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== SpongeBall ReadMe ==
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1. Installation
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There is nothing to be installed. Necessary libraries are all contained in the zip-file.


2. Running the application
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To start the application and simulation follow these steps:
1. run 'start.bat' (either with a double click or in command line)
2. press 'esc' (to change to interactive mode)
3. press 'p' (to start the simulation)
4. start interacting with the game if you like (see next section)


3. Application control
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These only function in interactive mode. If you press a key and nothing happens, you are probably in viewing mode - just press 'esc' to toggle modes.

General control
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P       start / stop animation
SPACE   shoot ball
T       remove a ball
N       new mass-point system
H       this help page
Q       quit

Switches
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1       stiffness (low / medium / high)
2       timestep (small / medium / big)
3       damping (low / medium / high)
4       headlight (on/off)
5       shaded / wireframe / overlay
6       global cam / headcam

MpSystem-       Cannon- GlobalCam- control
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LEFT_ARROW      A       J       left
RIGHT_ARROW     D       L       right
UP_ARROW        W       I       forward/up/up
DOWN_ARROW      S       K       backward/down/down


4. Bugs and the like
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- if you start interacting with the game without having pressed 'p' (that is, started the simulation), and then later on press 'p', you get very weird results
- if you play too much with switches 1, 2 and 3, the simulation will explode
- unwelcome behavior of sponge when it slowly falls over the cloud's rim into the abyss
- and most likely a bunch of others that won't come to mind right now ...


5. Copyright etc
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2005 Ursina Caluori and Bálint Miklós, ETH Zürich
No copyright infringement intended with the SpongeBob texture (or any texture for that matter). We can not be held responsible if the program does any damage to your system (though it's a mistery to me how it could actually do that), for we give no guarantees, the program is just provided as is.