The Powder Toy - October 2011
Get latest version here: http://powdertoy.co.uk/Download.html
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Thanks:
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Stanislaw K Skowronek - Designed the original
Simon Robertshaw
Skresanov Savely
cracker64
Bryan Hoyle
Nathan Cousins
jacksonmj
Lieuwe Mosch
Anthony Boot
Matthew Miller
Instructions:
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Click on the elements with the mouse and draw in the field, like in MS Paint. The rest of the game is learning what happens next.
Controls:
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Caps Lock Specific Element Erase
Insert Replace mode
TAB Circle/Square Brush
Space Pause
Q Quit
Esc Quit
Z Zoom
S Save stamp (+ Ctrl when STK2 is out)
L Load last saved stamp
K Stamp library
C Cycle view mode
1-9 Set view mode
P Save screenshot to .ppm
F Pause and go to next frame
G Grid
H Show/Hide HUD
D Debug mode (+ Shift when STK2 is out)
I Invert Pressure and Velocity map
T Vine mode
W Toggle gravity modes (+ Ctrl when STK2 is out)
R Reset LIFE generation (when in Debug mode)
N "Sand effect" for drawing powders
~ Console
= Reset pressure and velocity map
[ Decrase brush size
] Increase brush size
Ctrl + C/V/X Copy/Paste/Cut
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Cursor drag Rectangle
Shift + Cursor drag Line
MMB / Alt + LMB click Sample element
Mouse scroll Change brush size
Ctrl + Mouse scroll Change vertical brush size
Shift + Mouse scroll Change horizontal brush size
Shift + Ctrl + R Horizontal mirror for selected area
Ctrl + R Rotate selected area counterclockwise
Ctrl + Left Alt Select subject for Specific Element erase
Ctrl + = Reset Electricity
Command Line:
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scale:1 - Normal window resolution
scale:2 - Doubled window resolution
kiosk - Fullscreen mode
proxy:<server>:<port> (ie, proxy:wwwcache.lancs.ac.uk:8080)
open <file> - Opens the file as a stamp or game save
ddir <directory> - Directory used for saving stamps and preferences
History:
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* Version 65.4
o "Sand" effect for drawing powders, activate with "N"
o Elements from Maksprog's mod
o LIGH - Lightning
o DEST - Variation of BOMB
o TESC - Tesla coil, creates lightning
o EMP - Destroys electronic components
o Fix bug with infinite temperature
o Fix beta enrolling
o Add a new mode to filter, subtract (tmp of 3)
* Version 47.3
o Enhanced visual effects for Portals
o Glow now has more stimuli (Green: Pressure, Blue: Movement, Red: Heat)
o Python console (Unavailable in current beta)
o Fixed issue where you appear to be logged in but aren't.
o Changes to Quartz (Grows like crystal when exposed to salt water)
o Singularity explodes upon death
o Save ID shown after saving and on Open Dialog
o Rearrangement of some elements (Photons in Radioactive, Thunder in Explosive, etc)
* Version 46.3
o Major game engine and performance improvements.
o New GOL elements.
o More secure login system
* Version 45.2
o Important! Fix for Auto-update in Linux.
* Version 45.1
o Small bugfix for Lava and Portals.
o Fix crash when 2 of the same stickman are somehow placed.
* Version 45.0
o Fix bug where description would persist after a reset
o ARAY now passes through INWR without interracting.
o INST has been fixed and placed in the Electronics menu
o Photons turn into neutrons when passing through INVS
o Other small bug fixes.
* Version 44.7
o Fix login and dialoq text box issues.
o Small bugfixes to some elements.
o Additional 'debug' information.
o Increase WIFI channels
o Add missing icons for menus and display modes.
* Version 44.6
o Fix for brush issues when using small brushes.
o Pause state saving modifications.
* Version 44.5
o Fix corruption issues with FAN wall.
* Version 44.4
o Many new elements from cracker64s mod.
o Pause state is saved.
o Particle properties are saved more accurately.
o Improved search and save viewing, added descriptions and comments.
* Version 42.3
o Changed internal temperature scale to kelvin.
o Fixed physics bug with certain powders.
o Fixed bug when loading saves with stickman in.
o Added save history, the ability to view previous versions of saves.
* Version 42.0
o New Elements: Brick, Glow, Diesel, many others.
o Source code seperation
o Lots of other stuff that I can't remember.
* Version 41.3
o Fixes bug where Insulation would burst into flames randomly
o Moves fancy new effects into a separate colour mode.
