Spratchton - Revision history

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	{{~~LittleBigPlanet 3 Gadgets~~}}		{{navbox LBP3 gadgets}}
	[[Category:Connectors]]		[[Category:Connectors]]

Chunky104: /* Usage and Behaviour */ Typo

2025-11-24T21:46:51Z

Usage and Behaviour: Typo

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	The Spratchton was placed in the same manner as other joints, snapping onto the sides of any solid objects.		The Spratchton was placed in the same manner as other joints, snapping onto the sides of any solid objects.

	The Spratchton functioned as a fusion of both a [[Spring]] and [[Piston]]. Like a Piston, the player could set a minimum and maximum length which it would never contract of expand beyond, and like a Spring, the player could set a specific length between those two points that the joint would try to bounce back to, as well as how much force it exherted to maintain it. Spratchtons were fairly sturdy when dealing with light-weight objects, but lost all stability when a heavy object landed on it, contracting or extending depending on the connector's orientation; when the heavy object was removed, it bounced back to the latch's length.		The Spratchton functioned as a fusion of both a [[Spring]] and [[Piston]]. Like a Piston, the player could set a minimum and maximum length which it would never contract or expand beyond, and like a Spring, the player could set a specific length between those two points that the joint would try to bounce back to, as well as how much force it exherted to maintain it. Spratchtons were fairly sturdy when dealing with light-weight objects, but lost all stability when a heavy object landed on it, contracting or extending depending on the connector's orientation; when the heavy object was removed, it bounced back to the latch's length.

	It is believed that the intended use of Spratchtons was to create weighted launchers for [[Toggle (Character)\|Toggle]] to interact with.		It is believed that the intended use of Spratchtons was to create weighted launchers for [[Toggle (Character)\|Toggle]] to interact with.

Ecksboks720: added alpha 2 information into page

2025-03-17T08:54:28Z

added alpha 2 information into page

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	The '''Spratchton''', also known as the '''Sprung, latched piston''', was a Joint Connector planned for ''[[LittleBigPlanet 3]]'' that could be compressed and expanded by heavy objects.		The '''Spratchton''', also known as the '''Sprung, latched piston''', was a Joint Connector planned for ''[[LittleBigPlanet 3]]'' that could be compressed and expanded by heavy objects.

	It is present in the [[Build:LittleBigPlanet 3 (2013-09-07) Alpha\|~~September 7~~, 2013 prototype]] of the game, but was removed from all subsequent builds, and thus does not function when imported into the final game.		It is present up until the [[Build:LittleBigPlanet 3 (2013-11-18) Alpha\|November 18, 2013 prototype]] of the game, but was removed from all subsequent builds, and thus does not function when imported into the final game.

	==Usage and Behaviour==		==Usage and Behaviour==
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	!style="width:10%"\| [[Build:LittleBigPlanet 3 (2013-09-07) Alpha\|LBP3_r513946]]<br><small>September 7, 2013</small>		!style="width:10%"\| [[Build:LittleBigPlanet 3 (2013-09-07) Alpha\|LBP3_r513946]]<br><small>September 7, 2013</small>
	\|[[File:Connector_Joint_Piston_Icon.png\|class=invert\|32px]] First publicly available build to contain the Spratchton.		\|[[File:Connector_Joint_Piston_Icon.png\|class=invert\|32px]] First publicly available build to contain the Spratchton.
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			!style="width:10%"\| [[Build:LittleBigPlanet 3 (2013-11-18) Alpha\|LBP3_r534715]]<br><small>November 18, 2013</small>
			\|[[File:Connector_Joint_Piston_Icon.png\|class=invert\|32px]] Last publicly available build to contain the Spratchton.
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	!style="width:10%"\| [[Build:LittleBigPlanet 3 (2014-03-31) Pre-Beta\|LBP3_r570012]]<br><small>March 31, 2014</small>		!style="width:10%"\| [[Build:LittleBigPlanet 3 (2014-03-31) Pre-Beta\|LBP3_r570012]]<br><small>March 31, 2014</small>

Chunky104: /* Usage and Behaviour */

2024-08-01T17:43:57Z

Usage and Behaviour

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	The Spratchton was placed in the same manner as other joints, snapping onto the sides of any solid objects.		The Spratchton was placed in the same manner as other joints, snapping onto the sides of any solid objects.

	The Spratchton functioned as a fusion of both a [[Spring]] and [[Piston]]. Like a Piston, the player could set a minimum and maximum length which it would never contract of expand beyond~~. And~~ like a Spring, the player could set length between those two points that the joint would try to bounce back to, as well as how much force it exherted to maintain ~~that length~~. Spratchtons were fairly sturdy when dealing with light-weight objects, but lost all stability when a heavy object landed on it, contracting or extending depending on the connector's orientation; when the heavy object was removed, it bounced back to the latch's length.		The Spratchton functioned as a fusion of both a [[Spring]] and [[Piston]]. Like a Piston, the player could set a minimum and maximum length which it would never contract of expand beyond, and like a Spring, the player could set a specific length between those two points that the joint would try to bounce back to, as well as how much force it exherted to maintain it. Spratchtons were fairly sturdy when dealing with light-weight objects, but lost all stability when a heavy object landed on it, contracting or extending depending on the connector's orientation; when the heavy object was removed, it bounced back to the latch's length.

	It is believed that the intended use of Spratchtons was to create weighted launchers for [[Toggle (Character)\|Toggle]] to interact with.		It is believed that the intended use of Spratchtons was to create weighted launchers for [[Toggle (Character)\|Toggle]] to interact with.

