I've got no "easy article" to begin with.

But just think about it. What is there to a particle
program? You need particles, definetely. They move
around, so you'll need to know their positions, keep
track of their speed. Some way of detecting collisions
with other objects (using trace(), probably, or 3D-algorithms
with input from user). You'd probably head for I/O on
a frame by frame basis, so there is a need for Output
and Input from and to disk.

I came up with my version of a particle-system about a
year ago, and its non I/O. Some animations can be found
on my webpage (recently added a new one), but I guess
many people know this already (I mean that I've done
a P.-S., not the animation).

But for mass-particle and such, you can probably find some
PDF files floating in the web, mostly scientific and not
"easy-rating"...

Hugo wrote:

> > instead of everybody rolling there own particle systems, how about we club
> > together and cook up the ultimate be all and end all of pov particle
> systems
> > .... just a thought
>
> Agree! I'd be willing to cooperate, but I'm not that good in math.. Let me
> know if I can help anyway.. Even just the sharing of ideas between more
> people would probably be good.. I wonder, maybe SDL is not the final
> solution, but a step towards coding in C and expanding POV's native
> abilities, starting with Pov4.. It could also be important for us to know
> how much is going to change in Pov4; if there are already people considering
> this. But anyway, it's not too early to start now.. Rune will soon be
> releasing his particle system, and we know it's going to be good..
>
> But is there an easy article on the net, that I should read to understand
> more of this stuff?
>
> Regards,
> Hugo

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