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Posted: 9th Jun 2010 12:01 Edited at: 9th Jun 2010 13:27

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This is just a quick function I made for a game I'm working on. I know it's fairly simple but could I find an easy to integrate function of this sort for something so simple?

It just makes raindrops fall from the sky:

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function draw_rain(objstart,objend,size#,area#,x#,y#,z#,ceiling#,ground#)
	for r=objstart to objend
		if object exist(r)=0
			make object sphere r,size#,4,6
			scale object r,100,300,100
			color object r, rgb(0,0,255)
			ghost object on r
			set object light r,0
			position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),y#+rnd(ceiling#-ground#),z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
		endif
		move object down r,size#*5
		if object position y(r)<ground#
			position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),ceiling#,z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
		endif
	next
endfunction

EDIT: Took minus out from this line;

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if object position y(r)<-ground#

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Posted: 12th Jun 2010 20:47

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Using spheres as particles is quite bad practice. They have a lot of polygons that require a lot of processing. Use plains that face the camera.

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Posted: 13th Jun 2010 19:46

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Looks nice but i think it may be a performance killer when added to a scene.

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Posted: 14th Jun 2010 11:24

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Quote: "Using spheres as particles is quite bad practice. They have a lot of polygons that require a lot of processing. Use plains that face the camera."

I just did a test using the code below and over 30 seconds the planes method was 517 frames slower. Maybe the orientation code slows it down more than the polycount?

I wasn't really expecting it to be faster but the results were:
Framecount1 (using spheres): 24535
Framecount2 (using planes) : 24018

Code:

sync on
sync rate 0
autocam off

`set the length of the test here in seconds
time=30

time1=time*1000
time2=time1*2
st=timer()

do
	set cursor 0,0
	
	select stage
		case 0
			draw_rain1(1,50,.1,10,0,0,0,10,0)
			inc framecount1
			secs$=get_sec(st+time1-timer())
			mins$=get_min(st+time1-timer())
			print mins$,":",secs$," remaining for first count"
			print "First framecount:",str$(framecount1)
			if timer()>st+time1 then stage=1:delete_spheres()
		endcase
		case 1
			draw_rain2(1,50,.1,10,0,0,0,10,0)
			inc framecount2
			secs$=get_sec(st+time2-timer())
			mins$=get_min(st+time2-timer())
			print mins$,":",secs$," remaining for second count"
			print "First framecount:",str$(framecount1)
			print "Second framecount:",str$(framecount2)
			if timer()>st+time2 then stage=2:delete_spheres()
		endcase
		case 2
			print "First framecount:",str$(framecount1)
			print "Second framecount:",str$(framecount2)
		endcase
	endselect
	
	sync
loop

function delete_spheres()
	s=timer()
	for x=1 to 50
		if object exist(x)
			delete object x
		endif
	next
	st=st+timer()-s
endfunction

function get_sec(milisecs)
	secs=milisecs/1000
	mins=secs/60
	secs=secs-(mins*60)
	hrs=mins/60
	mins=mins-(hrs*60)
	s$=str$(secs)
	if secs<10 then s$="0"+s$
endfunction s$

function get_min(milisecs)
	secs=milisecs/1000
	mins=secs/60
	secs=secs-(mins*60)
	hrs=mins/60
	mins=mins-(hrs*60)
	m$=str$(mins)
endfunction m$

function draw_rain1(objstart,objend,size#,area#,x#,y#,z#,ceiling#,ground#)
    for r=objstart to objend
        if object exist(r)=0
            make object sphere r,size#,4,6
            scale object r,100,300,100
            color object r, rgb(0,0,255)
            ghost object on r
            set object light r,0
            position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),y#+rnd(ceiling#-ground#),z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
        endif
        move object down r,size#*5
        if object position y(r)<ground#
            position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),ceiling#,z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
        endif
    next
endfunction

function draw_rain2(objstart,objend,size#,area#,x#,y#,z#,ceiling#,ground#)
    for r=objstart to objend
        if object exist(r)=0
            make object plane r,size#,size#
            scale object r,100,300,100
            color object r, rgb(0,0,255)
            ghost object on r
            set object light r,0
            position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),y#+rnd(ceiling#-ground#),z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
        endif
        move object down r,size#*5
        if object position y(r)<ground#
            position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),ceiling#,z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
            set object to camera orientation r
        endif
    next
endfunction

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sync on
sync rate 0
autocam off