Chunky104 at 17:32, 1 August 2024

2024-08-01T17:32:16Z

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	{{GadgetBob		{{GadgetBob
	\| bobimg=Connector_Joint_Piston_Icon.png		\| bobimg=Connector_Joint_Piston_Icon.png

Chunky104: Updated opening paragraph to mention the fact this connector was removed after the Alpha.

2024-08-01T17:29:35Z

Updated opening paragraph to mention the fact this connector was removed after the Alpha.

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	{{quote\|A spratchton, what else could it be?\|Item description}}		{{quote\|A spratchton, what else could it be?\|Item description}}
	The '''Spratchton''', also known as the '''Sprung, latched piston''', was a Joint Connector planned for ''[[LittleBigPlanet 3]]'' that could be compressed and expanded by heavy objects.		The '''Spratchton''', also known as the '''Sprung, latched piston''', was a Joint Connector planned for ''[[LittleBigPlanet 3]]'' that could be compressed and expanded by heavy objects.

			It is present in the [[Build:LittleBigPlanet 3 (2013-09-07) Alpha\|September 7, 2013 prototype]] of the game, but was removed from all subsequent builds, and thus does not function when imported into the final game.

	==Usage and Behaviour==		==Usage and Behaviour==

Chunky104: Here's what I could gather from experimenting with this connector. I tried to be as thorough as I could be, but it's possible I've worded some stuff weirdly.

2024-08-01T17:14:27Z

Here's what I could gather from experimenting with this connector. I tried to be as thorough as I could be, but it's possible I've worded some stuff weirdly.

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{{GameIndicator|lbp3=y|cat=Connectors}}
{{GadgetBob
| bobimg=Connector_Joint_Piston_Icon.png
| border= {{HexColor|lbp3}}
| imgclass=invert
| title=Spratchton
| game= [[LittleBigPlanet 3]]
| type=Gadgets
| category=Connectors
| inputs= 0
| outputs= 0
}}
{{quote|A spratchton, what else could it be?|Item description}}
The '''Spratchton''', also known as the '''Sprung, latched piston''', was a Joint Connector planned for ''[[LittleBigPlanet 3]]'' that could be compressed and expanded by heavy objects.

==Usage and Behaviour==
The Spratchton was placed in the same manner as other joints, snapping onto the sides of any solid objects.

The Spratchton functioned as a fusion of both a [[Spring]] and [[Piston]]. Like a Piston, the player could set a minimum and maximum length which it would never contract of expand beyond. And like a Spring, the player could set length between those two points that the joint would try to bounce back to, as well as how much force it exherted to maintain that length. Spratchtons were fairly sturdy when dealing with light-weight objects, but lost all stability when a heavy object landed on it, contracting or extending depending on the connector's orientation; when the heavy object was removed, it bounced back to the latch's length.

It is believed that the intended use of Spratchtons was to create weighted launchers for [[Toggle (Character)|Toggle]] to interact with.

==Tweaks==
{{Tweak
|icon=Tweak_Connector_Joint_Length_Maximum.png
|name=Maximum Length
|params=0.0 - 5,000.0
|desc=Determines how far the spratchton can extend to.
}}
{{Tweak
|icon=Tweak_Connector_Joint_Length_Minimum.png
|name=Minimum Length
|params=0.0 - 5,000.0
|desc=Determines how close to its start point the spratchton can contract.
}}
{{Tweak
|icon=Tweak_Connector_Joint_Length_Stiffness.png
|name=Stiffness
|params=yesno
|desc=If set to Yes, the spratchton will keep both objects aligned. If set to No, the connected objects can rotate around the end points, albeit constrained to a 180° angle range at either end.
}}

===Latch===
{{Tweak
|icon=Tweak_Connector_Joint_Length_Maximum.png
|name=Length
|params=0.0 - 5,000.0
|desc=Determines the resting point of the spratchton — the median point between the piston's minimum and maximum lengths — which it will try to maintain when not being pushed or pulled.
}}
{{Tweak
|icon=Tweak_Connector_Strength.png
|name=Strength
|params=0% - 100%
|desc=Determines how much pressure the latch can withstand before it contracts or expands.
}}

===Spring===
{{Tweak
|name=Compression acceleration
|icon=Tweak_Movement_Speed.png
|params=0 - 1,500
|desc=Determines how much force exherts when contracting to the latch's length.
}}
{{Tweak
|name=Compression speed
|icon=Tweak_Movement_Speed.png
|params=0 - 1,500
|desc=Sets the spring's top speed when contracting.
}}
{{Tweak
|name=Expansion acceleration
|icon=Tweak_Movement_Speed.png
|params=0 - 1,500
|desc=Determines how much force the spring exherts when expanding to the latch's length.
}}
{{Tweak
|name=Expansion speed
|icon=Tweak_Movement_Speed.png
|params=0 - 1,500
|desc=Sets the spring's top speed when expanding.
}}

===Visuals===
{{tweakvisible}}

==History==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|LittleBigPlanet 3 Pre-Release
|-
!style="width:10%"| [[Build:LittleBigPlanet 3 (2013-09-07) Alpha|LBP3_r513946]] September 7, 2013
|[[File:Connector_Joint_Piston_Icon.png|class=invert|32px]] First publicly available build to contain the Spratchton.
|-
!style="width:10%"| [[Build:LittleBigPlanet 3 (2014-03-31) Pre-Beta|LBP3_r570012]] March 31, 2014
|Removed the Spratchton. Existing Spratchtons turn into limp Pistons with no tweaks.
|}

{{LittleBigPlanet 3 Gadgets}}
[[Category:Connectors]]