Chris Huff schrieb:

> Please do not post in HTML. For one thing, it made your message much
> larger than it needed to be, and it is not readable on all newsreaders.
> I had to open it in a web browser...plain text is preferred on this news
> server(please read the message "News Server Acceptable Use Policy" in
> povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions).

Sorry..i have post now one in text mode...

>
> > i have a small suggestion for the particle-generator.
>
> I assume you are talking about the particle_system patch, and not the
> ParticlePOV patch...

Yes


> > The first idea is a "attack" and "delay" value, to set how much
> > particles begin or end to flow
>
> Actually, I want to use splines for this...far more powerful, easy to
> use, easy to code, and consistent with some other things I plan to use
> splines for.
>
> > (the second were to set the speed of particles!)
>
> I don't understand...do you want a similar feature, only adjusting the
> speed of the emitted particles based on time? Yes, this could also be
> done...
>
> > The sencond idea is to do a list for set more then one start/end
> > value for particles.
>
> I don't understand this. Do you want a list of values that are chosen
> from at random, for each particle? You do know you can use multiple
> emitters, right?

I know ;)
The idea was to chosse how a emitter start and stop. So you can create
things like a rotating sprinkler or a lok (puffing smoke).


>
> Also, all of these effects should be quite possible by running the
> particle system for short amounts of time and making adjustments at each
> stopping point...this will take longer though, since it does some
> parsing, and I am not sure if it will work properly, I haven't tested it
> yet.
>
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