Main Index

This Main Index to the Foldit Wiki attempts to show all the pages on the wiki in one place. It was compiled in early December, 2011. Enjoy :)

Note: This index has been compiled manually; until someone works out a way of automatically compiling current Foldit Wiki pages onto one page, this page will need to be edited on occasion.

Note: this page is way out of date, with no major updates since 2011. It may still be useful, for historical purposes if nothing else.

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• 101 - Cookbook - A place for storing your recipes. All about recipes and how to run them.
• 101 - Feedback and Collaboration - You can provide feedback and share your experience of Foldit.
• 101 - Game Interfaces - Tutorials, basic, advanced, and selection. Foldit has four interface types.
• 101 - Puzzle Levels and Types - Describes playing levels and all the different types of Foldit puzzles.

A

• Aesthetics - It's more about the inherent beauty of a well-folded protein.
• Afk bbl brb cul gtg - What do all those letters mean?
• Alanine - A small hydrophobic (orange) amino acid.
• Align Guide - Aligns the gray guide to the structure of the puzzle.
• Align sheets - How to align sheets and helix.
• Alignment Tool - Threading and defining the amino acids and the backbone structure of the protein.
• Alt TOC - An alternative table of contents.
• Amino Acids - "Building blocks" of proteins forming the backbone.
• An encounter with FolditServer - Stories of playing the game.
• Another Hour Another Point - A Foldit group.
• Anthrax Lethal Factor - A Foldit group.
• Anthropic Dreams - A large Foldit group.
• Aotearoa's Suggested Method - Strategy on how to play the game.
• Arginine - A long hydrophilic (blue) Y tipped amino acid.
• Asparagine - A short hydrophilic (blue) Y tipped amino acid.
• Aspartic acid - A short hydrophilic (blue) Y tipped amino acid.
• Award Points - Points you get for finishing the tutorial puzzles, used on Oracle and Peekaboo functions.

B

• Backbone - This is the main structure of the protein that holds the sidechains together.
• Banding Techniques Method by Itskimo - Various ways to use bands.
• BikeLouP's Game Strategy and Tactics - Playing strategy by BikeLouP.
• Biochemistry I - Some very cool videos about biochemistry!
• Buddies - What is a Buddy.

C

• CASP - Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction
• CASP 9 - More about CASP and also about CASP 9 puzzles.
• Clashing Importance - The CI slider is a very powerful tool. Explanations on how to use it.
• Clear - Explains the Clear button, deletes all the history info from the Undo menu, can't be undone!
• Club - The Thinkers and Tinkers Club page, playing strategies.
• Cold Shock - Pictures of solutions of Foldit puzzle "Cold Shock".
• Compactness - Protein structures are naturally compact. Techniques on compacting your protein.
• Conditions - Some Foldit puzzles have conditions that must be met.
• Constraints - Limits the positions of certain bonds, and sometimes the positions of a ligand.
• Contact Map - What and How, all you ever wanted to know about the "Contact Map".
• Contest - How to create your own contest for everyone to play.
• Cookbook - Discribing everything about recipies. Different types and how to run write and tweek them.
• Copper Ion Binding - Pictures of solutions to the Copper Ion Binding Foldit puzzle.
• Covalent bond - Important information on how to form covalent bonds.
• Cysteine - A short hydrophobic (orange) amino acid.

D

• Dejerpha's notes - Players strategies.
• Design Mode - About the Design mode button, under the Modes tab.
• Diderot's Suggested Method - Players strategies.
• Disable Bands - About the Disable bands buttons.
• DisposableHeart's Suggested Method - Players strategies.
• Disulfide Bridge - Describes the "Disulfide Bridge" bond.

E

• E.coli Lrp - Photos of the solutions to the E.coli Lrp Foldit puzzle.
• Endgame - Strategies for the endgame.
• Endgame Video - A video link for an Endgame technique.
• Error found in database at location - Group share error and what to do about it.
• Evolver Play - How to evolve when playing on a team.
• Exploration Map - Everything and more that you ever wanted to know about the "Exporation Map"

F

• FAQs - Links to newbie, intermediate, and experienced playing facts.
• Flattening Strands - Techniques on flattening protein sheets (beta strands).
• Fold.it Legends - A satirical view on well-known Foldit players, and Foldit in general.
• Fold.it Recovery - Methods for trying to recover Foldit after a crash, on various operating systems.
• FoldIt Lua Library - A concise description of many Lua functions.
• Folding Methods - Fold Theory - New and different ways to fold.
• Foldit-aas - A very nice chart describing the propensity of all the amino acid sidechains.
• Foldit 101 - Information for beginner folders.
• Foldit fails to run on Fedora 13 - Problems while running Foldit on Fedora.
• Foldit Labs Tools - incomplete page on Foldit tools.
• Foldit Logo and banners - Spruce up your pages.
• Foldit Lua Functions - Extensive library of V2 Lua functions.
• Foldit Translations - Instructions for playing Foldit in different languages.
• Freedom Folders - A Foldit group.
• Freeze - Explanation on how to use the Freeze tool.
• Frozen Puzzles - Frozen Puzzles and how to play them.

