alice-teacher Alice Unity Player Error

[Barnum, William]

Hey Daniel and James,

Replacing the count up to MAX with a while(true) worked!

I asked the student how he got that value and it was basically what James
described.

Thanks!
Bill

On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 10:51 AM Vanderhyde, James <vanderhyde at sxu.edu>
wrote:

> I have seen MAX_VALUE show up in student projects. It’s easy to get. In
> the Custom WholeNumber dialog, just keep typing 9’s and it gets converted
> to MAX_VALUE.
>
> James
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>
> *James Vanderhyde *Associate Professor
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> On May 6, 2024, at 8:20 PM, Daniel Abeshouse <dabeshou at andrew.cmu.edu>
> wrote:
>
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> Bill,
>
> The exported file uses WholeNumber.MAX_VALUE instead of a more ordinary
> value.
> This is in a count loop at the beginning of the planeStartUp method.
>
> I am curious how they produced this value. If you find out, please let me
> know.
>
> As the code is written a while (true) might be a reasonable replacement
> to keep the propeller spinning.
>
> Daniel Abeshouse
>
> Alice Project
> Carnegie Mellon University
>
>
> On May 6, 2024 at 3:56:27 PM, "Barnum, William via alice-teachers" <
> alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I have a student who is getting the following error when he exports his
>> project and tries to load it into the Standalone Alice Unity Player:
>> "Unable to read this world Unable to read src/Scene.twe"
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>>
>>
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