> what algorithm did you use to determine the location and size
> of your snow blobs? I've never seen snow.

You've never seen snow? I probably shouldn't take this literally.

Well, I used Gilles Tran's "makesnow.inc" at first, then modified it to
speed up parsing but the idea is still a very simple approximation:

I declare a direction vector that simulates wind and gravity, such as
 <-1, -1, 0>  which would tend to cover the top and right side of an object
(assuming y is height). The size of each particle is random but has a
minimum & maximum limit. I use the "trace" feature to shoot rays at an
object, which in my case is an imported mesh2... Gilles' macro can be found
here: http://www.oyonale.com/ressources/downloads/makesnow.inc

I know you're skilled when it comes to handling triangles - so good luck -
the project is interesting - but feel free to stop when you want to.

Best wishes,
Hugo

PS: we should probably continue the thread somewhere else.

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