The Powder Toy

Smallest Possible Decrementer by ogsterduck

ogsterduck
ogsterduck
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31st Jul 2015
3rd Aug 2015
Discovered by accident! :D
electronic decrementer cray

Comments

  • ogsterduck
    ogsterduck     5th Aug 2015
    Because it was dumb
  • Korteweg
    Korteweg     5th Aug 2015
    Your GOL rube goldberg save was great, why did you delete it?
  • MaximusWhitimus
    MaximusWhitimus     4th Aug 2015
    after seeing what it does yes, so what is a decrementer !?
  • PyroDude
    PyroDude     4th Aug 2015
    Anyone else just spark everything at once to see it break?
  • BlueComet
    BlueComet     3rd Aug 2015
    Well, I can't seem to reproduce these results any longer... Strange.
  • BlueComet
    BlueComet     3rd Aug 2015
    Something really interesting is that GOLD initiates a "safety wire" to go slightly faster, even though no GOLD is used during the transmission. One not initiated by GOLD falters every few frames, even though no difference seems to be visible.
  • BlueComet
    BlueComet     3rd Aug 2015
    The CRAY "wire" works very well as a "safety wire" which cannot be sparked from anywhere other than the intended end where the PSCN is. It can also round corners and has a couple other neat features.
  • ogsterduck
    ogsterduck     3rd Aug 2015
    @Demoman200 It depends on particle order which is calculated upon saving and based on the position of the particle relative to all the other particles. TPT scans from left to right in rows from top to bottom giving each particle a unique ID which in turn is the order they are processed in. This means that the conv ID has to be after the conductor ID in order to have time to conduct before it is reset, hence the directional aspect. This is why the Conv is on the line below the conductor.
  • lostfox
    lostfox     2nd Aug 2015
    decrementer = counter
  • Demoman200
    Demoman200     2nd Aug 2015
    Wow, you make some pretty neat stuff. +1! I am still completely baffled by subframe tech. Why is it so direction dependent?