High-Speed Wire

  • DRAGONF0RCE
    23rd Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    When most conductive elements (METL, PSCN, INWR, etc.) are sparked, the spark stays on that element for 4 frames. For 4 frames after that, it temporarily cannot be sparked. This means that you can only spark a wire once every 8 frames, which often limits complex electronics.

    I think there should be an element HSWR (High-Speed WiRe) that is only sparked for 1 frame, and requires 2 frames to cool down. This means it can be sparked each 3 frames; this is 62.5% less, which converts to 2.67 times as many sparks per unit of time. It would speed up counters, logic gates and countless other electronic machines.


    If anyone here knows how to code new elements, this is how it should work:
    -It's extremely similar to METL
    -If its life value is 0 AND there is SPRK close to it, it will change to SPRK (HSWR), and its life will be set to 1.
    -When SPRK (HSWR)'s life reaches 0, it will change into HSWR (none) and its life will become 2.
    -If HSWR's life is 2, it will decrease to 1.
    -If HSWR's life is 1, it will decrease to 0.
  • Jallibad
    23rd Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    why not just use inst?
  • The-Con
    23rd Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @DRAGONF0RCE (View Post)
    Use WIRE with pscn and nscn. It is probably on the WIKI.
  • DRAGONF0RCE
    23rd Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @Jallibad
    The idea isn't to make the sparks move quickly, it's to make a lot of sparks travel on the same wire.
    @The-Con
    That still limits conduction to one spark per 8 frames because of the NSCN/PSCN you have to put on the ends.
  • disturbed666
    23rd Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    mm i like this idea cause sometimes i'm like why is the spark limited like this (not ment as a question) i hope something like this get's implented some day.
  • BloodLust
    23rd Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    i do like this idea, i think it would make alot of stuff work better
  • mniip
    23rd Sep 2011 Developer 0 Permalink
    Then we shud improve everything, make fast switch, fast pscn, nscn, ptct, ntcn, wire, inst etc
  • cctvdude99
    23rd Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @DRAGONF0RCE (View Post)
    I high speed wire was rejected, and buggy, I think. The low life values in conductivity are buggy. SWCH already conducts pretty fast though, try it in the nothing view, by pressing 'F' every so often.
  • OmegaSupreme
    23rd Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Sounds awesome, but wouldn't that mean changing every electronics class element to conduct faster as well?

    I hope it makes it, and then we can see what can possibly happen.
  • Jackeea
    23rd Sep 2011 Banned 0 Permalink
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