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Hello Everyone,
Just in time for the holidays! It's a random snowflake generator. Far
from being an accurate simulation, it does produce better-looking
snowflakes than most programs available today(until I find a better
one). You can save a 700x700 screenshot to file.
The program(with instructions) can be found here:
http://www.caltel.com/~abenge/snowflake1.zip
And a screen shot can be found here:
http://www.caltel.com/~abenge/snowflake.jpg
C++ source is also included. Enjoy :)
Sam
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"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] THIShotmail com> wrote in message
news:473261c7$1@news.povray.org...
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Just in time for the holidays! It's a random snowflake generator. Far from
> being an accurate simulation, it does produce better-looking snowflakes
> than most programs available today(until I find a better one). You can
> save a 700x700 screenshot to file.
>
> The program(with instructions) can be found here:
> http://www.caltel.com/~abenge/snowflake1.zip
>
> And a screen shot can be found here:
> http://www.caltel.com/~abenge/snowflake.jpg
>
> C++ source is also included. Enjoy :)
>
> Sam
I like it! It would make a cool screensaver. Any Idea how to make it into a
screensaver? (Windows XP)
Steve Shelby
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Steve Shelby wrote:
> "Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] THIShotmailcom> wrote in message
> news:473261c7$1@news.povray.org...
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> Just in time for the holidays! It's a random snowflake generator. Far from
>> being an accurate simulation, it does produce better-looking snowflakes
>> than most programs available today(until I find a better one). You can
>> save a 700x700 screenshot to file.
>>
>> The program(with instructions) can be found here:
>> http://www.caltel.com/~abenge/snowflake1.zip
>>
>> And a screen shot can be found here:
>> http://www.caltel.com/~abenge/snowflake.jpg
>>
>> C++ source is also included. Enjoy :)
>>
>> Sam
>
> I like it! It would make a cool screensaver. Any Idea how to make it into a
> screensaver? (Windows XP)
> Steve Shelby
>
>
Make it shut down when it receives any mouse movement or keyboard input,
and make it full screen instead of windowed. Screensavers are just .exe,
renamed.
I tried using it as a screensaver, as is. The windowed mode kept it from
starting full screen, which was a bigger down side then having to hit
escape to turn it off.
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On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:09:24 -0800, Samuel Benge
<stb### [at] THIShotmailcom> wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>
>Just in time for the holidays! It's a random snowflake generator. Far
>from being an accurate simulation, it does produce better-looking
>snowflakes than most programs available today(until I find a better
>one). You can save a 700x700 screenshot to file.
>
>The program(with instructions) can be found here:
>http://www.caltel.com/~abenge/snowflake1.zip
>
>And a screen shot can be found here:
>http://www.caltel.com/~abenge/snowflake.jpg
>
>C++ source is also included. Enjoy :)
>
>Sam
I really like this program and just in time for Christmas. I do have
one problem though. On my PC it runs too quickly, ( I never thought
that I would say that about any program)
I do not have access to any program that I can use to try amd modify
the source code and certainly nothing to compile it with.
Is it possible for you or someone who knows what they are doing to
make it run much more slowly. Perhaps a key board shortcut to step
through one iteration at a time ?
John
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"Sabrina Kilian" <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote in message
news:47333078$1@news.povray.org...
> Make it shut down when it receives any mouse movement or keyboard input,
> and make it full screen instead of windowed. Screensavers are just .exe,
> renamed.
>
> I tried using it as a screensaver, as is. The windowed mode kept it from
> starting full screen, which was a bigger down side then having to hit
> escape to turn it off.
Thanks, Sabrina, for the info.
I copied the files into windows/system32 and renamed snowflake1.exe to
snowflake1.scr, then it was on the dropdown list for selecting screensaver
in the desktop properties setup. I selected it for the screensaver, and it
works!
Steve Shelby
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Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Make it shut down when it receives any mouse movement or keyboard input,
> and make it full screen instead of windowed. Screensavers are just .exe,
> renamed.
Hmm, it shouldn't be much trouble to make such a version.
> I tried using it as a screensaver, as is. The windowed mode kept it from
> starting full screen, which was a bigger down side then having to hit
> escape to turn it off.
Once again, that shouldn't be too hard. I might as well have it display
colors and refresh the screen once in awhile, too. 1024x768 is pretty
much standard these days, right?
Sam
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Steve Shelby wrote:
> Thanks, Sabrina, for the info.
> I copied the files into windows/system32 and renamed snowflake1.exe to
> snowflake1.scr, then it was on the dropdown list for selecting screensaver
> in the desktop properties setup. I selected it for the screensaver, and it
> works!
> Steve Shelby
Wow, I didn't know it would be so easy! I might wait till I get Windows
XP to release the next version (should be a day or two).
Sam
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John wrote:
> I really like this program and just in time for Christmas. I do have
> one problem though. On my PC it runs too quickly, ( I never thought
> that I would say that about any program)
>
> I do not have access to any program that I can use to try amd modify
> the source code and certainly nothing to compile it with.
>
> Is it possible for you or someone who knows what they are doing to
> make it run much more slowly. Perhaps a key board shortcut to step
> through one iteration at a time ?
My brother *was* right! I does run too quickly. He also suggested I make
a way for it to step through each frame. I figured using the left mouse
button to pause it would be sufficient, but I guess not. What's your
processor speed?
I hope to release another version soon. Glad you liked this one!
Sam
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On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:43:27 -0800, Samuel Benge
<stb### [at] THIShotmailcom> wrote:
>John wrote:
>> I really like this program and just in time for Christmas. I do have
>> one problem though. On my PC it runs too quickly, ( I never thought
>> that I would say that about any program)
>>
>> I do not have access to any program that I can use to try amd modify
>> the source code and certainly nothing to compile it with.
>>
>> Is it possible for you or someone who knows what they are doing to
>> make it run much more slowly. Perhaps a key board shortcut to step
>> through one iteration at a time ?
>
>My brother *was* right! I does run too quickly. He also suggested I make
>a way for it to step through each frame. I figured using the left mouse
>button to pause it would be sufficient, but I guess not. What's your
>processor speed?
>
>I hope to release another version soon. Glad you liked this one!
>
>Sam
3000Mhz Athlon.
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"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] THIShotmailcom> wrote in message
news:47337502$1@news.povray.org...
>
> I hope to release another version soon. Glad you liked this one!
>
> Sam
If you're open to suggestions, I have one. After it has been running for a
while, it fills in so much space that it just becomes a big circle and
doesn't look like a snowflake any more. How about limiting the number of
changes it can make, so that when it reaches the point where it is starting
to look like something other than a snowflake, it goes back to zero and
starts over with a new one.
Steve Shelby
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