* Version 39.0
o New element: Liquid Crystal
o New element: Battery
o New element: Noble Gas
o Copy, cut and paste
* Version 38.0
o New element: Nitrogen Ice
o New element: Electrode (Allows currents to jump)
o Adds a lock icon to private saves.
o Binds the '[' and ']' keys to decrease/increase the cursor size for those without scroll wheels.
o Fixes wall menu issue where walls would be selected by accident.
* Version 37.0
o New element: Plasma
o New element: Thunder/Lighting
o New wall: Allows only gas
o Fixes HUD bug.
* Version 36.3
o Introduced public & private saving (more info here)
* Version 36.2
o Fixes bug where rating would appear as Zero in search.
* Version 36.1
o Feature: Particle sampling with middle click
o Feature: Download from website, for information, see the "Announcement" forum section.
* Version 36.0
o Changes to the menu
o New elements for electronics
o New voting system
o Added functions for moderating
* Version 35.0
o Added elements: White Hole, Black Hole, Rubidium and Liquid Rubidium
o Fixed the OSX version
o Some other bug fixes that I forgot.
* Version 34.0
o Fixed certain graphical glitches
o Changed menu categories
o Increased menu hover size
* Version 33.2
o Photons can now ignite flammable materials.
o Distilled water will turn into water on contact with water.
o Fixes burning broken metal
* Version 34.0 (Beta 6)
o New element menu layout
o New element: Liquid Nitrogen
* Version 34.0 (Beta 5)
o Improvements to stamp browser
o Added Glyphs for Blob and Heat view
o Fixed bug that caused a crash on Windows systems when using the wall tool in the window edges.(Fixed more than last time)
o Decreased/Increased Min/Max Temperatures.
* Version 34.0 (Beta 4)
o Cool, heat and Air no longer crash upon flood fill
o Fixed bug that caused a crash on Windows systems when using the wall tool in the window edges.
o Stamp browser now allows multiple pages.
o Improved the zoom features, allowing inspection.
o Modification to temperature simulation, pressure is now taken into account with transitions from liquid to gas and vice-versa
o Fixed bug where Salt-water would not leave salt upon evaporation
* Version 34.0 (Beta 3)
o Bug fixes for uranium
o Fixed bug where extremely hot objects would show as black
o Fixed but where stamps would not be loaded
* Version 34.0 (Beta 2)
o Bug fixes
o Legacy Mode state is now saved and loaded
o Fix "Cool" and "Heat" when drawing on walls.
o Air now works.
* Version 34.0 (Beta 1)
o Bug fixes
o Legacy Mode (Older saves will load with legacy mode, preserving the functionality of the older powder toy)
o Heat and Cool elements. (Air is broken until next beta.)
* Version 34.0 (Beta)
o Heat Simulation (With free bugs and glitches)
o New Element: Uranium, heats up when pressurised.
o New button, AIR, provides instant air, the Alt+Click and Middle Click can be used as a shortcut
* Version 33.1
o Masses of bug fixes
o Broken metal and breakable metal fixed (conduction)
o Liquid collisions fixed.
* Version 33.0
o Added Photons, particles similar to neutrons that travel in straight lines
o Added destructable metal
o Fixed a glitch with diamond that would make it appear invisible to air pressure.
* Version 32.0
o Added Diamond (Thanks to ief014)
o Fixed packaging errors for the Windows release
* Version 31.0
o Plutonium more powerful
o Changes to the handling of lava (Now solidifies into the same material it was melted from).
o New element: Salt.
o New element: Salt water
* Version 30.0
o Added the ability to change the zoom strength
o Increased the maximum pen size.
o New element: Concrete, tougher than stone, stackable.
o New element: Distilled water, similar to water, but doesn't conduct electricity
o Changed menu layout, walls at the bottom, elements at the top (to allow for more future elements)
o 32bit colour for Macintosh versions.
* Version 28.4
o Fixes crash when loading a save with acid.
o Another tiny change for acid colour in blob mode
* Version 28.3
o Fixes acid colour in blob mode
o Fixes blob mode colour on Macintosh and 16bit colour systems
* Version 28.2
o Quit confirmation dialogue when using the escape key
o Walls are "blobbed" in Blob view
* Version 28.1
o Steam rises
o Acid drastically changed, now dilutes itself when dissolving other particles
* Version 28.0
o "Yellow wall" bug fix, doesn't absorb particles when placed above another wall type.
o New wall type added: E-Hole, absorbs particles when unpowered, released them when powered.