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Darkyhard

2 New elements:

BRAD (B-ray Detector)

It is invisible, but when BRAY goes through it, it paints that BRAY into it's color, but only the part that is inside BRAD.

Uses: Useful for simulating moving mechanisms etc. or for decoration.

GLFB (Glass Fiber)

New type of conductor, can obtain spark only from touching with ARAY. Also lets the ray (and PHOT) to go through. Can only transfer spark to METL. Resists acid. Breaks and melts at the same temperature as QRTZ does.

Color: Light Blue

Uses: Useful for ARAY electronics.

CRAY (C- Ray)

This has the same properties as ARAY, but it sends rays like impulses. They travel as fast as photons and have same reactions. Can be speeded up or down using ACEL or DCEL.

Uses: Sometimes it is needed to send BRAY's in impulses.

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Darkyhard

GLFB:
Yes, but it doesn't blocks the ray. It doesn't blocks PHOT too, but it doesn't creates a spark.

CRAY:
No, it's not that pulses. It's like sparks that move in the air forward untill they are blocked. And PSCN impulse doesn't spark anything.

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BRAD: This sounds more like a phosphor. Maybe it could be called that instead, symbol PHOS or something.

GLFB: I don't think this adds anything that can't already be done. There are many conductors that can be activated by ARAY and don't conduct to other types of conductors, it is already possible to create very high density BRAY+spark electronics (e.g. NTCT, PTCT, and IRON can all receive sparks but won't conduct to eachother, so the three of them can be packed together). What inspired you to think of GLFB? If you show me the problem you were having I might be able to give some advice on other solutions.

CRAY: This could be interesting. You can accomplish something similar already with PHOT, although not as compactly as your CRAY would be.

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Edit:

The more I think about BRAD (although I think it should be called PHOS), the more I like it. I think if the following rules were implemented, it could open a door to some really interesting and creative ARAY logic:

1. BRAD has a color (determined by dcolor, or by temperature like FILT - I think temp would be more consistent with other elements and also allow it to be decorated any color without affecting behavior, in which case BRAD should not conduct heat).

2. BRAY triggered by anything but PSCN/INST activates it; lighting it up like LCRY.

3. Brown BRAY triggered by PSCN deactivates it.

4. BRAY triggered by INST: If BRAD is active the BRAY passes through and also changes to the color of BRAD, as if it were passing through a FILT. If BRAD is inactive the BRAY is blocked.

5. In addition to rule 4, BRAD has tmp rules similar to FILT, that only affect INST BRAY's: tmp = 0 then behavior is rule 4, tmp = 1 only allows INST BRAY to pass if BRAD is activate and BRAY already has a color similar to BRAD.

6. BRAD conducts sparks when active, except from/to PSCN/NSCN (see rule 7). It's conductivity rules would be the same as SWCH.

7. BRAD can also be activated by PSCN sparks and deactivated by NSCN sparks.

8. BRAD never generates a spark when struck by BRAY, regardless of how the BRAY is fired or the state of the BRAD.

9. BRAD conductivity has standard range (like METL) not long range (like SWCH or DLAY).

Basically this makes BRAD like a combination of FILT and SWCH. It's a SWCH that can be activated and deactivated by a BRAY as well as by sparks, it changes the color of INST BRAYs passing through it as FILT does, and, as a bonus, it can also be used as a FILT that holds its color without cooling itself automatically.

Cool? Suck? Too complicated/specialized?

-C

Ideas to ARAY and BRAY.