George,
I got the email, thanks. The problem was that when I copied and pasted the script into the andquot;create scriptandquot; window in 3DC, then tried to save it is when I got the error message. I’ll try copying from the email and see if it makes any difference.
Thanks again,
Les
Using scripting, would it be possible to;
1) create a sphere(and make it invisible)
2)fill the sphere with fog, or particles that would be visible and restrict it to just the area inside the sphere
3)control density, color, etc of the fog/particles
Would it be possible to do this without having to have a camera inside the sphere?
Les
George,
Well it certainly would be a first for me, as I am a complete virgin to scripting…ha ha.
What I’m thinking of is using this type of object to simulate a andquot;visible lightandquot; object. I was thinking that if it were possible to fill an invisible sphere with particles where the color, brightness, density, etc, could be controlled, then we could get a visible light source right in 3DC.
The color and brightness reasons are obvious, but the density control would be just as important for creating a andquot;glowingandquot; effect. I think the glowing might be achieved by making the particles near the center of the sphere have the highest density value, and reducing that value towards the outer area of the sphere, probably in increments.
Your idea of a spherical astroid field is worth looking into also. That would be cool in a game.
I may be barking up the wrong tree completely here, but I believe there must be a way to do this in 3DC, whether it’s with scripting, or some other method.
Thanks for your reply, and yes I would appreciate any help you could offer.
Les
P.S.
I can somewhat simulate this by creating an invisible sphere in 3DC and filling it with particles using the particle operation. The problem I’m having with my video card is causing me not to be able to see everything that I’m working on. I hope to cure this problem very shortly.
Hi Les
it is certainly possible (and fairly easy) to create a spherical space filled with a distribution of particles, but I don’t know if it would do what you want.
If you’re trying to simulate scattering – and I have no idea how this is done in raytracing places – then you have to create particles with size similar to the wavelength of light. andnbsp;I assume the wavelength of light in raytracing is 0…
If you used small, randomly oriented planes, it might work, but you would need a hell of a lot, wouldn’t you? andnbsp;I thought at first you would use tetrahedra, but don’t see now if that would be any better.
In any case, it should be fairly easy to try, and loads of fun andnbsp; <!– s:-) –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt="
" title="Smile" /><!– s:-) –>. andnbsp;If nothing else you’ll end up with a spherical asteroid field to send your ships into. andnbsp;If you want to try, I don’t mind helping you with the code (if this is your first time)
George
Hi Les
I see what you want to do but is it computationally efficient? andnbsp;I thought you were writing games,
and to have 10000 particles for a glowing light seems ….excessive?
Could you do it with say a radial filter in front of the light? andnbsp;Or put the light in a bunch
spheres?
Dunno, in any case the other program sounds interesting. andnbsp;It would be useful in creating
swarms of objects like insects. andnbsp;A year ago there was an interesting article in Scientific
American (?I think) about artificial life, and I’ve thought about animating schools of fish.
I would start with a class declaration
Class Swarm
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp;Public andnbsp; andnbsp;Radius
andnbsp; andnbsp;Public andnbsp; andnbsp;NumberOfParticles
andnbsp; andnbsp;Public andnbsp; andnbsp;SizeOfParticles
andnbsp; andnbsp;’and anything else that you need to know
End Class
Public S
Then you make a variable S of type Swarm
set S=new swarm
Then I would have a different subroutine for every type of object I wanted to make
When I want a particular objet swarm, I comment out the others so only one
is defined by the script
MakeGlaryLens
‘MakeFireFlies
sub MakeGlaryLens
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; with S
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;.Radius=1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;.NumberOfParticles=10000
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;.SizeOfParticles=.001
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; end with
End sub
sub FireFlies
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; with S
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;.Radius=10
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;.NumberOfParticles=100
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;.SizeOfParticles=.1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; end with
End sub
In the main sub you have
For Counter=1 to S.NumberOfParticles
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;MakeLocation andnbsp; ‘random location inside sphere of radius S.Radius
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;MakeFace andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘little particle of size S.SizeOfparticles – random orientation
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;AddMaterialToFace
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;AddFacetoSwarmObject
Next
AddSwarmObjectToModel
…..
