22852nd poster gets a cookie (cookie thread (Part 7)) (Part 10)

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#18569

I have a suggestion.

– isuggestnotmajoringinjournalism

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#18570

Sorry hold on I have a better one

– isuggestforceSTEM

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#18571

I wish i got forcestemmed :pensive:

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#18572

i need stem assistance rn help

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#18573

image

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#18574

well now youre recruited

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#18575

What’s the problem?

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#18576 
set all "total" variables to 0
set numberOfColors to 0
for each color:
 set totalRed to: totalRed + redValue
 set totalGreen to: totalGreen + greenValue
 set totalBlue to: totalBlue + blueValue
 set totalMaximum to: totalMaximum + (max of redValue, greenValue, blueValue)
 set numberOfColors to: numberOfColors + 1

set averageRed to: floor of (totalRed / numberOfColors)
set averageGreen to: floor of (totalGreen / numberOfColors)
set averageBlue to: floor of (totalBlue / numberOfColors)
set averageMaximum to: totalMaximum / numberOfColors

set maximumOfAverage to: max of (averageRed, averageGreen, averageBlue)
set alphaFactor (float) to: averageMaximum / maximumOfAverage

set resultRed to: floor of (averageRed * alphaFactor)
set resultGreen to: floor of (averageGreen * alphaFactor)
set resultBlue to: floor of (averageBlue * alphaFactor)

according to the wiki this is how minecraft dyes work. it causes numerous combinations to not be possible. i want to visualise this. my options are:

  • get all the possible combinations and just rog bruteforce that shit into some kind of color picker (i can do this, not happy about it)
  • establish the boundaries of the algorithm as some kind of fractal in 3 dimensional space and use this as a mask (what)
  • kill self

help me.my family is starving

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#18577

What does color look like?
I’m imagining it’s, like, an array of objects with redValue, greenValue, and blueValue?

#18578

Are there any limitations on that array? That feels like the biggest sticking point here.

#18579

ok so. the dye operation has 0-8 dyes. they call this colors in the pseudo code because they hate you. there are 16 different predefined dyes. each can be used multiple times in one operation

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#18580

@Zugzwang

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#18581

yeah originally i was just going to bother him over this but i saw the word stem in cookie and just decided to rant

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#18582

Are the dyes just mirrored versions of each other (same underlying values that’re swapped between redValue-greenValue-blueValue), or am I misunderstanding what they are?

#18583

Wait, I can Google this.
Be right back.

#18584

Ok, I’m understanding the issue.
Hm.

#18585

i am in hell

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#18586

well if youre in hell why would you be on fol instead of on fol

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#18587

i am a famed Minecraft armorsmith btw (partial lie) i want to be able to dye armor without either freehanding or throwing a hex code at the wall and hoping the closest perceived distance isnt 10 years away. which is why i yearm for the visualisation

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#18588

The way I’m imagining this is a series of vectors in 3D space that we’re scaling by \left\lfloor\frac{totalMaximum}{maximumAverage} \right\rfloor.