alice-teacher Alice 3.2.5 problem

[Frank Hulsman]

I have this happen.  It always happens with the "Room" template, and I've never been able to get around it.  Other times it seems that camera markers, or other objects just somehow get in the way.  I've found if I zoom in with the camera, using the blue arrows, we're able to select the objects. 
Frank HulsmanSt. Xavier HSLouisville, Ky
      From: "McLean, Jennifer" <jmclean at klschools.org>
 To: Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> 
 Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 2:39 PM
 Subject: alice-teacher Alice 3.2.5 problem
   
#yiv1640560266 #yiv1640560266 -- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}#yiv1640560266 Some students are having a problem with Windows version of Alice 3.2.5. When they add objects to a scene, it doesn't let them select the object. It keeps going back to the selecting "this" in the object list. Anyone else seeing this problem? Also, it is not on all computers.
Thanks, Jennifer



From: alice-teachers-bounces+jmclean=klschools.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu <alice-teachers-bounces+jmclean=klschools.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> on behalf of Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: alice-teacher Alice 3 Gallery Something to be aware of when working with billboards in Alice 3. When creating the billboard, you are given options to “paint” both the front and back side of the billboard. (See attached screen shot) Be sure to choose a paint (even if it is a side you do not anticipate seeing in your animation) for the back, or the billboard may not render correctly. 
All the best,
Don Slater
Alice Team
Carnegie Mellon University
Entertainment Technology Center
700 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Email: dslater at cmu.edu
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On Sep 9, 2015, at 8:53 PM, Leonel Morales <litomd at gmail.com> wrote:
Another possibility would be using six billboards each with a front
paint of the one of the six faces of a dice, six images of the
different sides of a dice would be needed.

Then the tricky part: assemble them as a dice setting one of them as
the vehicle for the rest.

Regards,

Leonel

2015-09-08 3:02 GMT-06:00, Wanda Dann <wpdann at andrew.cmu.edu>:

Don is absolutely right... no dice in the gallery.  After reading this
thread, however, I began
to think about the possibility of making your own die using a couple of
the shapes in the Gallery.

I did this once in Alice 2, but then we built a die for that gallery and
I threw my "custom made"
in the trash.

Here is the idea:
1. Create a box  object but change its size to a small cube.
2. Position small discs (change size and make a black color) to be the
dots on each side.
    Make the vehicle of each disc be the cube, so when the die is
tossed (combination of turn and roll) the discs stick to the
   cube.
3. Write procedures to toss the die and determine which side is up.

This would take some time and patience... but I think it would work.
Maybe one of your students would like this as
a project?

If you get it to work, perhaps you would be willing to save it out as a
custom class and share it with
teachers on this list?

Best wishes,
Wanda


On 9/7/2015 4:53 PM, Don Slater wrote:

Steve,
The current gallery does not currently have any classes you might use
in a dice game. They are in the list, but have yet to be implemented.

Sorry,

Don Slater

Alice Team
Carnegie Mellon University
Entertainment Technology Center
700 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Email: dslater at cmu.edu <mailto:dslater at cmu.edu>

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 Sep 7, 2015, at 3:31 PM, Steven Jang <sjang at pacificacademy.org
<mailto:sjang at pacificacademy.org>> wrote:

Hello Everyone,

Does the Alice 3 Gallery have classes I could use for a dice game?

Steve, Pacific Academy
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