New changes and additions:

1) falling drop sizes slightly increases with distance from camera. This 
makes it possible to use less drops: 300k instead of 800k previously.

2) added a small function that groups drops together, simulating wind 
influence on rain sheets. Originally from Kirk Andrews; I always use it 
for placing vegetation.

3) added an inside test for the ground (and/or other objects). You do 
not want rain drops /beneath/ the surface or inside objects. ;-)

4) added splash impacts with a modified texture from Jaime's original.

Thomas

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On 06/10/13 12:12, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> New changes and additions:
> 
> 1) falling drop sizes slightly increases with distance from camera. This
> makes it possible to use less drops: 300k instead of 800k previously.
> 
> 2) added a small function that groups drops together, simulating wind
> influence on rain sheets. Originally from Kirk Andrews; I always use it
> for placing vegetation.
> 
> 3) added an inside test for the ground (and/or other objects). You do
> not want rain drops /beneath/ the surface or inside objects. ;-)
> 
> 4) added splash impacts with a modified texture from Jaime's original.
> 
> Thomas
Excellent work. Looking at it makes me want to put on my foul-weather kit.

John
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On 6-10-2013 14:49, Doctor John wrote:
> Excellent work. Looking at it makes me want to put on my foul-weather kit.
>

Thanks indeed, John. I think this really approaches the feeling.

Now I also have to provide some water running down the road.

When I shall be sure of the macros, I shall post a version in p.b.utilities.

Thomas

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On 06/10/13 14:58, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> 
> When I shall be sure of the macros, I shall post a version in
> p.b.utilities.
> 
> Thomas
> 

I look forward to reading and using them

John
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It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> I suppose it depends on how your family got their surname.
> IIRC you are from the West Indies, I can't remember if it is Barbados or
> the Bahamas.

Virgin Islands.

> It might have been taken from the white slave master as a
> generic one or from an individual. The latter would give you blood ties,
> of course.

Definitely from a slave master, although I do not know to what extent the master
was doing the slave women.  Actually, the ethnic lines I can trace most directly
are Seminole and Taino, although they are just a small part of my ancestry.  It
would be nice to say I'm, say, Mandinka or Yoruba or something, but I just don't
know.  Maybe when DNA sequencing drops below $1000 per request in 30 years or
so...

> As for Welsh or Scottish, it might be obvious to a Brit.
> Jones, Welsh, Robertson probably Scots etc.

Well, my mom's mom's maiden name was Jones (in Florida), although with our
patrilineal system, that name is no longer in my side of the family.  My surname
is Callwood, which in turn is apparently derived from Collingwood or something
similar.  The names Brooks (Florida) and Abbot (Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico) are
also in the mix.

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On 06/10/2013 7:27 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> I suppose it depends on how your family got their surname.
>> IIRC you are from the West Indies, I can't remember if it is Barbados or
>> the Bahamas.
>
> Virgin Islands.
>
But whose Virgin Islands?


>> It might have been taken from the white slave master as a
>> generic one or from an individual. The latter would give you blood ties,
>> of course.
>
> Definitely from a slave master, although I do not know to what extent the master
> was doing the slave women.  Actually, the ethnic lines I can trace most directly
> are Seminole and Taino, although they are just a small part of my ancestry.  It
> would be nice to say I'm, say, Mandinka or Yoruba or something, but I just don't
> know.  Maybe when DNA sequencing drops below $1000 per request in 30 years or
> so...
>

That must be a bummer if you care about it. My mother never knew who her 
father was. It made her really unhappy.
On a brighter note, I've worked with Yoruba in Nigeria, not the largest 
tribe in the river states. But their tribal marks are recognisable.

>> As for Welsh or Scottish, it might be obvious to a Brit.
>> Jones, Welsh, Robertson probably Scots etc.
>
> Well, my mom's mom's maiden name was Jones (in Florida), although with our
> patrilineal system, that name is no longer in my side of the family.  My surname
> is Callwood, which in turn is apparently derived from Collingwood or something
> similar.  The names Brooks (Florida) and Abbot (Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico) are
> also in the mix.
>
>
Jones is as Welsh as the valleys and the others are English.
So no tartan for you unless you want to spend good money and make your 
own. ;-)

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     Stephen

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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> New changes and additions:
>
> 1) falling drop sizes slightly increases with distance from camera. This
> makes it possible to use less drops: 300k instead of 800k previously.
>
> 2) added a small function that groups drops together, simulating wind
> influence on rain sheets. Originally from Kirk Andrews; I always use it
> for placing vegetation.
>
> 3) added an inside test for the ground (and/or other objects). You do
> not want rain drops /beneath/ the surface or inside objects. ;-)
>
> 4) added splash impacts with a modified texture from Jaime's original.
>
> Thomas

Great improvements, the rain looks much better, or worse if you are out in it
;-) and the splashes are really good.

Sean

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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> But whose Virgin Islands?

The U.S. Virgin Islands, but the name came through the British Virgin Islands.

But various of these islands have been run by the British, the Danish, the
Dutch, the French, the Spanish, the Americans, and even the Knights of Malta at
various times since 1493. (Hey, at least each individual island had no more than
one ruler at a given time. Hispaniola and St. Martin are split down the middle.)

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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> Jones is as Welsh as the valleys and the others are English.

So I'm English, then.  I guess I better study up on the royals.  Prince William,
OMG, he must be in his 30s by now!  Is he married yet?  ;-)

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On 07/10/2013 3:13 AM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Is he married yet?;-)

:-P

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Regards
     Stephen

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