Prisma Puzzle Timer

[da25centz]

Hey friends,
Can anyone tell me how to install this timer. I tried a lot but that .jar file is relly causing me trouble :confused:. Please can anyone help me.

Regards ,

Aditya​

you don't install it. you download it and run the .jar with the java runtime environment. what OS are you using?



can you add the capability to create custom short-cuts for puzzles? for example, I would like to make ctrl+s or ctrl+k switch to skewb

 

[DaKrazedKyubizt]

Mr. Souza, are you going to add a 2-gen scrambler to the program, instead of having the "2-gen" scrambler actually just be a scrambler that scrambles the entire cube but ends with a solved 2x2x3 block? I don't like having unnecessary problems when trying to practice 2-gen movement on my left hand for the purpose of F2L (i.e. unoriented edges & unpermuted corners after F2L). It would be nice to have both options, as both are useful, but at the moment, for me, a 2-gen scrambler using only R and U (similar to the option you can find on the Mega-Scrambler) would be much more useful.

 

[sa11297]

this timer is awesome!!!!! thank you so much Walter Souza. (that is the person to thank right?)

 

[Yuxuibbs]

my computer kinda broke....had to format the hard drive. what do u need installed to make it run because i downloaded java and it still pops up as a zip file?

 

[Godmil]

One suggestion for additions... I love that you can add your own options in the scramble manager, but I'd love to be able to define the possible turns in a random scrambler... Like I've got into 3x3x2/3x3x4 recently and would love to tell Primsa to generate a random scramble that's say 20 long, using only U,U',U2,L,R,F,B,D,D',D2. That would make this software damn near perfect for my needs.

 

[Tall5001]

My only complaint right now is the 4x4 scrambler i cant stand doing Dw Bw and Lw i know you fixed it in your beta but can you change it so i dont have to import scrambles when i want to do 4x4!

 

[Eric79]

I didn't know how annoying it is until I started practicing 4x4x4! It's fixed now.

Any new version by now? I am using version 0.4 which is from the end of last year and the Rw2 Lw2 problem is still existant...

 

[RubikZz]

When comes a new version?

 

[Walter Souza]

Hello, everyone!

Here's the beta of the next version of Prisma: http://prisma.cubing.net/download/PrismaPuzzleTimer0.5b1.jar.

Don't run it from the same directory as your current database (wait for the final version). Move "PrismaPuzzleTimer0.5b1.jar" to a new directory and just copy "puzzletimer.h2.db".

If all goes well, Prisma 0.5 will be released next week.


Fixed bugs:

- Stackmat timer - overshooting and one-handed timing bugs
- 4x4x4, 6x6x6 and megaminx scramblers

Tips:

- Tips by category (user defined)
- Color neutral optimal cross
- Color neutral optimal x-cross
- Classic Pochmann (cycles, Speffz notation and algorithms)
- M2 (cycles, Speffz notation and algoritms)

Scramblers:

- Rubik's cube single sticker cycle
- Rubik's cube CLL, ELL
- Rubik's cube optimal <R, U>, <L, U>

Polishing:

- Inspection time in seconds
- Session summary/histogram/graph times in minutes
- Main window displays "00:00.00" on stackmat timer reset
- Number of solutions on history window
- Average on main and history windows
- "Select session" and "Select none" buttons on history window
- Confirm dialogs on delete operations
- "Ok" and "Cancel" buttons follow platform guidelines
- Editable built-in categories


I'll reply to every unanswered question soon.

Enjoy.

 

[Brest]

Walter Souza! Love your work. :tu

 

[MostEd]

is there an option to increase timer text size, and <M, U> scrambles to0

 

[Eric79]

Hello, everyone!

Here's the beta of the next version of Prisma: http://prisma.cubing.net/download/PrismaPuzzleTimer0.5b1.jar.

