CompuServe Messages

<Love you example of water. Keep up the great work.> Thanks a lot Mike! I appreciate your feedback. <I really can't wait to see what you next script will be.> I uploaded three in the last couple of days (descriptions below). One is another TSE-generated example; the other two were created with POCO scripts in AniPro (sent to library 2). I'll probably be doing only "particle system" scripts for a while. Particles seem to be able to create just about anything. I'll share a secret (I wanted to see if anyone would ask, but it's almost been two months); the spring in SHR72.ZIP, is made out of particles! By the way, I usually try out new ideas in 2-D first. So, if you look at what I upload to library 2, you can get an idea of what might be coming to 3ds. (I am still trying to learn to make water in 3D, as good as the one in 3GA33.ZIP). <Have you thought of just going all out and write IPAS.> I can see it coming. I'd probably be doing it now if scripting for 3ds "made the scene." <big g> Thanks again. Let me keep hearing from you. (And, it doesn't have to be positive.) Ed K ——————————————————————– BWA04 .ZIP 1478331 3171940 2-11-95 11:33PM (sent 2/12 8 PM) Title: The Shards of Space. By Ed K. KELLERMAN PXP SCRIPT EXTENSION TSE PARTICLE SYSTEM 1024×768 FLC The animation starts with a view of a strange crystalline landscape. Suddenly, the ground drops, and you see the formation fall toward a sphere. The resulting collision breaks up the structure into 700 shards. ("The Shards of Space" is the title of a novel by William Scheckley) Created with The Script Extension (PXP module) for 3D Studio Release 4. TSE is available from Schreiber Instruments. Ed Kellerman ——————————————————————- 3GA30B .ZIP 68477 153522 2-12-95 7:35AM (sent 10 PM ) Title: Volume Rendering Breakthrough! By Ed K. KELLERMAN MPS PARTICLE SYSTEM MOLECULE ANIPRO 1024×768 ONE-FRAME FLC Concept: Build objects w/"molecules," not faces. Result: Complex objects easily rendered w/MANY dithering patterns (some similar to 3ds'). Done w/MPS by using cels for particles. This file has 7 images, made clearer by expanding the original color range, and including enlargements for 3 types of dithering. Each image, a frame from a 250,000-particle animation, rendered in 12.63 minutes (486-66), about the time that's required to check for collisions between 4 bodies & a quarter-million particles! Ed Kellerman ——————————————————————- MPS226 .ZIP 801370 1926960 2-12-95 4:13 PM (sent 2/14 9 PM) Title: Almost Endless Fall. By Ed K. KELLERMAN MPS PARTICLE SYSTEM ENDLESS FALL 640X480 ANIPRO FLC Several bodies were used to create a 2-D field. The field was made visible by the colors of an array of 8190 immobilized particles. The continuously increasing magnification creates the effect of falling into the field. A fall which, in theory, never ends (but, our microscope has its limits.) Trip highlights: After going into a minute dimple (first visible after 100 frames), you enter an area where scintillating Moire patterns take over. Ed Kellerman ——————————————————————