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The Powder Toy - April 2016

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Have you ever wanted to blow something up? Or maybe you always dreamt of operati
ng an atomic power plant? Do you have a will to develop your own CPU? The Powder
Toy lets you to do all of these, and even more!
The Powder Toy is a free physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and
velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different
substances! The game provides you with various building materials, liquids, gas
es and electronic components which can be used to construct complex machines, gu
ns, bombs, realistic terrains and almost anything else. You can then mine them a
nd watch cool explosions, add intricate wirings, play with little stickmen or op
erate your machine. You can browse and play thousands of different saves made by
the community or upload your own - we welcome your creations!
There is a Lua API - you can automate your work or even make plugins for the gam
e. The Powder Toy is free and the source code is distributed under the GNU Gener
al Public License, so you can modify the game yourself or help with development.
TPT is compiled using scons.
Thanks:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Stanislaw K Skowronek - Designed the original
Simon Robertshaw
Skresanov Savely
cracker64
Catelite
Bryan Hoyle
Nathan Cousins
jacksonmj
Felix Wallin
Lieuwe Mosch
Anthony Boot
Matthew "me4502"
MaksProg
jacob1
mniip
Instructions:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Click on the elements with the mouse and draw in the field, like in MS Paint. Th
e rest of the game is learning what happens next.
Controls:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------TAB
Space

Switch between circle/square/triangle brush


Pause

Q / Esc
Z
S
L
K
1-9
P / F2
E
F
G
Shift + G
H
Ctrl + H / F1
D / F3
I
W
Y
B
Ctrl + B
N
U
Ctrl + I
clicking
~
=
Ctrl + =
[
]
Alt + [
Alt + ]

Quit
Zoom
Save stamp (+ Ctrl when STK2 is out)
Load last saved stamp
Stamp library
Set view mode
Save screenshot to .png
Bring up element search
Pause and go to next frame
Increase grid size
Decrease grid size
Show/Hide HUD
Show intro text
Debug mode (+ Ctrl when STK2 is out)
Invert Pressure and Velocity map
Toggle gravity modes (+ Ctrl when STK2 is out)
Toggle air modes
Enter decoration editor menu
Toggle decorations on/off
Toggle Newtonian Gravity on/off
Toggle ambient heat on/off
Install powder toy, for loading saves/stamps by double

Ctrl + C/V/X
Ctrl + Z
Ctrl + Cursor drag
Shift + Cursor drag
Middle click
Alt + Left click
Mouse scroll
Ctrl + Mouse scroll
Shift + Mouse scroll
Shift + R
Ctrl + Shift + R
R
ps

Copy/Paste/Cut
Undo
Rectangle
Line
Sample element
Sample element
Change brush size
Change vertical brush size
Change horizontal brush size
Horizontal mirror for selected area when pasting stamps
Vertical mirror for selected area when pasting stamps
Rotate selected area counterclockwise when pasting stam

Console
Reset pressure and velocity map
Reset Electricity
Decrease brush size
Increase brush size
Decrease brush size by 1
Increase brush size by 1

Only the left Ctrl, Shift, and Alt buttons are enabled to work, not the ones on
the right
Command Line:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------scale:1
scale:2
kiosk
proxy:server[:port]
k:8080]
open <file>
ddir <directory>
ptsave:<save id>#[name]

Normal window resolution


Doubled window resolution
Fullscreen mode
Proxy server to use [Example: proxy:wwwcache.lancs.ac.u
Opens the file as a stamp or game save
Directory used for saving stamps and preferences
[Example: ptsave:2198#Destroyable_city_5_wth_metro~dima

-gord]

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