`set the length of the test here in seconds
time=30

time1=time*1000
time2=time1*2
st=timer()

do
	set cursor 0,0
	
	select stage
		case 0
			draw_rain1(1,50,.1,10,0,0,0,10,0)
			inc framecount1
			secs$=get_sec(st+time1-timer())
			mins$=get_min(st+time1-timer())
			print mins$,":",secs$," remaining for first count"
			print "First framecount:",str$(framecount1)
			if timer()>st+time1 then stage=1:delete_spheres()
		endcase
		case 1
			draw_rain2(1,50,.1,10,0,0,0,10,0)
			inc framecount2
			secs$=get_sec(st+time2-timer())
			mins$=get_min(st+time2-timer())
			print mins$,":",secs$," remaining for second count"
			print "First framecount:",str$(framecount1)
			print "Second framecount:",str$(framecount2)
			if timer()>st+time2 then stage=2:delete_spheres()
		endcase
		case 2
			print "First framecount:",str$(framecount1)
			print "Second framecount:",str$(framecount2)
		endcase
	endselect
	
	sync
loop

function delete_spheres()
	s=timer()
	for x=1 to 50
		if object exist(x)
			delete object x
		endif
	next
	st=st+timer()-s
endfunction

function get_sec(milisecs)
	secs=milisecs/1000
	mins=secs/60
	secs=secs-(mins*60)
	hrs=mins/60
	mins=mins-(hrs*60)
	s$=str$(secs)
	if secs<10 then s$="0"+s$
endfunction s$

function get_min(milisecs)
	secs=milisecs/1000
	mins=secs/60
	secs=secs-(mins*60)
	hrs=mins/60
	mins=mins-(hrs*60)
	m$=str$(mins)
endfunction m$

function draw_rain1(objstart,objend,size#,area#,x#,y#,z#,ceiling#,ground#)
    for r=objstart to objend
        if object exist(r)=0
            make object sphere r,size#,4,6
            scale object r,100,300,100
            color object r, rgb(0,0,255)
            ghost object on r
            set object light r,0
            position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),y#+rnd(ceiling#-ground#),z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
        endif
        move object down r,size#*5
        if object position y(r)<ground#
            position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),ceiling#,z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
        endif
    next
endfunction

function draw_rain2(objstart,objend,size#,area#,x#,y#,z#,ceiling#,ground#)
    for r=objstart to objend
        if object exist(r)=0
            make object plane r,size#,size#
            scale object r,100,300,100
            color object r, rgb(0,0,255)
            ghost object on r
            set object light r,0
            position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),y#+rnd(ceiling#-ground#),z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
        endif
        move object down r,size#*5
        if object position y(r)<ground#
            position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),ceiling#,z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
            set object to camera orientation r
        endif
    next
endfunction

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Posted: 14th Jun 2010 18:50

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What about three plains stuck into each other on every axis? That would be a poly count of 6 for each particle, and you wouldn't have to rotate it to face the camera.

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Posted: 14th Jun 2010 18:54 Edited at: 14th Jun 2010 19:05

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Quote: "What about three plains stuck into each other on every axis? That would be a poly count of 6 for each particle, and you wouldn't have to rotate it to face the camera"

...but I already showed that by using just 1 plane (2 polys) it was slower than using the spheres in my function.

Poly count is making little to no difference here!

EDIT: Just to further test this I used 200 rain objects in my test program and got 25536 frames for spheres and 34623 frames for planes so it does have some impact if you want to use a lot of rain (this would work out as a reduction from 1154fps to 851fps), using 50 raindrops looks fine for my game and is virtually lossless but I haven't tested it for textured planes yet either...

Either way it's a simple system that you could adapt fairly easily for whatever effect you want which is why I made it!

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Posted: 29th Jun 2010 21:41 Edited at: 29th Jun 2010 21:50

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I modified your code for 2 planes each particle and added an extra setup function. The 2 planes are combined into 1 object which the rain is cloned off of.
The parameters are size# and image number to texture the planes (use either tga or png for transparent rain drops)
It returns the object number of the base object which is passed to the draw rain function which clones the base object.

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function SetupRain(size#,img)
	obj=1
	while object exist(obj)
		inc obj
	endwhile
		
	make object plane obj,size#,size#
	make object plane obj+1,size#,size#
	scale object obj,100,300,100
	rotate object obj+1,0,90,0
	
	make mesh from object 1,obj+1
	add limb obj,1,1
	delete object obj+1
	
	texture object obj,img
	set object transparency obj,1	
endfunction obj

draw_rain takes these parameters
obj start, obj end, base object to clone, size, area x,y,z,ceiling, ground

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function draw_rain(objstart,objend,base,size#,area#,x#,y#,z#,ceiling#,ground#)
        for r=objstart to objend
                if object exist(r)=0
			clone object r,base    
                        set object light r,0
                        position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),y#+rnd(ceiling#-ground#),z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
                endif
                move object down r,size#*5
                if object position y(r)<ground#
                        position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),ceiling#,z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
                endif
        next
endfunction

Test Code:
(attached the png you need to run this code.)

