Updated 577.dat and Lightsabre shortcut discussion.
2012-06-26, 3:13 (This post was last modified: 2012-06-28, 16:22 by Greg Teft.)
2012-06-26, 3:13 (This post was last modified: 2012-06-28, 16:22 by Greg Teft.)
I recently updated 577.dat to correct a handful of issues with it.
To support the length and hole depth corrections, the shortcuts used by the minifig generator were also updated.
There is some discussion at 577c01.dat & 577c02.dat regarding these.
I don't think a 10-year old part should be made obsolete, especially in this case.
I expect the users of the shortcuts are accustomed to having the light.dat in them, and that positioning them to get the desired effect would be difficult if they weren't there.
I do think that the new c03/c04 descriptions are better to suit the chrome hilt, but possibly adding 'Lit' to these should suffice rather than making them obsolete, grandfathering the use of light.dat here.
Please weigh in if you care if the current shortcuts should be made Obsolete or not.
To support the length and hole depth corrections, the shortcuts used by the minifig generator were also updated.
There is some discussion at 577c01.dat & 577c02.dat regarding these.
I don't think a 10-year old part should be made obsolete, especially in this case.
I expect the users of the shortcuts are accustomed to having the light.dat in them, and that positioning them to get the desired effect would be difficult if they weren't there.
I do think that the new c03/c04 descriptions are better to suit the chrome hilt, but possibly adding 'Lit' to these should suffice rather than making them obsolete, grandfathering the use of light.dat here.
Please weigh in if you care if the current shortcuts should be made Obsolete or not.
- Greg
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