To make fireflies, I would make just one, and use the script to copy it 100 times to
random locations…sound logical? andnbsp;
If the glary object works it would be interesting to play around with polarisation – you can
control the orientatin of the little objects….
You might like to know I’ve started writing a scripting tutorial.
I want Richard to check it for factual content before it’s published, but you
might like to check it out
[img:1p98e7p7]http://users.belgacom.net/fcp/3DC/index.html[/img:1p98e7p7]
<!– m –><a class="postlink" href="http://users.belgacom.net/fcp/3DC/index.html">http://users.belgacom.net/fcp/3DC/index.html</a><!– m –>
It describes how I make a pallette of materials to copy onto object made in a script, and I
would apply it in this case.
I’ve got a sick kid home from school today so won’t be working at the ‘puter. andnbsp;Have fun.
Geo
George,
I really appreciate you taking the time to help with this.
I’m going to work with this script and see how it operates, and what all I can do.
Thanks again, and I hope the kid gets better soon.
Les
George,
I can’t get 3DC to run this script at all. I keep getting an error that says it’s unable to detirmine script language, and that it has to be written in the first line of code. Problem is, it IS there. I can plainly see the first line of code reads andquot;Language = VBScriptandquot;, so I’m stumped…… <!– s:( –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_sad.gif" alt="
" title="Sad" /><!– s:( –>
Les
P.S.
Other than your tutorial(which is written superbly I might add, and easy to understand), are there any other andquot;easy to understandandquot; books/tutorials that I might get to help me, since I’m a total beginner? I don’t absolutely have to learn evry possible thing there is to know about scripting, but I am interested in a few different areas.
it’s not quick. maybe 30 secs? andnbsp;I’m only on a 600M celeron laptop, so not great for graphics.
you change density at these lines if you haven’t found it:
sub MakeLens
with S
andnbsp; andnbsp; .SwarmRadius=1
andnbsp; andnbsp; .NumParticles=3000
andnbsp; andnbsp; .SizeParticles=.01
end with
Hey there
I just altered my flower maker to do this andnbsp;- didn’t take very long and I can use it for other stuff: hope it’s not too long for the message. andnbsp;You need the PaintStrip from my tutorial, otherwise the planes come out purple – you then bucket fill the object with the material you want.
All objects are oriented only one way – you’re mission is to fix the geometry to randomise them – and check I’ve filled the sphere correctly. andnbsp;The picky attached shows 3000 planes around a point light.
Good luck. andnbsp;Code starts here.
Language = VBScript
Option Explicit andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’require variable declarations
Class SwarmClass
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’this class describes the flower
andnbsp; andnbsp;Public andnbsp; andnbsp;SwarmRadius
andnbsp; andnbsp;Public andnbsp; andnbsp;NumParticles
andnbsp; andnbsp;Public andnbsp; andnbsp;SizeParticles
End Class
andnbsp; andnbsp;Public andnbsp; andnbsp;NumMaterials
andnbsp; andnbsp;Public andnbsp; andnbsp;Scene
andnbsp; andnbsp;Public andnbsp; andnbsp;Face andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘The face we are creating at anytime in the proggy
andnbsp; andnbsp;Const andnbsp; andnbsp; Pi= 3.14159265358979
andnbsp; andnbsp;Public andnbsp; andnbsp;S andnbsp; ‘the swarm of objects
‘*********************************************************************************
‘ Purpose: Creates a Swarm of planes
‘*********************************************************************************
Sub Main (3DCApp)
‘ andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim Scene andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’The current active scene
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim SceneRootFrame andnbsp; ‘The root frame of the scene
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim SwarmFrame andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘a frame for our object andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim Swarm andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’what we are making
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim SwarmX andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim SwarmY
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim SwarmZ andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’where to put the swarm
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim Theta andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’angle for making circle stuff
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim Phi
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim Pi2 andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’2 * pi
andnbsp; andnbsp;Pi2=2*Pi
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim i andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’just a little loopy
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim Materials() andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim ThisX andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’for the current element made in the loop
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim ThisY
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim ThisZ
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim ThisRadius
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim SwarmPointCounter andnbsp; ‘for counting what has been made
andnbsp; andnbsp;Dim SwarmLoop andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’for looping
set S=New SwarmClass
MakeLens
‘MakeFirefly
andnbsp; ‘ get the scene
andnbsp; andnbsp;Set Scene = 3DCApp.GetActiveScene
andnbsp; andnbsp;’find the index of the objects
‘ andnbsp; andnbsp;MaterialsObjectIndex = inputbox(andquot;What object for materials?andquot;,,0)
andnbsp;’get the root frame
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Set SceneRootFrame = Scene.GetRootFrame