set display mode 1024,768,32

sync on
sync rate 60
autocam off

load image "rain.png",1
base=SetupRain(0.1,1)

do
	show object base
	draw_rain(3,50,base,0.1,10,0,0,0,10,0)
	hide object base
	
   rotate camera Player,camera angle x(Player)+(mousemovey()/2),camera angle y(Player)+(mousemovex()/2.0),0

If keystate(17)=1 then move camera player,0.1
   If keystate(31)=1 then move camera player,-0.1

If keystate(30)=1
      Yrotate camera Player,Camera angle Y(Player)-90
      Move camera player,0.1
      Yrotate camera Player,Camera angle Y(Player)+90
   endif

If keystate(32)=1
      Yrotate camera Player,Camera angle Y(Player)+90
      Move camera player,0.1
      Yrotate camera Player,Camera angle Y(Player)-90
   endif

if wrapvalue(camera angle x(Player))>40 and wrapvalue(camera angle x(Player))<180 then xrotate camera Player,40
   if wrapvalue(camera angle x(Player))>180 and wrapvalue(camera angle x(Player))<280 then xrotate camera Player,280

position camera Player,camera position X(Player),camera position Y(Player)-FallVelocity#,camera position Z(Player)
	
	sync
loop

function SetupRain(size#,img)
	obj=1
	while object exist(obj)
		inc obj
	endwhile
		
	make object plane obj,size#,size#
	make object plane obj+1,size#,size#
	scale object obj,100,300,100
	rotate object obj+1,0,90,0
	
	make mesh from object 1,obj+1
	add limb obj,1,1
	delete object obj+1
	
	texture object obj,img
	set object transparency obj,1	
endfunction obj

function draw_rain(objstart,objend,base,size#,area#,x#,y#,z#,ceiling#,ground#)
        for r=objstart to objend
                if object exist(r)=0						        clone object r,base
                        set object light r,0
                        position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),y#+rnd(ceiling#-ground#),z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
                endif
                move object down r,size#*5
                if object position y(r)<ground#
                        position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),ceiling#,z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
                endif
        next
endfunction

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set display mode 1024,768,32

sync on
sync rate 60
autocam off

load image "rain.png",1
base=SetupRain(0.1,1)

do
	show object base
	draw_rain(3,50,base,0.1,10,0,0,0,10,0)
	hide object base
	
   rotate camera Player,camera angle x(Player)+(mousemovey()/2),camera angle y(Player)+(mousemovex()/2.0),0

   If keystate(17)=1 then move camera player,0.1
   If keystate(31)=1 then move camera player,-0.1

   If keystate(30)=1
      Yrotate camera Player,Camera angle Y(Player)-90
      Move camera player,0.1
      Yrotate camera Player,Camera angle Y(Player)+90
   endif

   If keystate(32)=1
      Yrotate camera Player,Camera angle Y(Player)+90
      Move camera player,0.1
      Yrotate camera Player,Camera angle Y(Player)-90
   endif

   if wrapvalue(camera angle x(Player))>40 and wrapvalue(camera angle x(Player))<180 then xrotate camera Player,40
   if wrapvalue(camera angle x(Player))>180 and wrapvalue(camera angle x(Player))<280 then xrotate camera Player,280

   position camera Player,camera position X(Player),camera position Y(Player)-FallVelocity#,camera position Z(Player)
	
	sync
loop

function SetupRain(size#,img)
	obj=1
	while object exist(obj)
		inc obj
	endwhile
		
	make object plane obj,size#,size#
	make object plane obj+1,size#,size#
	scale object obj,100,300,100
	rotate object obj+1,0,90,0
	
	make mesh from object 1,obj+1
	add limb obj,1,1
	delete object obj+1
	
	texture object obj,img
	set object transparency obj,1	
endfunction obj

function draw_rain(objstart,objend,base,size#,area#,x#,y#,z#,ceiling#,ground#)
        for r=objstart to objend
                if object exist(r)=0						        clone object r,base
                        set object light r,0
                        position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),y#+rnd(ceiling#-ground#),z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
                endif
                move object down r,size#*5
                if object position y(r)<ground#
                        position object r,x#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2),ceiling#,z#+rnd(area#)-(area#/2)
                endif
        next
endfunction

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Posted: 29th Jun 2010 22:48

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@Madscientist, nice work! I'm sure that anyone looking for an effect like this has plenty to choose from now!!

Also, I like your version so much I think I'll replace the version I'm using in "Hell for Leather" with yours

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Thanks no problem.

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could make a good star field. like it now to study it.

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making a bunch of seperate objects in DBPro leads to a lot of overhead. Try using instance object to speed things up (a LOT).

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Quote: "Try using instance object to speed things up (a LOT)."

Great suggestion!! I did and it was about 25% to 30% faster!!!

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