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From: JRG
Subject: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 12:38:08
Message: <3c0d0a00@news.povray.org>
I lowered the elasticity of the balls and increased their number.
I'm thinking about using a blob (and much more particles) next time, but you
can bet it will be very slow.

Comments, criticisms, suggestions?

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From: Jan Walzer
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 13:54:45
Message: <3c0d1bf5@news.povray.org>
me likes ....

and now make it shake ...

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From: JRG
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 14:30:30
Message: <3c0d2456@news.povray.org>
Jan Walzer wrote:
> me likes ....

I'm glad you do.

> and now make it shake ...

Thanks for the suggestion... I will :)

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From: Rune
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 16:10:04
Message: <3c0d3bac@news.povray.org>
"JRG" wrote:
> I lowered the elasticity of the balls and increased their number.

The realism of the simulation is outstanding!

But it looks unnatural to have the balls emitted from a single point. Try to
emit them from an area instead and then let them fall down more straight
(initials directions should have less randomness).

Keep up the good work! :)

Rune
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From: Mark James Lewin
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 16:22:00
Message: <3C0D3B08.1A677757@yahoo.com.au>
These animations look great JRG. Maybe you could try varying the colour of the
balls as they drop, to form coloured layers as the container fills up. Was there
a reason you didn't fill the container? Does the render time balloon as more
particles are checked for collisions?

MJL


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light_source{12*(y-z)rgb 2fade_distance 9fade_power 2area_light x,z,5,5}#macro A
(H,B,R,T)prism{0,1H+4,0u*9,9v*9,0#local I=1;#while(I<H)#local V=asc(substr(B,I,1
))-33;<div(V,10)mod(V,10)>#local I=I+1;#end pigment{red 1}rotate-<90,R>translate
-T}#end A(16"/.@VZno=<PLA89/"0,5*x)A(14",6;MWmhryXN3,"60<15,0,8>)camera{location
25*(y-z)look_at 0}A(8"6hiAG=6"-60,-10*x)box{-99(x+z)*99 pigment{rgb 1}}   // MJL


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From: JRG
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 16:31:33
Message: <3c0d40b5@news.povray.org>
Rune wrote:

> The realism of the simulation is outstanding!

Thanks!

> But it looks unnatural to have the balls emitted from a single point. Try
to
> emit them from an area instead and then let them fall down more straight
> (initials directions should have less randomness).

You're right. Maybe if the balls were shot by a cannon of some sort?...

> Keep up the good work! :)
>
> Rune
> --
> 3D images and anims, include files, tutorials and more:
> Rune's World:    http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk (updated Nov 5)
> POV-Ray Users:   http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/povrayusers/
> POV-Ray Webring: http://webring.povray.co.uk
>
>


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From: Greg M  Johnson
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 16:34:18
Message: <3C0D40FB.F171E5CE@aol.com>
Practically AWESOME....


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From: JRG
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 16:38:51
Message: <3c0d426b@news.povray.org>
Mark James Lewin wrote:
> These animations look great JRG.

Oh, thank you.

>Maybe you could try varying the colour of the
> balls as they drop, to form coloured layers as the container fills up. Was
there
> a reason you didn't fill the container? Does the render time balloon as
more
> particles are checked for collisions?

The animation would have been far too big to be posted here... but yes,
parsing time increases drastically as the number of particles grows :( The
last frames took about 9-10 seconds to parse (and a few seconds to trace),
but if more balls were involved I bet that time would grow more than
exponentially!

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From: Lawrence Winstead
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 16:39:41
Message: <3C0D4296.70BB0D2@duratechindustries.net>
I love this animation!  I agree with Rune; the realism is just outstanding.
Great job, JRG.

