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Activate different parts of a brick?
The Resonte!:
--- Quote from: Masterlegodude on February 24, 2018, 10:51:33 PM ---This is the first time i'm hearing it, but if they really did bail, and for that reason, that's kind of selfish on their part
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they have no obligation to sacrifice time and effort to help
shame but true
if you ever want to learn something code-like i suggest reverse engineering from other mods
Masterlegodude:
--- Quote from: The Resonte! on February 25, 2018, 12:39:49 AM ---they have no obligation to sacrifice time and effort to help
shame but true
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While it's true, and while they have no obligation to do so, if they were willing to put in the time and effort to learn as much as they did, and do the things that they did, to get to where they did, they shouldn't have been so affected by the attention they got for doing what they did to actually drive them away
It's like becoming a celebrity, you get good at something, you become widely known for doing said thing, then you're bound to get people who want to talk to you and put your field of expertise to use
Do what you do, and enjoy doing it, but don't let the attention stop you from doing what you do, then all that time and work you put into learning something just goes to waste
Quit if you must, but quitting just because people know you're capable of doing such things that others may not be able to is just awful IMO, if anything, take the attention as a compliment and as a sign that people look up to you and admire your work
Conan:
--- Quote from: Masterlegodude on February 25, 2018, 01:57:28 AM ---While it's true, and while they have no obligation to do so, if they were willing to put in the time and effort to learn as much as they did, and do the things that they did, to get to where they did, they shouldn't have been so affected by the attention they got for doing what they did to actually drive them away
It's like becoming a celebrity, you get good at something, you become widely known for doing said thing, then you're bound to get people who want to talk to you and put your field of expertise to use
Do what you do, and enjoy doing it, but don't let the attention stop you from doing what you do, then all that time and work you put into learning something just goes to waste
Quit if you must, but quitting just because people know you're capable of doing such things that others may not be able to is just awful IMO, if anything, take the attention as a compliment and as a sign that people look up to you and admire your work
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just like celebrity status, not everyone wants it or enjoys it, once they get it. there's a non-trivial number of people out there who also prefer lower level jobs compared to management. its similarly not unheard of for someone to decline a promotion to keep the job they love, or to avoid a job they dislike.
if people were only encouraged to git good if they want attention, then there wouldnt be any engineering geniuses like wozniak. for him, the attention over apple is/was a compliment, but an unwelcome one, as he only ever wanted to do the stuff cause he enjoyed hacking together parts and making new stuff. he didnt stop cause he got the limelight, but he definitely receded from public view and just did what he enjoyed on his own time, without people bugging him about apple. port's in the same boat too - he still does stuff with BL, but almost always privately now.
Conan:
also to finally give something on topic: one thing you need to consider is what do the events include? onActivateNorth/South/East/West/Top/Bottom? or onActivateFront/Back/Left/Right/Top/Bottom?
what about activating the ramp portion of a brick, or the wedge portion of a wedge? should it just pretend its like a cuboid brick and handle the activation as if the person clicked a normal cuboid brick from that angle?
xS K I D z:
--- Quote from: Conan on February 25, 2018, 06:58:07 AM ---also to finally give something on topic: one thing you need to consider is what do the events include? onActivateNorth/South/East/West/Top/Bottom? or onActivateFront/Back/Left/Right/Top/Bottom?
what about activating the ramp portion of a brick, or the wedge portion of a wedge? should it just pretend its like a cuboid brick and handle the activation as if the person clicked a normal cuboid brick from that angle?
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Kinda sorta. Basically, I have a box with a lid, and I'd like the lid to open when clicked and the "body" of the box to to something else (lock/unlock for example) when clicked.
The only add-on I see where you can "activate" different parts of a single object is Barnabas' Interactive Vehicles, and that uses a sort of placement of "zone" objects/areas as far as I know.