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Set SwarmFrame = Scene.CreateFrame
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;SceneRootFrame.AddChild SwarmFrame
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;SwarmFrame.SetName andquot;Swarm Frameandquot;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Set Swarm = Scene.CreateObject()
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’add a dummy normal to the object (we need one to add the points)
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; Swarm.AddNormal 0,0,-1
andnbsp; andnbsp;NumMaterials=6
andnbsp; andnbsp;Redim Materials (NumMaterials-1)
andnbsp; andnbsp;SetUpMaterials Materials
andnbsp; andnbsp;SwarmX=10 andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘where the Swarm is put in the model
andnbsp; andnbsp;SwarmY=10
andnbsp; andnbsp;SwarmZ=10
andnbsp; andnbsp;’Main loop to create faces in Swarm Objec
andnbsp; andnbsp;For SwarmLoop = 1 to S.NumParticles
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Randomize
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’find radius of point andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;ThisRadius=S.SwarmRadius*Rnd andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’random radius in the sphere
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’where is it?
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Theta=2*Pi*rnd
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Phi=Pi*rnd
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;ThisX = SwarmX+ThisRadius*sin(Theta)*cos(Phi)
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;ThisY = SwarmY+ThisRadius * sin(Phi)
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;ThisZ = SwarmZ+ThisRadius * cos(Theta)*cos(Phi) andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘Now we create the petals points for just this petal andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘Lets make the faces in the petal before moving on
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Set Face = Swarm.CreateFace
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’we have to add 4 points per face as they will all have different UVs
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’add the quad points to the object andnbsp;
‘THIS IS JUST QUICK – HAVEN’T WORKED OUT REAL andnbsp;POINT COORDS
andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; Swarm.AddPoint ThisX-S.SizeParticles,ThisY-S.SizeParticles,ThisZ-S.SizeParticles
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; Swarm.AddPoint ThisX-S.SizeParticles,ThisY+S.SizeParticles,ThisZ-S.SizeParticles
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; Swarm.AddPoint ThisX+S.SizeParticles,ThisY+S.SizeParticles,ThisZ+S.SizeParticles andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; Swarm.AddPoint ThisX+S.SizeParticles,ThisY-S.SizeParticles,ThisZ+S.SizeParticles
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’add the points and the normal to the face
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Face.AddPointAndNormal 0+SwarmPointCounter,0
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Face.AddPointAndNormal 1+SwarmPointCounter,0
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Face.AddPointAndNormal 2+SwarmPointCounter,0
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Face.AddPointAndNormal 3+SwarmPointCounter,0
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Swarm.SetPointTextureCoordinate 0+SwarmPointCounter,-1,0
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Swarm.SetPointTextureCoordinate 1+SwarmPointCounter,-1,-1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Swarm.SetPointTextureCoordinate 2+SwarmPointCounter,0,-1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Swarm.SetPointTextureCoordinate 3+SwarmPointCounter,0,0
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;SwarmPointCounter=SwarmPointCounter+4
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘apply the material to the face
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Face.SetMaterial Materials(0)
andnbsp; andnbsp;Next andnbsp; ‘SwarmLoop
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
‘msgbox(andquot;finished all loopingandquot;)
‘add the object to the created frame
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’this also triggers the update to the database
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;SwarmFrame.AddObject Swarm
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’set the object name – note that we can’t do this until
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’the object is added to a frame
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Swarm.SetName andquot;Swarmandquot;
end sub
sub SetUpMaterials(M())
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim i
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim j
andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim MaterialsObjectIndex
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim MaterialsObject
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim MatFace
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim FaceCount
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim MatCount
andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim NumFacePoints
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim dummyNum
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim dummyX
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim dummyZ
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim ThisY
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim Altitude()
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim AltitudeOrder()
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim MinPlace
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim CurrentMin
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;dim ActiveObjectCount
‘get the active object count
andnbsp; andnbsp;ActiveObjectCount = Scene.GetActiveObjectCount
andnbsp; andnbsp;’only proceed if there is an active object
andnbsp; andnbsp;If ActiveObjectCount = 0 Then
