Gizmoball User Manual
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1. If the user does not click on another button in the side bar other objects may be moved without reclicking the Move button Ss EE E a The left flipper occu b The right flipper occu pies all four grids shown pies all four grids shown here This flipper was here This flipper was added added by clicking on the by clicking on the top left top left corner grid corner grid 1 4 Deleting Objects To delete an object click on the Delete button and click on a game object in the grid The object will immediately be removed If The user clicks on an empty grid nothing happens If the user does not click on another button in the side bar the user may delete other objects without reclicking the Delete button 1 5 Setting Properties To modify properties of an object click the Select button and click on the object to be modified The selected object will turn white to indicate that it is selected A panel will appear on the bottom of the side bar where the user may set object properties If the selected object is a ball the only option on the bottom panel will be velocity The fields will display x y and z components of the current velocity of the ball To change the velocity type in the desired components in the text fields and press the Set Ball Velocity button If an invalid velocity is entered nothing happens If the selected object is a gizmo the details panel will have four sub panes Orientation Triggers2. Targets and Delay To modify one of these properties click on the appropriate button on the side of the pane or click on the up arrow and select one of the four options that show up When Orientation is clicked the current orientation of the selected object is displayed in a combo box Select another value in the combo box to change orientation When Triggers is displayed the trigger pane appears which displays the current triggers attached to the object as a list of buttons showing the name of the key and an up or down button depending on the type of trigger There are two types of triggers triggers on key press and trigger on key release To add a key press trigger click the KeyDown button To add a key release trigger click the KeyUp button When clicked the buttons will open a dialogue window Press a key and press select to add the trigger To remove a trigger click on the button associated with it inthe list To add a delay to a trigger click on the Delay button on the side A slider will appear showing the current trigger delay in seconds To modify the delay move the slider bar Delay can be between 0 and 10 seconds To add targets to the selected gizmo click on the Targets button on the side The target selection panel will pop up with a list of buttons displaying the name of the target Holding the mouse on the button displays the location of the target object To add a target click the Add button and an object in the grid Ad
3. board will load in build mode 1 2 Adding Objects The buttons at the top of the side panel allows the user to add gizmos and balls To add an object click on its corresponding add button and click on a spot on the game board Gizmos will snap to the grid such that the their top left front corner is aligned with the top left front corner of the clicked on grid box Balls will snap to the grid such that they are placed in the exact center of the clicked on grid box Objects can only be added and moved on the z 0 plane If the user does not click on another button in the side bar other objects of the same type as the added object will be added when the user clicks on other spots on the game board If a user tries to add an object in an already occupied grid nothing happens Flippers occupy more than one grid space In fact both left flippers and right flippers occupy four grid spaces to take into account the theh arc of their motion To add a left flipper click on the grid where you want the top of the left flipper to be To add a right flipper click on the grid immediately to the left of where you want the top of the right flipper to be 1 3 Moving Objects To move an object click on the Move button and select a game object in the grid The object will turn white indicating that it is selected Click on another spot on the game board to move the object to that spot If the new spot is already occupied by another object nothing happens
4. Click on the Add Left Flipper button and click on the grid location where you want the top half of the flipper to be 7 Add the right flipper Click on the Add Right Flipper button and click on the grid location immediately to the left of where you want the top half of the flipper to be 8 Add the balls Click on Add Ball and click on the grid where you want your ball to go ae Gizmoball 3D IHTFC File Skins Play Add Ball Add Square Bumper Add Triangle Bumper Add Circle Bumper Add Left Flipper Add Right Flipper Add Absorber Move Delete Select Figure 1 Follow the instructions in example 1 and look at this picture for where to place the GameObjects 1 7 Example 2 Changing the orientation of an object this example starts where example one left off 1 Select the triangle bumper on the left by clicking the Select button and clicking the triangle bumper Now a panel will appear beneath the buttons in the side panel This panel will have several buttons on the side 2 Click on Orientation on the side of the bottom panel The combo box will display 0 degrees because that is the current orientation Select 270 degrees This will rotate the selected triangle bumper 270 degrees clockwise AA Gizmoball 3D IHTFC File Skins Play Add Ball Add Square Bumper Add Triangle Bumper Add Circle Bumper Add Left Flipper Add Right Flipper Add Absorber Move Del