G

• General Options - Things on the general options tab. This is where you can kill the music, reduce bandwidth, etc.
• Get segment score part - Lua function to get segment scores.
• Getting to the top in Foldit - Excellent paper on folding from Tony Origami. Must read strategies.
• Global Lock/Wiggle Strategy - A player's Endgame backbone strategy.'
• Glossary - Glossary button and definitions of Foldit terms for the different parts of the protein.
• Glossary of script terms. - What the script names mean.'
• Glutamic acid - A hydrophilic (blue) Y tipped amino acid.
• Glutamine - A long hydrophilic (blue) Y tipped amino acid.
• Glycine - A hydrophobic amino acid, with no sidechain.
• Glycine Hinge - A backbone structure strategy that forms loops that helps gain more points.'
• Graph Properties - Where you can set many of the graph properties.
• Gringer's Suggested Method - A player's strategies.
• Groups - Information on some of the well-known groups playing Foldit.
• Gurch's Suggested Method - A player's strategies.

H

• Headpiece domain of chicken villin - Shows pictures of a particular puzzle.
• Helix - A helix is an important structure of the backbone.
• Helix Straightening - Many ways to streighten a helix.
• Help - The help button. Includes shortcut keystrokes used in playing Foldit.
• Help! - Sometimes we all need help; try here for solutions. Simple solutions to complex problems.
• High Point and Script Loss - Why your highest scores and newest recipes can disappear, and how to save them.
• Histidine - A hydrophilic (blue) pentagon tipped amino acid.
• How to Evo As A Team - Tips and techniques used by teams, when evolving protein structures of team players.
• How to get started - Very good step by step descriptions of how to fold your first protein, with pictures.
• How to play offline - Instructions on how to play offline, and what can happen.
• How to start folding a DeNovo (freestyle) puzzle? - Aggressive banding method used in starting Denovo puzzles.
• Hydrogen bond - Describes hydrogen bonds.
• Hydropathy index - Explanation of the hydropathy of amino acids.
• Hydrophobicity - Explanation on the hydrophobicity of amino acids.

I

• IRC Chat - How to access the outside IRC channels on the Foldit servers. Settings and setup.
• Improving Game Play Creativity - Creativity is important in playing Foldit. Ways to improve your playing style.
• Interface puzzles - Many ways to play interface puzles.
• Intermediate FAQs - Using more than one computer. Copying your cookbook from one computer to another.
• Isoleucine - A short hydrophobic (orange) amino acid, with "missing goalpost" tip.
• Itskimo's Strategy - A player's page. :)

K

• Klebsiella Pneumoniae - Describes the Klebsiella Pneumoniae beginner puzzle.

L

• Leucine - A short hydrophobic (orange) Y tipped amino acid.
• Linux Desktop Launcher - How to launch Foldit from your desktop.
• Local Minimum - Describes why your protein gets stuck, and how to get out of it and gain more points.
• Local Rebuild Strategy - Mid game strategy.
• Local Wiggle Strategy - End game strategy.
• Local wiggle - Detailed descriptions of how to manually do local and global wiggles.
• Loop - Describing backbone structure and loops.
• Lua Export and Import of Scripts - Detailed descriptions of how to edit and cut/paste of new Lua scripts.
• Lua Export and Import of Scripts using WORDPAD++ - Using Wordpad to edit your scripts.
• Lua Functions That Should Be Implemented - A place to post ideas on script functions that could be put into Foldit.
• Lua Script Advice - Some advice on how to write better Lua scripts.
• Lua Script Library - Examples on Lua function libraries.
• Lua Scripting - Introduction to Lua scripting. Includes basic information and links.
• Lua Scripting Tutorial (Advanced) - Advanced tutorial for Lua scripting (incomplete).
• Lua Scripting Tutorial (Beginner 1) - Part #1 tutorial on Lua scripting for beginners.
• Lua Scripting Tutorial (Beginner 2) - Part #2 tutorial on Lua scripting for beginners.
• Lua Scripting Tutorial (Beginner 3) - Part #3 tutorial on Lua scripting for beginners.
• Lua Scripting Tutorial (Intermediate) - For players with some scripting experience.
• Lua Standard Libraries - Recommendations for Lua standard libraries to be included in the distribution of Foldit.
• Lysine - A long hydrophilic (blue) amino acid.

