Commit Graph

7 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
c50e5fcc34 Cleanup: use C++ style casts in various places 2020-08-07 18:42:21 +02:00
396d0b5cd0 Particles: new Age Reached Event, Kill Particle and Random Float node
The hardcoded age limit is now gone. The behavior can be implemented
with an Age Reached Event and Kill Particle node. Other utility nodes
to handle age limits of particles can be added later. Adding an
Age Limit attribute to particles on birth will be useful for some effects,
e.g. when you want to control the color or size of a particle over its
life time.

The Random Float node takes a seed currently. Different nodes will
produce different values even with the same seed. However, the same
node will generate the same random number for the same seed every
time. The "Hash" of a particle can be used as seed. Later, we'd want
to have more modes in the node to make it more user friendly.
Modes could be: Per Particle, Per Time, Per Particle Per Time,
Per Node Instance, ...
Also a Random Vector node will be useful, as it currently has to be
build using three Random Float nodes.
2020-08-02 22:10:47 +02:00
0ae2a1d12a Particles: improve emitter when object is animated 2020-07-25 14:51:15 +02:00
74fcb4d4c2 Particles: initial particle birth action
A particle action is some function that is triggered by some event.
Right now, users cannot control this. There is just a
randomize-velocity on-birth action. So the direction of spawned
particles is slightly randomized now.

This also adds a new integer attribute called "Hash" which is
useful for a number of things. Mainly for generating random numbers
for a specific particle. The ID of a particle is not necessarily a good source
of randomness.
2020-07-24 13:37:55 +02:00
698af2e774 Try to fix build error
Not sure if this is the correct fix, because I can't reproduce the error.
2020-07-24 00:35:51 +02:00
f359672c35 Particles: spawn particles on mesh surface 2020-07-23 22:30:22 +02:00
766edbdf1f Particles: improve mesh emitter
Particles are now emitted from vertices of the mesh.
2020-07-23 17:57:11 +02:00