-Law

JRG wrote:

> I lowered the elasticity of the balls and increased their number.
> I'm thinking about using a blob (and much more particles) next time, but you
> can bet it will be very slow.
>
> Comments, criticisms, suggestions?
>
> --
> Jonathan.
>
> Home: http://digilander.iol.it/jrgpov
>
>                Name: FILL.MPG
>    FILL.MPG    Type: Mplayer2 File (video/mpeg)
>            Encoding: x-uuencode


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From: JRG
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 16:45:16
Message: <3c0d43ec@news.povray.org>
Thank you Greg.

"Greg M. Johnson" <"gregj56590[:-0]"@aol.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:3C0D40FB.F171E5CE@aol.com...
> Practically AWESOME....
>


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From: JRG
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 16:45:44
Message: <3c0d4408@news.povray.org>
Thanks!

"Lawrence Winstead" <law### [at] duratechindustriesnet> ha scritto
nel messaggio news:3C0### [at] duratechindustriesnet...
> I love this animation!  I agree with Rune; the realism is just
outstanding.
> Great job, JRG.
>
> -Law
>
> JRG wrote:
>
> > I lowered the elasticity of the balls and increased their number.
> > I'm thinking about using a blob (and much more particles) next time, but
you
> > can bet it will be very slow.
> >
> > Comments, criticisms, suggestions?
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan.
> >
> > Home: http://digilander.iol.it/jrgpov
> >
> >                Name: FILL.MPG
> >    FILL.MPG    Type: Mplayer2 File (video/mpeg)
> >            Encoding: x-uuencode
>


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From: Andrew Cocker
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 4 Dec 2001 21:22:17
Message: <3c0d84d9@news.povray.org>
Absolutely stunning! Just about everybody has beaten me to achieving such an
animation using POV code only, and I'm still non the wiser as how to
accomplish it. As this is by far the best POV particle interaction animation
I've seen, I would be extremely grateful if I could see your code, to try to
understand how to program such a system myself.

Andy Cocker


"JRG" <jrg### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:3c0d0a00@news.povray.org...
> I lowered the elasticity of the balls and increased their number.
> I'm thinking about using a blob (and much more particles) next time, but
you
> can bet it will be very slow.
>
> Comments, criticisms, suggestions?
>
> --
> Jonathan.
>
> Home: http://digilander.iol.it/jrgpov
>
>
>
>


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From: Rick [Kitty5]
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 5 Dec 2001 07:11:08
Message: <3c0e0edc@news.povray.org>
wow!!


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From: oliWood
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 5 Dec 2001 07:28:20
Message: <3C0E12E7.1E17C622@durham.ac.uk>
That's one of the most realistic animations I've ever seen !  Possible
expansion - different sizes of balls all together, some bog, some tiny.

JRG wrote:
> 
> I lowered the elasticity of the balls and increased their number.
> I'm thinking about using a blob (and much more particles) next time, but you
> can bet it will be very slow.
> 
> Comments, criticisms, suggestions?
> 
> --
> Jonathan.
> 
> Home: http://digilander.iol.it/jrgpov
> 
>                Name: FILL.MPG
>    FILL.MPG    Type: Mplayer2 File (video/mpeg)
>            Encoding: x-uuencode

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From: Markus Becker
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 5 Dec 2001 11:16:53
Message: <3C0E494C.9AA244A5@aicoss.de>
JRG wrote:
> 
> but if more balls were involved I bet that time would grow more than
> exponentially!

More than exponentially is not possible.

Markus


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From: KalleK
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 5 Dec 2001 12:39:23
Message: <3c0e5bcb@news.povray.org>
> > but if more balls were involved I bet that time would grow more
than
> > exponentially!
>
> More than exponentially is not possible.
>
> Markus

what about "n!" ? (don't know the english word - you know, it's
1*2*...*(n-1)*n)

I'm not sure at all, but lim(2^n/n!) = 0 if n goes to infinity?

cukk

f'up to off-topic (is that okay?...)


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From: Jens Kleen
Subject: Re: Much more balls. (661 KB)
Date: 13 Dec 2001 21:35:23
Message: <3c19656b@news.povray.org>
Yes, please show us the code.
I want to see how the hole container fills with balls.

PLEASE!!!


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