M

• Main Index - This page. Home to the Main Index.
• Manual Rebuild - Opening to Middlegame strategy; focuses on manually rebuilding a protein structure.
• Methionine - A hydrophobic (orange) amino acid.
• Middlegame - Description of Middlegame.
• Mode - The four Foldit interface modes; Pull, Structure, Note, and Design.
• Mojo - Mojo is the tendency of any folded protein to revert to its current state after a disturbance.
• More Banding Techniques - How to use bands.
• Mouse Functions - Lists game functions accessible with the computer mouse itself.
• Multiple Foldit Clients - Information about playing Foldit on multiple clients, on one computer (Windows, Mac).
• Mutate Sidechains - Describes the Mutate Sidechains tool.

N

• New player welcome puzzle - Description of Foldit puzzle.
• Newbie FAQ1 - Starting facts.
• Newbie FAQs - You got questions, we have answers.
• Note Mode - Keep track of your folds.
• Nudge - Hand pulling tips on moving sidechains and backbone into new positions.
• Null Point Pulling - A different way to gain points by hand pulling on your protein's stuck segment.

O

• Oldies FAQs - Questions & answers about Foldit.
• Online Resources - External links on information about proteins, protein folding, and protein structure prediction.
• Open/Share Solutions - Descriptions of Open/Share window. If you are on a team, you can share your solutions.
• Opening - Description and points of interest about the Opening game in Foldit.
• Oracle - The Oracle tool and what it does.
• Origami and Folding - The art of origami and the science of Foldit (philosophy).

P

• Peekaboo - A tool that lets you briefly see a top solution as a guide.
• Peptide Bond - Peptide bonds create the Backbone of a protein.
• Phenylalanine - A hydrophobic (orange) amino acid, with a hexagonal tip.
• Pletsch's Suggested Method - A player's strategies.
• Poetry - Collection of poetry written by Foldit players. Part of the creativity workshop.
• Point Scripts - Some scripts work better with some puzzles. Find the best scripts and use them for more points.
• Pose - Description and pictures of pose.
• Proline - A closed hydrophobic (orange) amino acid, with a pentagonal cycle.
• Prot-bustr's Method - A player's strategies.
• Protein Folding Theory - Foldit uses heuristics and human intuition to fold proteins.
• Protein Optimizer Proposition - Preposed script ideas.
• Proverbs - Short, simple rules that teach general principles of good strategy.
• Pull Mode - A mouse tool used when pulling on your protein.
• Pulling Structure Through - A way to move your structure through your protein to the other side.
• Puzzle Levels and Types - Describes different puzzle types.
• Puzzle Menu - This is where you find the Intro, Scientific, and Contest Puzzles that we all play.
• Puzzle Results - A listing of all the puzzle links grouped by the type of puzzle.

Q

• Quick Start Guide - How to quickly start a new Foldit puzzle. General directions.

R

• Rav3n pl intros corner - Having troubles with the Intro Puzzles? Look here first for video demonstrations.
• Rav3n pl way or Why I'm not No. 1 - A player's strategies.
• Rebuild - How rebuild works and how to use it.
• Recent Best - How it is different from Very Best, and how to use it.
• Recipes - Some of the highest rated Foldit scripts.
• Recipes - table - A list of the highest folding scrips.
• Redo - Press Redo to restore the last move on your protein.
• Remove Bands - This tool will remove all bands from your protein.
• Research Chat Room - Chat room for the Research Room.
• Research workshop - The Workshop page for the Research Room.
• Reset Puzzle - Resets the puzzle to its starting position.
• Reset Structures - Resets the protein to the original structures.
• Resetting Score - NEW Update: use tracks in undo menu instead of this older method.
• Residue - Calculated by subtracting the Amino Acid molecular weight, from the weight of it's backbone.
• Restore Credit Best - Restores your very best credited Pose to the screen.
• Restore Recent Best - Restores your recent best Pose to the screen, including its Secondary Structure.
• Restore Very Best - Restores your very best Pose to the screen, including its Secondary Structure.
• Richard Dawkins Foundation - A Foldit group.
• Rock The Boat - A different way to gain points is to rock smaller parts of your protein with bands, while wiggling.
• Rosetta@Home - Uses volunteers computers distributed throughout the world, to predict protein structures.
• Rubber Bands - A detailed description on the use of rubber bands.
• Run Scripts in Non-Standard Way - There are many different ways to change how scripts can run.

