree, right-click on ground, and choose "rename" from the
> drop down menu.
> 3) Name your ground something appropriate, such as "sandyGround"
> 4) In the object tree, right-click on ground, and choose "Save object…" from
> the drop down menu.
> 5) Name this saved object something appropriate "SandyGround.a2c", and save
> it
> 6) Close the world you saved the sandy ground from, and open a new world
> with the water ground
> 7) From the file menu, select "Import", and select your saved
> "SandyGround.a2c"
> 8) Go into the scene editor and position your grounds appropriately.
>
> I cannot guarantee that their will not be any unintended side effects, as
> the ground is a fundamental element of an Alice world, but I do believe that
> this will work.
>
> I am looking forward to hearing how it goes.
>
> Later,
>
> Donald Slater
> Alice Team
> Carnegie Mellon University
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> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>
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>
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>
>
> On Oct 27, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Matthew Wasserman wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>>    Many of my students are interested in making scenarios with two
>> grounds, say a sandy ground with a water ground up above to simulate
>> an ocean floor with a water line above. Any ideas on how to add
>> multiple objects other than the grass??
>>
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>> Matthew Wasserman
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