topic Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor? in Modeling

Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Link — Wed, 19 May 2004 16:21:26 GMT

See what happens when we stretch the InsulFib library part too small!

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Link — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:16:11 GMT

And another: The helicopter game (as reported by Kim from ACUE)...

1. Set the tracker to "On demand" in Project Preferences
2. Put in the first node of a straight wall in plan
3. Type "a" then input 12.345 then type another "a", without touching the mouse or any other key. Do not press the "Enter" key.
4. Wait for about 10 seconds, watching the tracker box. It should move to the centre, top third of the plan view. Read the information in it, giving you a countdown to the start of the game.
5. Use the cursor keys to gently lower the helicopter; you may need to start with the up arrow depending on which direction it starts moving at the start of the game, and simultaneously the side arrows to get it to land vertically and not crash at an angle.

I think the idea is to land as quickly and gently as possible to get a high score!

Combined with the First Person Shooter (holding down F+P+S) in the Explore mode of the 3D window, it clear to see that they do have a laugh!

Now back to work!

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

__archiben — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:04:01 GMT

Link wrote:
I think the idea is to land as quickly and gently as possible to get a high score!

hmmm. the arrow keys don't seem to work on a mac - i just keep crashing. nothing new there then . . .

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:07:14 GMT

Good stuff!!!

(But we wonder why useful tools are only at 80% )

... but I just scored 4084

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:43:29 GMT

Good Stuff Indeed -

Points: 3705

Thanks for sharing. :]

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Stress Co_ — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:36:21 GMT

Link wrote:
And another: The helicopter game (as reported by Kim from ACUE)...

This is not working for me.... should I report it as a bug??

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:29:01 GMT

The score only counts when you don't have a minus sign in front of it

I had 5314 as a score a couple of days after my return from ACUE, but as we're not migrating our projects to 10 yet, I had to return the 10 dongle after that. So long ago... think what I've been missing all this time, not to mention I'm behind on learning anything more on AC10 ...

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:32:04 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
hmmm. the arrow keys don't seem to work on a mac - i just keep crashing. nothing new there then . . .

Seems so. I had reports back of it not working for the Mac users I sent the 'tip' to.

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

David Maudlin — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:45:00 GMT

kimfromzim wrote:
I had to return the 10 dongle after that. So long ago... think what I've been missing all this time, not to mention I'm behind on learning anything more on AC10 ...

Kim:

Sorry to get off this fun topic, but I am sure you know that you can run ArchiCAD 10 in demo mode without the dongle (no save or print).

David

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:06:40 GMT

David wrote:
Kim:

Sorry to get off this fun topic, but I am sure you know that you can run ArchiCAD 10 in demo mode without the dongle (no save or print).

David

Yes, thanks David. The problem is, I learn when I use something because it's what I'm using... if you know what I mean. Playing with an unsavable version of something when I am being paid for work we're charging clients for is difficult to justify - even though I see the value in it, that doesn't mean I'll be allowed to just do that.

So yes - in theory I could do it, but I learn when I use something to get the results I need to get.

Thanks anyway (maybe I should fire it up at lunchtime, try some things out and also play helicopters... 😉 )

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Link — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:28:11 GMT

The question Kim, is how did you find this little easter egg?!

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:35:11 GMT

Link wrote:
The question Kim, is how did you find this little easter egg?!

No great mystery really - shall we say, 'from the horse's mouth' ... At ACUE.

We saw a snippet of it as it was mentioned very quickly in passing, but I had a pen and notebook, in case of such an important piece of information being divulged 😉, and scribbled down the magic number.

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Link — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:39:23 GMT

Cool.

Any more to share? Maybe Pac-man, or Frogga? Perhaps we can use the Zone tool to play Space Invaders?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:44:10 GMT

That would be great - but alas, I have no more such useful tips 😉 Now, Pac-man with the column tool would be something to enjoy! All the columns in plan view being the dots, and the big columns are the power-pills ... hm.

Re: Who says our programmers don't have a sense of humor?

PatriciaLe_o — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:35:43 GMT

hahahaha I loved it!!!!
I bet Revit isn't as fun!