The Powder Toy

NEW ELEMENT IDEA

  • gunman13     18th Sep 2013 Member 1 Permalink

    Hey guys it's GM here and I really hope that some person that contributed to creating the powder toy is reading this. In the new update what I would like to see (and possibly many other people) would be a new element that everybody loves to play with in real life. Magnets. An idea for this element would be to have 2 seperate magnet elements (positive and negative magnets). Also, the magnet's joining speed and seperation speed (based on negative or positive magnets) would be based upon the temperature of the magnets (lower temperature= slower seperation/joining speed, higher temperature= faster seperation/joining speed). This could open doors to creations such as extremely powerful rail guns, levetation devices, and much more. I hope that this idea gets taken into consideration!! Thanks for reading guys, see you next time!

  • MINERGUY67880     18th Sep 2013 Member 0 Permalink

    This is a pretty cool idea. You could make gauss rifles and stuff.

  • Bekas     18th Sep 2013 Member 2 Permalink

    Movable solids?

    Also "lower temperature= slower seperation/joining speed, higher temperature= faster seperation/joining speed" is kinda of a contradiction. More like, lower temperature -higher joining,lower separation- and higher temperature -lower joining, higher separation-

  • robsob     18th Sep 2013 Member 0 Permalink
  • The-Fall     18th Sep 2013 Member 0 Permalink

    Dear Sir or Madame,

    The very mention of moving solids is forbade; As in-code they (With the current code) are quite simply impossible.

    Sincerely, The-Fall representing the Will of the Many.

  • JMBuilder     18th Sep 2013 Member 0 Permalink

    I've been wanting some form of plasma shielding. This might do the trick.

  • xetalim     18th Sep 2013 Member 1 Permalink

    @The-Fall (View Post)

     You just failed.

    https://powdertoy.co.uk/Discussions/Thread/View.html?Thread=11117

    Moving solids.

    Mentioning moving solids is allowed.

    Sincerly, someone who does not agree with you.

  • Incredy     18th Sep 2013 Member 0 Permalink

    @The-Fall (View Post)

     

    are you the president or something

     

    @gunman13 (View Post)

     

    moving solids is not possible with the current coding

    and magnets has been suggested alot

  • jacob1     18th Sep 2013 Developer 0 Permalink
    I updated the "previously rejected elements" page. We don't reject things for being suggested many times before, if anything that just makes me want it more. The problem here though, is that coding in magnets and proper magnetic fields is hard, and also adds another layer into the game (We already have pressure, velocity x and y, gravity, portals, wifi, and a lot more). If someone codes a version of magnets that works very well, then it could get in the game, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

    As for moving solids, stop talking about it, this isn't even similar. It could be, if you wanted the magnets to move, but more likely this would just affect liquids/powders, and possibly solids in some way (not making them move)
  • gunman13     18th Sep 2013 Member 0 Permalink

    @xetalim (View Post)

     I'm sorry, but I simply don't have time to look through every thread to see if this has already been created. P.S. moving solids is NOT what I meant by magnets.

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