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Subframe Lesson 102 by mark2222

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12th Jan 2018
18th Jan 2018
The second subframe lesson! As usual, join us on #powder-subframe to learn more, and keep an eye out next week for lesson 103!
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Comments

  • mark2222
    mark2222     2nd May 2020
    @NPC2 What do you mean by it not working? What did you do, and what did you observe? You can try checking manually that all the particle IDs are in order.
  • NPC2
    NPC2     2nd May 2020
    The particle ordering process appears to not have worked, for me.
  • mark2222
    mark2222     17th May 2019
    @TPTbomb So permanent white BRAY is somewhat harder to make, because it takes a long time to disappear, and you don't want to be shooting it onto itself. Permanent white BRAY is covered by the time you get to lesson 105 -- I'm guessing you've seen it since you're talking about DRAY? The DRAY is used to delete the white BRAY before it is created again the next frame. You can use CRAY instead of DRAY, but beyond that, there's no other way around this issue.
  • TPTbomb
    TPTbomb     17th May 2019
    im not sure if its exactly the kind im supposed to make maybe i should do it the DRAY way?
  • TPTbomb
    TPTbomb     17th May 2019
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  • TPTbomb
    TPTbomb     17th May 2019
    sorry take so long to get back to you but i made solid BRAY it takes few seconds to build
  • mark2222
    mark2222     11th May 2019
    @TPTbomb If you need help with something specifically, you can show me a save and I'd be happy to help you with it. If you can get solid SPRK to work but not permanent BRAY, you might want to continue to the next lesson where we cover that.
  • TPTbomb
    TPTbomb     11th May 2019
    Yeah I've tried the debug tool, reordering the particles with the local save thing, and placing the particles in update order when I'm making subframe but it will not activate electronics at all, I'm not sure whats going on. I've also tried layering some stuff and it makes the constant SPRK work but otherwise nothing happens.
  • NACEOD
    NACEOD     5th Dec 2018
    I'm bored that's why I tried EMP lol
  • mark2222
    mark2222     4th Dec 2018
    @NACEOD So EMP's update function works differently from other elements. It updates between frames, so you want the adjacent SPRK to be of life 3 when the frame ends. You can achieve this with DRAY, but I suggest not trying to use EMP in subframe until you've had a better mastery of subframe fundamentals. Besides, there isn't much point to subframe EMP since it would destroy any existing subframe circuitry when it first activates.