There is a workaround: Bands of strength 10.
- First, add a band to the segment and make the length of the band as short as possible.
- Increase the band strength to 10 via a recipe or script.
- Result: when the band is enabled, movement for the segment attached to it will be restricted.
If you have the patience to do so, you can even match the guide exactly by putting such bands on every amino acid and wiggling (note that you'll have to do the same for side chains as well, as it's possible for the backbone to be at the correct location while the side chain is pointing in the opposite direction of what the guide indicates).
Good suggestions. My only other issue then is that you see to much of the puzzle and the protein all at once. Is there a way that it could be made so that you can only see one part of the protein at a time? Maybe a hide feature, where when you hide a part, it locks, and it turns almost clear, exept for a very vague outline. I think it would help if you want to work on one section without any others in the way.
Move the mouse over a segment, then press Shift-Q. This would hide everything except for the atoms very close to it. To restore the normal viewing mode, press Q anywhere.
I like the term rage-quit. Never heard it before. As a newbie I find the tools leave a lot to be desired. As an educator, I think that spending some more time focusing on the tools - especially fixing their clunkiness, the fact that they don't go away easily, they repeat, and they don't give enough information - would be helpful. It would certainly raise foldit's whuffie in in the Out There…this tool has promise. Don't neglect continuing to refine the opening moves. The likelihood of your program making good solid contributions increases exponentially with the number of players playing and the depth to which they understand the logic behind what they're doing. Good tools in the beginning that WORK will go a long way toward that. As of May 19, 2013, they don't work well enough yet.
The most frustrating thing with aligning to the guide for me is that the A key in selection interface moves the guide ruining the position of the bands without a possibility to undo.
(Without a guide A gives the highest scoring position)
