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Chuft-Captain wrote:Looks good Cham,

Too bad about the performance.
However, maybe in a year or two you'll be able to resurrect this idea when hardware performance has improved.

CC

The motions of emitters within the particles system, could to realize this effect.

Here's an experimentation that turned into something pretty. I don't know yet if it could be usefull for something, but I like very much the effect :

Spiral expansion (fluid-like motion) :


Small test-addon to download :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... spiral.zip (300 KB)

Someone has an idea for its uses ?

Gravitational waves? Solar wind?

Saturn ring strikes? Enceladus' plume E_G ring ejecta falls?

Now, try these ressources instead (just replace the files with the new ones). The effect is better looking and the code is simpler :