alice-teacher Alice 3.2.5 problem

Sat Sep 12 09:13:42 EDT 2015

This is a known problem with Alice 3, one that we are working on, but it is a source of frustration for us.

Some have already mentioned moving the camera a bit… We are starting to think that in some, let me emphasize not all, cases the bounding boxes of other objects in the scene may be causing some interference…

There are some work arounds…

Using a shift-click and drag will move an object up and down, and using a control-click (option-click on a Mac) and drag will turn an object left and right…

You may also use the one-shots, by right-clciking on an object and select procedures from the drop down menu, or the one-shot menu and selecting procedures in the object control panel in the right panel of the Scene Editor.

In the meantime, we will continue to work on this problem.

Thank you for your patience.

All the best,
Don Slater

Alice Team
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Email: don at alice.org <mailto: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 Sep 10, 2015, at 2:39 PM, McLean, Jennifer <jmclean at klschools.org> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+jmclean=klschools.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> <alice-teachers-bounces+jmclean=klschools.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+jmclean=klschools.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>> on behalf of Don Slater <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:dslater at andrew.cmu.edu>>
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 10:03 AM
> To: Alice Teachers
> 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 <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 9, 2015, at 8:53 PM, Leonel Morales <litomd at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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> <mailto: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>
>>>>> <mailto: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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