Lazer Beams

  • boxmein
    13th Feb 2012 Former Staff 0 Permalink

    @therocketeer (View Post)

    If you really need reflection, add a metal-ARAY pixel at the reflection point.

  • The-Fall
    13th Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    I Think he wants an ARAY beam that generates heat. 
  • jacksonmj
    13th Feb 2012 Developer 0 Permalink
    @The-Fall (View Post)
    An ARAY beam is hot, if you heat the ARAY. BRAY temperature is the same as the ARAY that created it.
  • boxmein
    13th Feb 2012 Former Staff 0 Permalink

    @jacksonmj (View Post)

    Then you have to heat the metal touching that too! Until it melts! Unless... you use Mercury! That's brilliant!


    # # # # # # # # H # # #
    M M M M M M H C C A
    # # # # # # # # H # # #
    # - Diamond/similar
    M - Metal
    H - HSWC(Life 0)
    C - Mercury
    A - ARAY

  • kerbal1234
    13th Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @code1949 (View Post)
    yes but that is on a subatomic scale. photons are too small to actually be noticeable, except when projected on a material. that is true, but are grains of sand or dust subatomic? no. so why are photons and dust particles the same size? because moving solids do not exist, so we cannot make particles seem any bigger. so why not have photons solid naturally? Im not saying its a big deal, but it is a decent idea for implementation.
  • boxmein
    13th Feb 2012 Former Staff 0 Permalink

    @kerbal1234 (View Post)

    Why are photons and dust particles the same size? Because the whole engine is a freaking array of (short) integers holding every cell's element type, heat, and all other variables. The size is 1pix/cell. Not more, not less. That's why it's still faster than 5FPS. 

    Decent?

    DECENT !?

    If anything's decent around here, then this idea would be down at the bottom of the list, I say.


  • kerbal1234
    13th Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @boxmein (View Post)
    oh well. thanks for input. I only code Lua, HTML and DOS so i was quit unaware.
  • jacksonmj
    13th Feb 2012 Developer 0 Permalink
    @boxmein (View Post)
    ARAY hasn't conducted heat since v69. By "heat the ARAY", I meant heat it manually with the HEAT tool - trying to heat it using other elements won't work.
  • brendon7358
    13th Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    Has this guy ever even seen a laser in TPT ? here is an awesome one :)
  • Pinaz9
    13th Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    I want an element that emits photons when it is powered. that would make lasers much easier to make. I can use clone to emit electrons, but I want to make a constant beam.