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;MsgBox andquot;You didnt select an object so I’ll color me pinkerooandquot;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;for i= 0 to NumMaterials-1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Set M(i) = Scene.CreateMaterial
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘make it a nice color
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;M(i).SetColor .894/(i+1),.773/(i+1),.788/(i+1)
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘set the default diffuse value
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;M(i).SetDiffuse 60
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘set the default ambient value
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;M(i).SetAmbient 20
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Next
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;else
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;set MaterialsObject=scene.GetActiveObject(0)
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;FaceCount=MaterialsObject.GetFaceCount
‘ andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;msgbox(andquot;FaceCountandquot;andamp;FaceCount)
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;redim Altitude(FaceCount-1) andnbsp; ‘the averege y of the materials planes
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;redim AltitudeOrder(FaceCount-1) andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘Create andnbsp;appropriate materials for the faces
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;For i=0 to NumMaterials-1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Set M(i) = Scene.CreateMaterial
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Next
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;For i=0 to NumFacePoints-1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Altitude(i)=0
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Next
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;For i=0 to FaceCount-1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;set MatFace=MaterialsObject.GetFace(i)
andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;NumFacePoints=MatFace.GetPointCount
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;For j=0 to NumFacePoints -1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; dummyNum=MatFace.GetPoint(j)
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; MaterialsObject.GetPoint dummyNum,dummyX,ThisY,dummyZ
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;’first add teh height to Altitude
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; Altitude(i)=Altitude(i)+ThisY
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Next
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Altitude(i)=Altitude(i)/NumFacePoints andnbsp;
‘ andnbsp;msgbox(andquot;Alt andquot;andamp;Altitude(i)) andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Next andnbsp;
‘now we have to sort them into height to give the materials which 3dc seems to reorder andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; For i=0 to FaceCount-1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; MinPlace=0
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; CurrentMin = Altitude(0)
‘ andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;….need to make an array with 214503 in it then bla
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; for j=0 to FaceCount-1 andnbsp;
‘msgbox(andquot;Alt jandquot;andamp;Altitude(j)andamp;andquot; CurrentMin andquot;andamp;CurrentMinandamp;andquot; MinPlace andquot;andamp;MinPlace) andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; if Altitude(j)[CurrentMin then
‘msgbox(andquot; after if Alt jandquot;andamp;Altitude(j)andamp;andquot; CurrentMin andquot;andamp;CurrentMinandamp;andquot; MinPlace andquot;andamp;MinPlace)
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;MinPlace=j
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;CurrentMin=Altitude(j) andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; end if
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; Next
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; AltitudeOrder(i)=MinPlace
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; Altitude(MinPlace)=10000 andnbsp; ‘get it out of the way
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; ‘ andnbsp; andnbsp;msgbox(andquot;Alt orderandquot;andamp;AltitudeOrder(i))
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Next
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; For i=0 to FaceCount-1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; set MatFace=MaterialsObject.GetFace(AltitudeOrder(i))
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; set M(i)=MatFace.GetMaterial
andnbsp;’ andnbsp;’ andnbsp; msgBox(M(i).GetTextureFileName)
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; MatCount=MatCount+1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;Next ‘i
‘
‘we now have the six materials in Material() I hope
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;end if
end sub
sub MakeLens
with S
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;.SwarmRadius=1
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;.NumParticles=3000
andnbsp; andnbsp; andnbsp;.SizeParticles=.01
end with
End sub
George,
The pic is a little dark, but I can see the results of the script pretty well. This may be very close to what I’m looking for.
The density factor will probably turn out to be the most important, as I can easily set different colors to the object.
How long did it take 3DC to complete running the script and create the object on your machine. I’m assuming you are not having any problems like I am(vidcard).
I will work with the script and let you know what I come up with. Thanks again,
Les
bummer..I’ve send the script as an email attachment to the address in your profile. andnbsp;If it’s in the script directory when you start 3Dc it should work….
sending now no batteries. andnbsp;good luck. andnbsp;glad you like tute.
g
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