Hi All,

I'm trying to model explosions (fireballs, shockwaves, Praxis waves,
that sort of thing) for use in space battle scenes using POV-Ray 3.1,
and I can't seem to get media to do what I want it to. Has anyone out
there modelled any explosion effects with any degree of success? and if
so, would they be prepared to share their code or give me a few
pointers? I can get the 'perfect spherical fireball' effects OK, but the
turbulence modifier doesn't look as convincing as it used to with halos,
and as far as I can see there's no tutorial info on the new media stuff
in the 3.1 documentation.

Cheers,

D.
 
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Dylan Beattie          dmb### [at] ecssotonacuknospam
Pt II Computer Science,    University of Southampton
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dmb197/     ICQ:34865704
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Dylan Beattie wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm trying to model explosions (fireballs, shockwaves, Praxis waves,
> that sort of thing) for use in space battle scenes using POV-Ray 3.1,
> and I can't seem to get media to do what I want it to. Has anyone out
> there modelled any explosion effects with any degree of success? and if
> so, would they be prepared to share their code or give me a few
> pointers? I can get the 'perfect spherical fireball' effects OK, but the
> turbulence modifier doesn't look as convincing as it used to with halos,
> and as far as I can see there's no tutorial info on the new media stuff
> in the 3.1 documentation.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> D.
> 
> ====================================================
> Dylan Beattie          dmb### [at] ecssotonacuknospam
> Pt II Computer Science,    University of Southampton
> http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dmb197/     ICQ:34865704
> ====================================================

Hi Dylan.

Haven't heard from you in quite a while.

   Take a look around in the povray.text.scene-files as well
as it's binary equivelant. There have been a couple of fireball
related examples posted there. One that was rather noteworthy.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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Yeah, ole buddy.  Here's some work along those lines. Tell me what you
think, ok?
Oh, by the way, feel free to put these on the Pov-Ray Collection!
And this is a work in progress...

H. E. Day

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H. E. Day wrote:
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> Yeah, ole buddy.  Here's some work along those lines. Tell me what you
> think, ok?
> Oh, by the way, feel free to put these on the Pov-Ray Collection!
> And this is a work in progress...

Hi guys - nice to see someone remembers me after all this time :)

As for Howard's explosion plugin - wow! It'll take a little while to
work out what the various options do, but it looks great so far - the
shockwave option is particularly appealing. The only suggestion - and
I'm sure you've already thought of this! - is that once it's finished,
some decent documentation and examples will make all the difference. I
know it's only WIP at the moment, but I'd hate to see another great
utility not used to it's full potential 'cos no-one really knows how to
use it. Drop me a line if you want any help with documenting it or
seeing what it's capable of... :)

Thanks, and good luck with it!

D.

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Dylan Beattie          dmb### [at] ecssotonacuknospam
Pt II Computer Science,    University of Southampton
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dmb197/     ICQ:34865704
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