User:Korrin/Pyro Guide

Most of what I have written here comes from Helpmaboab's Guides from Tale 2 and Tale 3. I never would have understood Pyro without them!

EFFECTS

Feel free to add your own effects, or ask for an explanation of a particular effect. Maybe someone will show you how they did it.

The Simple Hovering Platform

Often the first effect you will want to learn. The easiest way is to start at Stage 0 at some velocity (not thrust) mulitple of 33. Give the stage a duration of (the multiple in seconds). Base Stage 1 off of Stage 0, going forward (IE: UP), with an initial velocity of 0 and a Thrust Forward of 33.

The more complex hovering platform

• You can give Stage 0 any velocity and any thrust, and still get a hovering platform. Simply calculate where it stops, give it that duration, and base Stage 1 off of it as before. Where it stops is:

• • 0 (units/second) = Initial Velocity + (thrust forward - gravity) x Time

or the value you want...

• • time = velocity / (thrust forward - gravity)

• It may be easier just to play around with it and get something close, then to try to work out the math.

How to hide stars - so they come from out of nowhere

• Use Poppers. They are nigh invisible against the night sky

• Use the Earth. Just because it looks solid, it doesn't mean it will stop a star in motion. Aim down if you like, make sure that it curves back up, and there you it: a star appearing from the Earth. You might want to practice the effect from a high-level hovering star, to make sure your "surprises" are actually going to come back to light.

Floating Stars

• Just like you can counter gravity and have a star hover, you can have a star remain at much the same altitude, if you send it out parallel to the ground, and use "Thrust pitch up" to counter gravity. How do you get it parallel to the ground? Easy. From a shell going straight up, use a ring. (The ring is always at 90 degrees to the angle of travel.)

Guide to making a good shell

Please feel free to edit, add to or correct gross inaccuracies on this page

• Camera views - remember you can change your camera view to get a different look at your firework. The F7 view is probably the best one, but try a few out,

Step 1: Making a mortar.

• You will need: 10 firebricks
• Click on your avatar, select projects --> pyrotechnics --> build a mortar.
• A new fireworks mortar will appear, which will be your friend.

Step 2: The interface - a step-by-step guide

The pyrotechnics interface can be a little daunting at first, but its really not that bad once you play a little. First, the simple part - click on the mortar and a series of options appear, most of which are self-evident

• Arm the Shell: Transfers stars, gunpowder and papyrus paper from your inventory into the mortar. Only those ingredients needed for the current design will be transferred. If you don't have enough of an ingredient, a pop-up window will appear which lists the total quantities required.

• Check Launch Costs: Tells you how much of each star, gunpowder and papyrus paper the current design requires

• Disarm (remove any armed materials): Does exactly what it says on the tin. Removes all materials from the mortar and returns them to your inventory.

• Edit Design: Where the fun begins! We'll come back to this shortly :)

• Fire the Shell: DO NOT USE THIS!!! This will fire the mortar, giving the neighbours a nice surprise and using up all your materials. Seriously. Don't do it. And don't give your mortar to a new player to play with without telling them this either! This option should only be used to fire the mortar at a contest. If you want to see how your design is progressing, use the 'Test Fire' option instead

• Pick up the Fireworks Mortar: You can probably work this one out yourself

• Test Fire: The business end - you'll be using this A LOT. Allows you to see what your mortar does, which is probably not what you thought it would do :)