Pro Tip of the Day - lunar pool http://protipoftheday.com/taxonomy/term/132/0 en Pro tip: Lunar Pool: Adjusting friction http://protipoftheday.com/node/115 <p>Lunar Pool is a kind-of odd pool game. You get tables of different shapes, and you get to play with the physical laws of the universe. On the screen where you can pick what round you start with, you can also pick the <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/friction-1">coefficient of friction</a> between the balls and the table, anywhere from 0 to 255, with the default being 32.</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/lunar_pool_friction1.png" /></div> <p>If you set it all the way to 0, then the balls will never come to a stop, they'll just roll and roll until they all go into the pockets and you lose.</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/lunar_pool_friction2.png" /></div> <p>If you set it all the way to 255, the balls hardly move at all, and you'll never have enough shots put them all in the pockets. </p> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/lunar_pool_friction3.png" /></div> <div align="center"><img src="http://protipoftheday.com/sites/default/files/lunar_pool_friction4.png" /></div> <p>So, I'm really not sure why you'd even want to go to those extremes.</p> lunar pool NES pro tip Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:07:12 +0000 Will 115 at http://protipoftheday.com