I'd like to suggest 2 changes:
1) When running the timer on full screen, resize the timer accordingly to the screen resolution (I just dislike it very much to have all that unused space around the timer.
2) Please add (if you'd ask me) above the scramble what kind of scramble it is. I suggested this before and especially for 3x3OH, 3x3BLD, 3x3 whatever - you can't tell what scrambler you are using and thus the history could be f...ed up - as times can't be taken from one history and transferred to another. Besides the named problem, it's just nice to see on the first look which scrambler is chosen - no matter if standart 3x3 or pyraminx where it is obvious by the picture in the bottom left.
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3) Why did you change the inspection time to only seconds?
4) How does the "Select Session" Button work? Selecting one time, clicking the button and automatically all other times of the same session are selected? That does not work. (By the way, the button says "Select session" instead of "select session" or "Select Session". Same for the "Select none".)

I think that's it for now.

 

[Pedro]

I'd like to suggest 2 changes:
1) When running the timer on full screen, resize the timer accordingly to the screen resolution (I just dislike it very much to have all that unused space around the timer.
2) Please add (if you'd ask me) above the scramble what kind of scramble it is. I suggested this before and especially for 3x3OH, 3x3BLD, 3x3 whatever - you can't tell what scrambler you are using and thus the history could be f...ed up - as times can't be taken from one history and transferred to another. Besides the named problem, it's just nice to see on the first look which scrambler is chosen - no matter if standart 3x3 or pyraminx where it is obvious by the picture in the bottom left.
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Edit:
3) Why did you change the inspection time to only seconds?
4) How does the "Select Session" Button work? Selecting one time, clicking the button and automatically all other times of the same session are selected? That does not work. (By the way, the button says "Select session" instead of "select session" or "Select Session". Same for the "Select none".)

I think that's it for now.

1) That's kinda hard to do (he told me).
2) Erm...it shows on the top bar, don't?
3) Because inspection with hundreths is kinda pointless and annoying?
4) It will only work when you have a session going. Do a couple times, go to history and click it. It shows graph/stats just for that session instead of all times ever.

 

[RubikZz]

Please, make something you will see ?? instead of time, but you can set time, by preferences.

 

[Chesnut]

Thanks for the new updates! THE TIMER IS AMAZING. :'D

 

[Tall5001]

Not sure if you changed it but i dont see it. You should change in the History that instead of it saying and computing Mean of 100 i would like it to be Average of 100 instead. I know with that many solves its very much alike but when i do an average of 100 i would like to know my Average not Mean.

Edit: Also for 4x4 and above is there a way you could make it so we can label the solves with parity marks. like for 4x4 if i get OLL parity and PLL parity it says OP or just O or P next to the solves maybe before the X for the solve just O or P or OP? if not thats fine but it would be cool to have for 4x4 and 6x6

 

[Yuxuibbs]

i still can't open the timer.... downloaded java at least 15 times and made it open with java and it still doesn't work

 

[Tall5001]

One other thing i would like to suggest is that in the history i would like to be able to select lets say 100 times that are consecutive and press a button that says Session Summery and just like the main screen where you do session summery it brings up the same window just displaying the times i selected so say i record a video and then close Prisma i can later open it up go to history select the 12 solves press session summery and it will give me something to put in my video description if that makes sense. If not let me know!

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

Are these changes going to be put into the OSX port at some point? Or is there some way that I can make the changes?

 

[masterofthebass]

Are these changes going to be put into the OSX port at some point? Or is there some way that I can make the changes?

There's one thing you can do, but you will have to move the database files. If you take the 0.5 .jar and place it in the Prisma Application, it /should/ work. To do that, go to /Applications and right click on the Prisma App and choose "show package contents". Then navigate to Contents/Resources/Java/repo/com/puzzletimer/puzzletimer/0.4/ and replace the .jar file with the new one. You'll have to rename it puzzletimer-0.4.jar or w/e the file is named, but everything should work. To keep your database, move the .h2.db file from ~/.PrismaPuzzleTimer/ to /Applications.