a beam / arc discharge / laser beam system

[mohaps]

I have uploaded a Demo Executable and MPEG Video of the Squiggly Line System in action

at http://www.etvig.com/istuff/blaze/squiggly.html




enjoy

working on making it a scene node...

you can see its evolution in this post http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... php?t=6008

[mohaps]

done...

I have created a SizzlerSceneNode class for the beam

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SizzlerSceneNode* sizzler = new SizzlerSceneNode(getDevice()->getSceneManager(),
					 startNode,
					 1,
					 vector3df(0,0,0),
					 endNode->getAbsolutePosition(),
					 false,
					 SColor(100,200,240,230),
					 100,
					 bbTex,
					 35,
					 10,
					 20);

[etcaptor]

Great job mohaps!

This will be very good addition for Irrlicht

[MACARRAUM]

error

missing d3dx9_24.dll

[etcaptor]

You can download it from here:

http://clootie.narod.ru/delphi/DX92/Clo ... 2_dlls.zip

[mohaps]

thanks for the link etcaptor

i just updated the video for the stuff.. as the video was mismatched with the screenshot..

download the new video at http://www.etvig.com/istuff/blaze/squiggly.html

[mohaps]

had a upload snafu... the links should work now.. i have also added etcaptor's link for the missing dlls on the page

http://www.etvig.com/istuff/blaze/squiggly.html

[etcaptor]

Here are also two links to missing MS files for non MS users like me

MSVCR71.dll
msvcp71.dll

[Electron]

Will you be uploading the code for this soon? Looks very cool.

[mohaps]

code shall be released via the M_TRIX site...as soon as i am done cleaning it up..

[Bryan Abrams]

wow this will help for some fancy magic effects for irrworld, if you don't mind that is

[AlexL]

This looks really nice, and I think it would be nice to add it in as a scene node. Though I didn't vote as I didn't need it, but I thought it a good investment of time. Keep up the good work with all of your extentions

[Murphy]

Very nice effect. Reminds me a bit of the energy barriers for closed sections of the track in Wipeout Fusion (though I think those were just mostly transparent textured polys).

What is it? A bunch of lines with billboards on the verts?

How many lines/billboards is your screenshot composed of?

How about showing us the prototype for the SizzlerSceneNode constructor so we can get an idea of what the parameters are?

[bal]

Very nice work again. Although I wouldn't integrate all this stuff in Irrlicht itself. Because then it will get bloated easily if you ask me.

[mohaps]

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class SizzlerSceneNode : public ISceneNode
{
public:
	SizzlerSceneNode(ISceneManager* smgrPtr, //scene manager
					 ISceneNode* parentNode=0, // parent node
					 s32 nodeId = -1,//node id
					 const vector3df& startPointPosition = vector3df(0,0,0), //the start position
					 const vector3df& endPointPosition = vector3df(0,200,0), // the end position
					 bool endPointIsRelative = true, //is end point in model space or world space
					 const SColor& lineColorValue = SColor(100,200,240,230), // color of the lines
					 s32 segmentCountValue=50, // number of segments
					 ITexture* bbTexture=0, // billboard texture
					 s32 billboardSizeValue=30, // billboard square size
					 s32 thicknessValue=10, // number of lines
					 f32 amplitudeValue=20); // oscillation amplitude for lines about mean position
};

in the main

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	sizzler = new SizzlerSceneNode(getDevice()->getSceneManager(),
					 startNode,
					 1,
					 vector3df(0,0,0),
					 endNode->getAbsolutePosition(),
					 false,
					 SColor(100,200,240,230),
					 100,
					 bbTex,
					 35,
					 10,
					 20);

this interface is not final yet
@murphy
yes it is just a bunch of lines with a line of just billboards at each vertex...

the amplitude decides how much the lines can deviate from mean positions.. and the thickness decides how many lines are to be drawn... if you set thickness to zero just the billboards are drawn...