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- Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:07 am
- Forum: Stella Forum
- Topic: More 4D compounds now available
- Replies: 51
- Views: 109364
Re: More on hecatonicosachoric aggrandizements
Unfortunately, Stella4D gets lost when I try to construct the vertex/cell-regular compounds of ten great stellated hecatonicosachora {5/2,3,5} and ten grand hecatonicosachora {5,3,5/2} from their vertex figures. What are the vertex figures for those (and respective face choice)? I'll have a look at...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: MineSweeper3D Forum
- Topic: New ID for each Computer
- Replies: 1
- Views: 16176
Yeah, when I wrote it I used what I thought was a function that got the hard drive serial number. But yes, apparently the number it returns changes if you reinstall Windows. Turns out to be MUCH harder to find the true hard drive serial. I have some code now to do it in most cases, but I'm unaware o...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:34 pm
- Forum: MineSweeper3D Forum
- Topic: Minesweeper: the movie!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12449
Minesweeper: the movie!
They've made movies of most computer games, and now at last, minesweeper the movie!
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1770138
Let's hope the sequel is MineSweeper3D the movie!
Rob.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1770138
Let's hope the sequel is MineSweeper3D the movie!

Rob.
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:28 pm
- Forum: MineSweeper3D Forum
- Topic: mine sweep TRUE 3D
- Replies: 17
- Views: 59898
Hey, you got that up and running pretty quick. I like how the spheres and rods disappear altogether when the sphere has no neighbouring mines. I think I've seen that in other tight-packed cube-tile games, but some reason hadn't thought of it for the ball-and-rod concept. Most comments I can think of...
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:25 am
- Forum: Stella Forum
- Topic: More 4D compounds now available
- Replies: 51
- Views: 109364
Re: Five hexacosichora
I don't see any "edit your post" buttons. :? For me, there are "edit" buttons next to the "quote" button in the top right corner of each post. As admin I see these on every post, but I thought other users would still be able to see these on their own posts, provided they are logged in. Is this not ...
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:00 pm
- Forum: Stella Feature Requests
- Topic: Tabs?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 29353
I agree sometimes it would be handy for Stella to figure out how big the tabs can be to still fit inside the model without conflict. Usually I just start bigger with the first net of a given type, and shave it down as required. Then I know for the next net, so it's not much of a problem. And good ti...
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:55 pm
- Forum: Stella Feature Requests
- Topic: Tabs?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 29353
Here's a thought regarding your colour-blindness (which I just thought of, but is possibly common practice among those in the know!). You could look through coloured cellophane or similar to distinguish some colours. Eg look through something red and transparent and green paper will get dark while r...
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:17 am
- Forum: MineSweeper3D Forum
- Topic: mine sweep TRUE 3D
- Replies: 17
- Views: 59898
Re: mine sweep TRUE 3D
Yes, it's 2D tiles wrapped around 3D shapes. When I had the idea I did a search and found quite a few true 3D versions out there, but none like the one I wanted to make. I tried some of the ones with true 3D tiles, but just found them too confusing and difficult to play. A cube has 26 neighbouring c...
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:53 am
- Forum: Stella Forum
- Topic: More 4D compounds now available
- Replies: 51
- Views: 109364
Re: Five hexacosichora
Oops! The color-coding was backward. I have put the corrected color-coded figure into the quote above. Sorry about that. :oops: Just for your info, you can edit your old posts to correct errors. Also, images are not uploaded to the forum, but referenced indirectly using the link you used. If you ch...
- Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:43 pm
- Forum: Stella Feature Requests
- Topic: Tabs?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 29353
Tabs?
Currently Stella doesn't print tabs on nets. Do people think it's important that tabs should be printed? The FAQ has the following: Q: Are tabs printed on nets? A: No. Maybe someday, but I don't think it's too important. You just need to remember to leave tabs on edges as you cut out the nets. There...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:34 am
- Forum: Stella Forum
- Topic: How do I modify a solid?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 32424
Good idea Ulrich. Here's a pic in case anyone can't follow this: http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd237/RobertCWebb/SubdivIcos.gif Use "Poly->Subdivide Faces" to get the tesselation required. You're right that this will only work in this case. For a dodecahedron with one vertex truncated, dividing...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:18 am
- Forum: Stella Feature Requests
- Topic: Creating convex polychora from vertices
- Replies: 14
- Views: 41174
I used (and almost always use) 120gsm paper. I found 160 was just a bit bulky, but weight doesn't always correlate to thickness. Actually I think the more recent paper I got was 140gsm which was fine. My model has edge length 2cm, giving the model a diameter of about 10.5cm. Yes, it could have used ...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:15 am
- Forum: MineSweeper3D Feature Requests
- Topic: Other New Features I'd like to See
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14009
Yeah, an undo button after hitting a mine would be handy, and yes it would have to disable high scores for that game. Has been on the to-do list for a while, so maybe sometime. Don't know about the "am I missing something" button! MineSweeper3D can already show you a hint for the next move (which al...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:08 am
- Forum: Stella Feature Requests
- Topic: Creating convex polychora from vertices
- Replies: 14
- Views: 41174
That's the zonohedrification of the dodecahedron. Just load a dodecahedron in Stella and hit "z" (or "Poly->Zonohedrify").
Stella can then print nets for you, and show angles if you need them. Here's one I made out of paper:
http://www.software3d.com/Enneaconta.php
Rob.
Stella can then print nets for you, and show angles if you need them. Here's one I made out of paper:
http://www.software3d.com/Enneaconta.php
Rob.
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:01 am
- Forum: Polyhedron Models
- Topic: My Next Project
- Replies: 9
- Views: 27441