5. Gizmoball User Manual Team IF TFC Ruth Dhanaraj Chris Varenhorst Xiao Xiao Contents 1 Building a Level 1 1 New Level 26 cto Boek tek ee ke Lee a 1 2 Adding Objects tsa Ne Sime aoe Tye Bove toe ee en ee ee oe 1 3 Moving Objects pee oe Gee te ah oe ah eee eee ak LA Adelerne Ob Cees boo 4 9 SxS a avs ds Oe a OE Rte So oka 1 5 Setting Properties h ie 4 ehh be Deh ee DSa ae 1 5 1 Loading a Game ge te Sy ee hs ee oe Bh eS 1 5 2 Examples ood 4 he st se i og Sob ee a ee ea See 1 6 Example 1 Adding a ball and several gizmos toa level 1 7 Example 2 Changing the orientation of an object 1 8 Example 3 Adding velocity to a ball 1 9 Example 4 Adding triggers 3 4 eva ee Sig ee Bie estes 1 10 Example 5 Adding targets was we Ewe Awe AO AS There are two modes in our system play mode and build mode In play mode the user can load a game watch the ball move around and trigger objects with keys if the triggers are set In build mode the user can create a customized game level To switch between modes click on the Play Pause button In build mode the buttons on the side panel are active and a grid is displayed on the game board In play mode all buttons on the side panel are inactive and no grid is displayed 1 Building a Level 1 1 New Level A user may build a customized level in our system To do that click on File gt New in the file menu and an empty game
6. ding another target requires reclicking the Add button To remove a target click the button associated with the target in the list To remove all targets click the clear button 1 5 1 Loading a Game After starting our program the user can load a premade game level to play by clicking on File gt Load in the file menu A file chooser will pop up and the user many select an XML file in the valid form If the game is currently in build mode the user must switch to play mode from the Mode menu item To change the look of the game go to File gt Skins There are three different looks available the default natural and cute Skins only change the textures mapped to objects and do not affect game play 1 5 2 Examples 1 6 Example 1 Adding a ball and several gizmos to a level This example gives instructions for building the level shown in figure 1 1 Open a new game level by going to File gt New in the file menu 2 make sure that you are in build mode and that the grid is active if not click on the Pause button 3 Add circle bumpers Click on the Add Circle Bumper button and click on the locations in the grid where you want to place them 4 Add triangle bumpers Click on the Add Triangle Bumper button and click on the locations in the grid where you want to place the triangle buttons 5 Add the absorber Click on the Add Absorber button and click on the spot on the grid to place the absorber 6 Add the left flipper
7. ete Select Orientation 270 degrees 1 Orientation Delay Triggers 4 Figure 2 The orientation of the left triangle bumper has been changed to 270 degrees 1 8 Example 3 Adding velocity to a ball This example starts where example 1 left off 1 Select a ball by clicking the Select button and clicking on a ball Now the bottom panel will appear 2 The only option for ball is Velocity The fields will all display zero because the default velocity for a ball is 0 for the x y and z components Type the desired ball velocity into the text boxes for each of the components 3 Click Set Ball Velocity to change the ball s velocity to what is in the text boxes x 1010 y 0 0 Zz 0 0 C Set Ball Velocity Figure 3 The detail panel showing the ball s changed velocity 1 9 Example 4 Adding triggers This example starts where example 1 left off In this example we add triggers to a flipper such that it acts like a flipper in a normal pinball game 1 Select a flipper by clicking the Select button and clicking on a flipper Now the bottom panel will appear 2 Click on the Triggers button on the side The Triggers panel will show up 3 Click on the KeyUp button A dialogue will pop up 4 Press the key that you want to use to trigger the flipper and hit the Select button 5 Click on the KeyDown button The same dialogue will pop up 6 Press the same key as you did for the KeyUp 1 10 Examp
8. le 5 Adding targets This example starts where example 1 left off In this example we add connect a flipper s action to a circle bumper getting hit by the ball Triggers Shift X 5 O09 KEY Shift z seas CODE 16 2 S KeyUp KeyDown Select y a Dialogue for trigger key selec b The detail panel for tion Triggers 1 Select a circle bumper by clicking the Select button and clicking on a circle bumper Now the buttom panel will appear 2 Click on the Targets button on the side The Targets panel will show up 3 Click on the Add button and click a flipper Targets trianglebumperS3 X lt lt 15 5 5 5 0 5 gt gt Triggers circlebumper38 X Delay leftflipper44 X NaS Figure 4 The dialog for trigger key selection The numbers indicate the location of the triangle bumper and appear when the mouse not shown is held over the button
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