alice-teacher Color Change in Alice3

Thu Oct 30 11:07:17 EDT 2014

The problem also happens when I try to add an image to a billboard. My
serial number is DKL9 so they do not fall into this category, plus they are
leased machines. Now that I now of these issues I will adjust my
assignments accordingly. If I find anymore I will let you know.

Cliff Wampler
Business/Technology Teacher
North Andover High School

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> But it sounds like you cannot use the Baby Penguin with this particular
> platform. Is that correct? Is anyone else experiencing this problem?
>
> In the search of the (online) literature, there is the possibility that
> this is a problem with these particular machines. (I really am not trying
> to pass the buck ;-), but it is worth looking into ) See the following link:
>
>
> http://9to5mac.com/2013/08/16/apple-opens-graphics-card-replacement-program-for-some-mid-2011-imacs/
>
> Thank you,
> Don Slater
>
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Wampler, Clifford <
> wamplerc at northandoverpublicschools.com> wrote:
>
> Don,
>
> It still changes the color of the baby Penguin and world to gray. If you
> undo adding the penguin - go to Edit Code - then back to Setup Scene it
> will fix the issue. Our desktops are:
>
> iMac 21.5, Late 2011
> 3.1 GHz Intel Core i3 processors
> 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Memory
> AMD Radeon HD 6750m 256MB Graphics
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Cliff Wampler
> Business/Technology Teacher
> North Andover High School
>
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Cliff,
>> Try this on the desktop machines, one with  10.8.5 and on one with 10.10
>> and let us know if it makes a difference...
>>
>> This is a link to the Alice 3.1.93.0.0 pre-release version… (there is a
>> link for the Mac and a link for the PC). You may test it to see if this
>> resolves the problem…
>>
>> www.alice.org/downloads/installers/Alice3_macos_Offline_3_1_93_0_0.dmg
>>
>> Please keep us posted…
>>
>> All the best,
>> Don Slater
>>
>>
>> On Oct 29, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Wampler, Clifford <
>> wamplerc at northandoverpublicschools.com> wrote:
>>
>> Don,
>>
>> My MacBook Air has been updated to Yosemite and doesn't have the problem.
>> The objects causing the problem is the new Penguin (BABY), and when I add a
>> billboard with an image to the world. I installed the Java for OS X
>> 2014-001 and still have the problem on the desktops.
>>
>>
>> Cliff Wampler
>> Business/Technology Teacher
>> North Andover High School
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is interesting… Does this happen with any objects in particular, or
>>> with all objects?
>>>
>>> I am running Alce 3.1.92.0..0 on my MacBook Pro and Yosemite, and have
>>> not experienced any of these issues. How much Ram is installed on you
>>> machines?
>>>
>>> When I switched to Yosemite, the system prompted me to install an Apple
>>> Mac version of Java.
>>>
>>> You might test this on one of your machines to see if it helps:
>>>
>>> http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572
>>>
>>> Please keep us posted.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Don Slater
>>> Alice Team
>>> Carnegie Mellon University
>>> 5000 Forbes Avenue
>>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>>>
>>> Email: don at alice.org
>>>
>>> I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances
>>> confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life
>>> he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
>>> --- Henry David Thoreau
>>>
>>> The true object of all human life is play. -- G.K. Chesterton
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 27, 2014, at 1:44 PM, Wampler, Clifford <
>>> wamplerc at northandoverpublicschools.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> When my students are working in the Scene editor the world will turn
>>> gray or white when they try to put an object into the scene. I have had
>>> them save their work, quit Alice, then restart Alice to see if that would
>>> fix the color issue. So far nothing has worked short of start over from the
>>> beginning. I am using iMac's with OS X 10.8.5 and OS X Yosemite 10.10 and
>>> Alice 3.1.92.0.0.
>>>
>>> Cliff Wampler
>>> Business/Technology Teacher
>>> North Andover High School
>>>
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