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Particle Playground V 0.1

[EDIT]:

Particle Playground V1 Released. Read information about it, and download it here:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=60141&b=5

[EDIT] 8 july 2005. Done with the user-guide. And some other info:

Hi!

I have just finished the user-guide!
Now i'm gonna move on and make the toolbar nicer
But i also have some other info for you. I have decided to make Version 0.2 to version 1.0 as i see it as a real release and not just a beta. i don't know when i'm gonna release Version 1.0 yet.

- The Nerd





[EDIT] 3 july 2005. Info and a screenshot from V 0.2 :

I've just got home from Italy. Sorry i didn't told about that
But i see that my product have reached the newsletter!
I'm soooo happy!
Well.. Now that i'm back i can start work on it again!
So if you find any bugs then please tell me

Info and screenshot from new V 0.2

I just wanted to tell about V 0.2 and show a screenshot
Now the new features is as followed :

*Decide the particle speed

*Decide how many particles that the emitter should "shoot" out per second

*Freeze the particles if you wanna look closer to them.

*Turn the matrix on and off. If you get a bad frame rate you can now turn off the matrix to get a better frame rate.


here is a screenshot of V 0.2 :



Thanks for all the wonderfull comments!

-The Nerd


[EDIT]:

New version is out. It's version 0.1a. This version actually dosn't do much. Expect you'll get new gadgets in the toolbar(NOTE!: They dosn't work yet.) the only reason why i make a 0.1a was to fix a bug some of the users had were the program couldn't start and gave a error messgae instead. So if you've tried that then please try this update. I hope this will fix it. Just go to the download link to get it. Also notice that in V 0.1a the program will run in full-screen. It wasn't ment to be that way but i just forgot to compile it windowed. But next release(V 0.2 will include all the new features and will be windowed.


I have now worked a while on a particle engine/editor. I call it Particle Playground. Actually i made i for myself because i wanted to make particles quick and easy without having to compile over and over again to get the right results.
But then i though if someone in here could use it that would be good too

Here you got some screenshots from it:









*Current features for Particle Playground V 0.1 :*

Make easy particles

Color your particles easy using a color dialog

Texture your particles. Particle Playground will set the object transperancy on if necessary

Export your code to a dba file(If you want to compile your exported source you will need the Cloth and Particle pack). You can also decide what the filename should be and what the function name should be called

Change Particle Life, Particle Explode, Particle Mass and particle size. Also change the particle gravity on X, Y, Z to get good looking particles

With Particle Playground you'll get a User-Guide in Word Document and TXT file



Download Link(RAR)
http://graphics-monkey.co.uk/games/Particle Playground BETA V 0.1a.rar


Download Link(ZIP)
http://graphics-monkey.co.uk/games/Particle Playground BETA V 0.1a.zip



*Planned features for Particle Playground V 0.2*

*Example Particles

*Particle Textures


Comments and suggestions would be nice!

Thanks To sacer for the host


Regards

-The Nerd

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Cool, Did you use BlueGUI for the menu's?

Looks nice anyway

(I cant use it atm though... i dont have the cloth + particles pack)

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Yeah i used Blue Gui for the menu's

Well you can play around with it but not use the exported code

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Oh ok..

Ill download anyway

EDIT: NICE!

Very easy way to make particles... I would definetely use it in my games if I could use the exported code!

Nice easy interface too!

Now > try to add transparency to the particles

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Thanks!

Please feel free to give feedback when you done trying it

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nicely done

well done The Nerd

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Thanks for the comment Psycho Gary.

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Nice

Come on people Post some screen shots

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Wow, now that looks nice..ive got some serious competition here !
Well done Nerd, its been amazing to see how much you have changed since you were a newbie, and this is your bst piece yet.
Downloading now.

Ok works well...although i didnt really feel I had control over the particles, regardless of my options I couldnt control their starting speeds or rate at which they appeared.
But a great start mate and a very nice GUI.
Good luck

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@Baggers:

Thanks for the nice comment!

Well... I think i could change that for Version 0.2

[EDIT]:

Okay Baggers. I'm going to start working on 2 new settings so you can set the frame rate for the particles and the starting speed

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Ok, I uploaded the new versions... The Nerd will tell you about them as I know nothing about them

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Go to the top to read about the new version

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Messed with it for a few moments. Seems very nice. Good GUI too.

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Thanks for the comment Aura!

I'm gonna start working more now so i can get V 0.2 ready!

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Wow, you made it to the newsletter! Well done Nerd!

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Yeah well done...didnt realise yours was only for the particle addon pack though.
Keep up the good work man !

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Hi guys!

I've just got home from Italy!
WOW!!!! My product is actually in the newsletter!!! YAY!

Can i be more happy right now? NO!!!!!

Don't think i'll give up on this product! Now that i'm home from Italy i'm ready to start work again!!!!

I already worked on the engine/editor before i took off to Italy. It's V 0.2!

If you wanna see a screenshot from V 0.2 then please got to the first post.




If you find any bugs then please tell me


Thanks for all the comments!


-The Nerd

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Woo! well done!! and nice program.. pity i dont have the cloth/particle pack but me likes the program

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thanks for the comment!

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Anyone got ideas for features that should be implemtet in V 0.2?
If you got any then please tell me so i can try and get them in!
Because right now i can't find any new features that i think should get in.
So i'm gonna start try to find bugs and fix them.
But if you got an idea then please tell me


Thanks!


-The Nerd

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Looks quite interesting, I'll download it later

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Please say what you think when you've tried it



- The Nerd

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It looks real nice, but one little thing. You really need to organise your icons.

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Shift the buttons and the top down and to the left a lttle, Only by a few pixels...

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Well... I could do that or put tabs in the top of the toolbar so you got a section with gravity settings and another section with other settings ETC. That way i could make the toolbar smaller and nicer.

If your think the other way would be better(Moving the icons some pixels i could do that )

I will make after what this community thinks the best
So please post your thoughs

Thanks!

Also i'm started writing a User-Guide that will follow with the new version.

- The Nerd

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The user-guide is just done! Now i'm gonna make the GUI look nicer

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keep working man

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Thanks for the comment Gogetax

Of course i will keep on working