13 posts
England, UK
Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:49 PM
It would be nice to be able to place monitors that face upwards and downwards.
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Started by Xavura, 04 February 2013 - 09:49 PM
125 posts
Denmark
Posted 04 February 2013 - 11:47 PM
Why? Why would people Need this?It would be nice to be able to place monitors that face upwards and downwards.
1688 posts
'MURICA
Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:03 AM
There was a discussion here (albeit a bit off-topic): http://www.computercraft.info/forums2/index.php?/topic/8494-15-slope-version-of-monitors/Why? Why would people Need this?
I personally think it'd be pretty cool, you could make some neat disco floor animation, or a sort of cursor that follows the player with a "walked_on" event; you could probably make a game of that, haha.
7508 posts
Australia
Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:03 AM
I can think of a few reasons, some which have been posted on a similar thread.Why? Why would people Need this?
However if getting this meant that it was longer to get one of the other planned features, id probably say "do the planned feature!"
3790 posts
Lincoln, Nebraska
Posted 05 February 2013 - 04:15 AM
I would definitely want to put images on the floor instead of a silly wool 'rug'.
It would look sooooooooooooo awesome!
It would look sooooooooooooo awesome!
7508 posts
Australia
Posted 05 February 2013 - 04:19 AM
I'd be more inclined to do the "follow the lines to places" thing… for like some military facility or such.I would definitely want to put images on the floor instead of a silly wool 'rug'.
It would look sooooooooooooo awesome!
8543 posts
Posted 05 February 2013 - 04:20 AM
Of course, if this was implemented, people would end up requesting that monitors face at least two different directions when placed on the floor/ceiling, and I wouldn't be surprised to see requests for all four directions when placed on floor/ceiling.
724 posts
Posted 05 February 2013 - 04:43 AM
All 24 directions should be (joke ;)/> )
16 is more real number ofc (0-45-90-180/n-e-s-w)
16 is more real number ofc (0-45-90-180/n-e-s-w)
992 posts
Posted 05 February 2013 - 05:00 AM
This sounds very useful and I can think of many things to do with.
Maybe monitors can have a rotation setting similar to there scale function but allows rotation of the monitor output. Rotation could come in handy for normal monitors to to display characters side ways or have wide short pixels instead of tall skinny ones.
Of course, if this was implemented, people would end up requesting that monitors face at least two different directions when placed on the floor/ceiling, and I wouldn't be surprised to see requests for all four directions when placed on floor/ceiling.
Maybe monitors can have a rotation setting similar to there scale function but allows rotation of the monitor output. Rotation could come in handy for normal monitors to to display characters side ways or have wide short pixels instead of tall skinny ones.
445 posts
Posted 05 February 2013 - 05:09 AM
Of course, if this was implemented, people would end up requesting that monitors face at least two different directions when placed on the floor/ceiling, and I wouldn't be surprised to see requests for all four directions when placed on floor/ceiling.
Which can be said against implementing anything :P/> "oh you want colored pcs? but then people will want more colors than 16. first 64, then 256 […]"
I always found it weird that monitors can't face upwards or downwards, the biggest problem would probably be the text orientation, like where is "up"?
3790 posts
Lincoln, Nebraska
Posted 05 February 2013 - 05:51 AM
That's true. I wonder how you would be able to make that work….the biggest problem would probably be the text orientation, like where is "up"?
724 posts
Posted 05 February 2013 - 08:10 AM
First check the direction of nearby Monitor. (config option to turn it off)
If no Monitor nearby, choose orientation, based on Player's view.
If no Monitor nearby, choose orientation, based on Player's view.
8543 posts
Posted 05 February 2013 - 08:10 AM
… the biggest problem would probably be the text orientation, like where is "up"?
That was precisely the point of the post you quoted.
445 posts
Posted 05 February 2013 - 08:13 AM
… the biggest problem would probably be the text orientation, like where is "up"?
That was precisely the point of the post you quoted.
still, its something to decide on, not something to dismiss because you think other requests will follow imo
8543 posts
Posted 05 February 2013 - 08:19 AM
What? I think you read things into my original post that were not there. I simply said that if this were to be implemented, it would either need to be able to face all four directions, or we would likely see many requests for it to be able to face all four directions.
3790 posts
Lincoln, Nebraska
Posted 05 February 2013 - 08:33 AM
I think if we do add this, it might have to work kind of like how Eloraam made her blocks work. Like the block would be placed dynamically based on how the player is faced. I don't want to step on Elo's toes, but that's the only example I could think of, really.
997 posts
Wellington, New Zealand
Posted 06 February 2013 - 12:38 PM
Monitors are already placed like that, they just don't support facing up or down.I think if we do add this, it might have to work kind of like how Eloraam made her blocks work. Like the block would be placed dynamically based on how the player is faced. I don't want to step on Elo's toes, but that's the only example I could think of, really.
I support this idea.
2005 posts
Posted 06 February 2013 - 10:18 PM
Probably floor monitors should require a glass block rather than just a pane, since you can walk on them. It would also help disambiguate attempts to place a freestanding monitor on the floor (rather than against a wall) from trying to place a floor monitor.
997 posts
Wellington, New Zealand
Posted 07 February 2013 - 12:12 AM
Pistons are placed based on where you're looking, not the side you click on. So are monitors, dispensers and furnaces.
One problem with this though, how does it know which direction to write the text in? That could be based on the direction you're looking as well though.
One problem with this though, how does it know which direction to write the text in? That could be based on the direction you're looking as well though.
286 posts
Bonn Germany
Posted 07 February 2013 - 12:24 AM
I think orienting the text is not a problem. If you want you could also make use of something as a wrench. Also I'd consider placing monitor with text from bottom left to top right and so on though this makes totally no sense doing this it would just be fun and consequent!