S

• Sad Local Wiggle Strategy - Gives an explanation of the "Sad Local Wiggle Strategy".
• Save Screenshot - Save, or share a screenshot with your chat.
• Save Solution - Save all the time. Every time you stop, save.
• Save and Exit - It is always best to save your top scores first before quiting a game.
• Score - How points are calculated.
• Scorpion Toxin - A Foldit puzzle.
• Secondary Structure - Secondary structures include Loop, Helix, and Sheet.
• Selection Interface - Description and picture of the Selection Interface.
• Serine - A short hydrophilic (blue) amino acid.
• Set Recent Best - This will store your current Pose as recent best.
• Shake - Automatically seeks out better positions for all sidechains at once.
• Sheet - The sheet is one of the three basic structures in Foldit.
• Sheet flattening techniques - Pulling, tweaking, and pushing your sheets flat.
• Short Stories - A collection of short stories writen by Foldit players. Part of the Creativity workshop.
• Shortcut Keys - Using Keystrokes to play Foldit.
• Show Alignment - The Alignment and Threading Tool explained.
• Show Guide - How to use the guide, and how to hide it.
• Sidechain - Proteins are formed from a sequence of only 20 Amino Acids.
• Sidechain Position - Sidechains are what make each protein fold the way it does.
• Sidechain flipping - One of the most important techniques in Foldit.
• Simplified List of Lua Commands - Extensive listings of simplified V1 Lua commands.
• Sirenbrian's Suggested Method - A player's strategies.
• Snow Flea - A Foldit puzzle.
• Special:AllPages - A searchable directory to all the pages on the Foldit wiki.
• Stability - A fold is said to be stable when its score will remain the same, despite a given manipulation.
• Strategies from the Research Room - Interface, ligand, frozen, and sidechain tips and tricks.
• Strategy - Here are some of the goals and methods that have often been found to be helpful.
• Structure - The structure of a protein explained.
• Structure Mode - Explaining the Structure mode tool.
• Structure Mode Tips - Ways to use the Structure mode in puzzles.
• Structures of the Protein - and more. For more on protein structure see > Structure
• Symmetry puzzles - What they are and how to play them.

T

• T-cell Lymphoma Invasion Protein - A Foldit puzzle.
• Team Evolver Techniques - Strategies for team protein evolving.
• Techniques For Players - A list of links to various gameplay techniques.
• The Alignment Tool - Explains the Threading tool and how to use it.
• The Big Question Page - Q & A page including how your score is calculated by Foldit.
• The Foldit Labs - Cutting edge Foldit tips and strategies. The lastest papers on all aspects of Foldit.
• The Hail Mary Pass - Making an unexpected move may just win you first place!
• The Research Room - Papers ideas and science chat. Come on by and see whats happening.
• The legend of LFB - 17 miles from Chernobyl, he relaxes in the balmy back-porch of his ranch compound...
• Threonine - A short hydrophilic (blue) Y tipped amino acid.
• Tlaloc's Strategy - A player's strategy page.
• Tlaloc Script Standards - Suggestions on how to write better scripts.
• Tools - Links describing all of the buttons on all the Foldit menus.
• Tracks - Explains all about Tracks and how to use them.
• Translating Foldit - Help translate Foldit around the world.
• Trigger, the equine Sysop - Trigger claims to be directly descended from Mister Ed, world's first talking horse.
• Tryptophan - A large hydrophobic (orange) amino acid, with a pentagon-hexagon tip.
• Tutorial Puzzles - This is where to start playing Foldit. You will learn about all the tools needed to win.
• Tutorial Puzzles (deutsch) - Great work!
• Tutorial Puzzles (svenska) - Great work!
• Tweak - Using the tweaking tool tips and tricks.
• Tweeking Things - The tweaking tool and how to use it to win.
• Tyrosine - A long hydrophobic (orange) amino acid, with a pentagonal loop.

U

• U-Turn - Loops and what to do about them, tips and tricks.
• Undo - Used to undo the last operation performed on the protein.
• Unfreeze Protein - The Unfreeze button.
• Use Undo Graph To Monitor Score Accurately - Watch the undo graph and monitor your score.
• Using external IRC client - How to use an IRC program external to the FoldIt client.

V

• VBScript to insert recipe in 'all.macro' - Special script for adding scripts to the "all.macro" file.
• Valine - A short hydrophobic (orange) Y tipped amino acid.
• View Options - Lots and lots of viewing options, check it out!
• Viewing real protein models - What your computer may need for getting started with Foldit.
• Viral Macrophage Inflammatory Protein - A Foldit puzzle.
• Void Crushers - A team on Foldit.
• Voids - The spaces left inside of proteins. Voids need to be compressed to score the most points.

W

• What is a Ligand? - What to do about Ligands in game play.
• What's the point? Can't this just be automated using recipes? - Humans in processing protein shapes.
• Wheel menu- the round menus of the original interface.
• Wiggle - The wiggle tool.
• Wiggling and stiffening a fold - Does wiggleing steffin your fold?
• Wild Script Ideas - What does the future of scripts look like?

Z

• ZZZZZ Get Your ZZZZZs - Sometimes players experience Foldit burn out and what to do about it. :)

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