The Powder Toy

Help with "flash freeze" implementation?

  • Aristhain     28th Nov 2020 Member 0 Permalink

    How can i implement a "flash freeze" into my creation by spawning in trons in every available space inside the capsule (in which they immediately die from running into each other right after instantly freezing everything) as soon as the user sparks the input? my creation is called "Extreme Temperature Station (ETS)" which should be uploaded in the online repository. I dont know all the mechanics of PowderToy yet, so any help would be greatly appreciated. 



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  • LBPHacker     28th Nov 2020 Developer 0 Permalink
    Usually when you want to spawn particles, you use CRAY. Sadly, none of its modes is adequate for your use case. Overwrite mode (spark from PSCN) would overwrite whatever is already in the capsure, passthrough mode (spark from INST) would spawn TRON all over the place, and default mode (spark from e.g. METL) would be hindered by any particles stuck to the top of the capsule. In fact, any kind of TRON-based flash freezing would be hindered by a large amount of particles in the capsule.

    I see that you already have a separate chamber for heating; you build one for cooling. It may not cool things as fast, but at least it would guarantee cooling in some quality, unlike the TRON-based approach, which can fail even if you do manage to spawn TRON everywhere in the capsule where there isn't already a particle.
  • Aristhain     28th Nov 2020 Member 0 Permalink

    I've tried to get close to instant freezing capability with the current method in my creation (it's kinda just a big freeze-powder and dry ice ventilation that feeds very cold air into the capsule, until the user's sparking opens the e-wall to blast plasmic heat into it), but i think i need to try something a little more creative. since trons dont work, another concept i had was a different type of heatblaster that consists of making heat out of the pressurising of refrigerant mixed in freeze powder, but it feels rudimentary and I dont want to waste my efforts in case it turns out to be a dud concept.  

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