Gergely Vandor wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> Did you use pov code for your system? If so, I'd really like to see it. :)

Yes, it works a lot with functions so it's probably quite difficult to
understand.

> It took 5 mins on an 1400 MHz Athlon XP, which I consider slow, this
> thing should be possible realtime on my machine. :) The five mins is a
> guess, I did't even check.

I would not call this slow, the recent 12 balls animations usually parse
about 10 seconds per frame and render 5 seconds on a K6/500.

> System: In every "row", every second node is connected as well as the
> adjacent ones, and every "sub-cube" has an X of springs on its sides.
> The slowness is due to silly code (this is my first ever try at stuff
> like this) and overkill (?) precision (20 steps/frame).

I don't really understand that description, do you use any 3D diagonal
springs?  Maybe just render a still with cylinders where the springs are. 
How did you model damping?

Christoph

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