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  Re: Flow particles, flow ! (247kbu)  
From: Chris Huff
Date: 4 Mar 2001 15:50:18
Message: <chrishuff-58AE17.15472204032001@news.povray.org>
In article <3aa292ea$1@news.povray.org>, "Rune" 
<run### [at] inamecom> wrote:

> > I wonder what it would look like if you hooked several
> > into a chain, and had a "head" at one end attracted to
> > a specific point.
> 
> I'm not sure that could be done using this technique. It would have to be
> modified anyway.

I had assumed it would take some major changes to your algorithm, or 
were you talking about the "sliding" effect itself?


> > It looks like you used the ground repulsion method, did
> > you? How did you implement it? A single ray straight down
> > or forward, a special combination of directions, or
> > randomly scanning the surroundings?
> 
> Nope. It's simpler.

Hmm...a minimum bounce energy? In other words, particles lose energy 
until they go below a certain level?

-- 
Christopher James Huff
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