Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago
This is in large part what the sticker-shrink control is for but it's certainly
not
the only way to approach the problem. Roice implemented related functionality
in his
standalone Magic120Cell which allows the user to toggle the visibility of
various
piece types to help people hide the parts that they don't care about in a given
step.
I think that adding such a feature here would give you what you want.
BTW, I think that your idea of a transparency gradient might make for a very
cool
alternative to front-cell culling. If we made polygons fade into transparency
the
closer they get to turning inside-out, then we might be able to eliminate face
culling altogether. The tricky part seems to be figuring out how to decide how
transparent a sticker must be before clicks simply pass through.
Original comment by cutelyaw...@gmail.com
on 18 Nov 2009 at 3:05
Melinda,
I have been trying to work with sticker shrink to do this too but I'm using a
very
small laptop (Asus Eee 900) with a screen resolution of 1024x600. When I shrink
stickers enough to see into the center the cubies are too small to see the
lighting
on them and I lose my z-depth perspective.
You're right that my suggestions above have their own set of difficulties and
problems. The piece finding ability (issue 30), if implemented certain ways,
would
partially solve this issue.
Regarding the transparency cutoff before clicks pass through, I'm thinking 25%
but
user reconfigurability of it might be necessary.
Another idea, rather than gradient or transparency would be to allow outer
layers of
each hyper face to be temporarily set to white. Since each hyperface is a 3D
cube
this would be like pealing an onion but without actually making the outer layers
disappear.
Original comment by bmenr...@gmail.com
on 21 Nov 2009 at 10:56
I believe that M120C allows for hiding various piece types or to set them to a
neutral color. In the meantime you might find that using a small sticker size
and a
zoomed-in view will help you see inside when you need to. You can easily zoom
in and
out with the scroll wheel when needed.
Original comment by cutelyaw...@gmail.com
on 29 Nov 2009 at 9:16
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
bmenr...@gmail.com
on 16 Nov 2009 at 9:04