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| | :::::: Beehive garden: [http://linden.xkcd.com/#600d61aa-0035-11e6-8001-42010a8e0017]. I've changed the right two lights several times. Aside from the potted beret plant, the most unusual feature here is a star plant almost completely outside the frame above the rightmost tree. No swarm of bees here or on the forum, but there are six bee images. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 09:39, 14 April 2016 (UTC) | | :::::: Beehive garden: [http://linden.xkcd.com/#600d61aa-0035-11e6-8001-42010a8e0017]. I've changed the right two lights several times. Aside from the potted beret plant, the most unusual feature here is a star plant almost completely outside the frame above the rightmost tree. No swarm of bees here or on the forum, but there are six bee images. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 09:39, 14 April 2016 (UTC) |
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| − | Still no luck with the flying fish. I have no idea what the filename could be; I've tried many variations. I'm trying to fill gardens with bird risers, but they aren't producing many birds. [http://linden.xkcd.com/?debug#1cd74824-04a4-11e6-8001-42010a8e000c] [http://linden.xkcd.com/?debug#b2701a18-04be-11e6-8001-42010a8e000c] [http://linden.xkcd.com/?debug#8d8c467a-04c0-11e6-8001-42010a8e0009] [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 09:16, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : Now those have 24, 22, and 45 bird riser roots; and 66, 44, and 28 bird risers. The third has three times as many proxy nodes and a supply of 683 because the platforms have so many attach points. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 13:27, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : 24:117, 24:125, 96:133 roots:risers. All five birds have appeared in each. The tall platforms seem to be reducing the space available for birds without improving the long-term rate of creating bird risers. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 04:48, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : 60ish birds and Megans in two of these, but no fish. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 11:28, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : 73, 91, and 14 flying things. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 20:03, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : 24:150:112:84, 24:190:162:94, 98:143:71:14 roots:risers:nulls:fliers. There hasn't been much growth today; maybe the server has been too busy. [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/4/4d/1663_Garden_birds_25.png] [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/f/f7/1663_Garden_birds_20.png] [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/6/6d/1663_Garden_birds_20_with_platforms.png] [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 05:28, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | Someone found it; it was at "[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-actual-flying-fish-1.png actual flying fish]". I think they grow in some mixture of orange and blue light. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 23:07, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
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| | [[File:1663 Garden random 01.png|thumb|right|185px|Garden created with one light, changed randomly after new growth]] | | [[File:1663 Garden random 01.png|thumb|right|185px|Garden created with one light, changed randomly after new growth]] |
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| − | :Can you explain what you did with the other colors of light and beam angle? Maybe in the experimental gardens where you posted them? Seems like nothing grows for colors outside the range? But no problem for different angles... [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 17:03, 16 April 2016 (UTC) | + | :CAn you explain what you did with the other colors of light and beam angle? Maybe in the experimental gardens where you posted them? Seems like nothing grows for colors outside the range? But no problem for different angles... [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 17:03, 16 April 2016 (UTC) |
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| − | :: To set the parameters outside their normal ranges, I saved a copy of linden.js so I could edit it. The server enforces the three light maximum, but the beam angle and temperature can be changed arbitrarily. However, for growth the beam angle has to be positive and the temperature has to be between 0 and 1. I think the negative angle can't grow anything because the server tries to place objects inside the light cone, which here is the region without light. Setting the angle above [http://xkcd.com/1663/#58792150-029b-11e6-8001-42010a8e000a 360°] just changes where the edge of the light is displayed. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 22:10, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | Here's the "create light" function I'm now using:
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| − | : <tt>handleCreateLight:function(){var t=this.opts.width*Math.random(),e=(this.opts.height+this.opts.height*Math.random())/2,n=this.opts.width<font color="red">*Math.random()</font>,i=0;this.opts.onSetLight(null,{pos:[t,e],pointAngle:Math.atan2(i-e,n-t)/O,beamAngle:45+45*Math.random(),temp:<font color="blue">Math.random()</font>})}</tt>
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| − | * aiming at a <font color="red">random position</font> along the bottom instead of the center
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| − | * choosing a <font color="blue">random temperature</font> for each light
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| − | [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 01:01, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | == White light ==
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| − | Here are five gardens with pure white light (color temperature 0.64).
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| − | # [http://linden.xkcd.com/#69875baa-08aa-11e6-8001-42010a8e0006]
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| − | # [http://linden.xkcd.com/#8a61660e-08aa-11e6-8001-42010a8e0005]
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| − | # [http://linden.xkcd.com/#bac402c0-08aa-11e6-8001-42010a8e0010]
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| − | #* Blue light (temperature 7/8) has no effect on a beehive.
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| − | # [http://linden.xkcd.com/#c6e530d8-08aa-11e6-8001-42010a8e0013]
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| − | # [http://linden.xkcd.com/#d8951f1e-08aa-11e6-8001-42010a8e0008]
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| − | #* Yellow light (temperature 3/8) has no effect on a beehive.
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| − | 2-4 grew the "important bun" right away, moving from left to right. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 17:18, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | Trees prefer light from a single source. The rightmost trees in
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| − | [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/d/d6/1663_Garden_white_02.png]. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 20:53, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | Mixed lighting has grown several flower bases, four types of flower, and four beehive bases. [http://linden.xkcd.com/#e803b158-0ab3-11e6-8001-42010a8e0011] [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 00:01, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : Many flowers later, cairns seem to be much easier to grow than complete beehives. Balloon string has become rigid, but wavy. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 21:55, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : This garden has also produced the usual flexible in wind string, and a new form that grows at ''right angles''. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 23:30, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
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| − | In [http://linden.xkcd.com/#7b260490-12ac-11e6-8001-42010a8e0008], flooding with the default light color brings a stilt walker immediately, followed by grass. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 10:37, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : After several more plants grew, flooding with white light from the opposite side immediately produced a beehive base. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 11:26, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : Cycling through colors hasn't added beehive sections. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 19:30, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : Growth has slowed considerably from ten hours ago. Maybe this is just the wrong time of day to try different lighting. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 20:04, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : After pruning a tree, Megan is now carrying a sprawl of leaves growing from a platform. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 19:46, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
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| − | [http://linden.xkcd.com/#db341566-12f7-11e6-8001-42010a8e0003]: white light grew nothing until a growth spurt added a beehive, trees, and various wildlife. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 22:12, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : This garden has since grown eight more beehives. Pruning leaves one entrance not paired with a base. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 18:55, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : One tree managed to grow <s>nine</s> eleven branches only on its left side, growing to the right only after the light illuminating it was moved underground. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 23:00, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : Growth has been slow this weekend. I think the growth rate decreases as the number of terminal objects increases. If so, trees stifle growth and should be pruned. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 16:05, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
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| − | : Pruning trees has had mixed results. [[User:.42|.42]] ([[User talk:.42|talk]]) 19:46, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
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