Particle FX preview

Physicsguy1

That looks nice . Now we need sparks and such for metal grinding, and some other characteristics.

phy

You want to know whats best, it hardly slows the simulation at all since it's not using the physics engine.

Physicsguy1

I cant wait! Are those bubbles in the water actual moving bubbles, or are they just random, and appear for a jiffy and depart without movement?

Wacov

Glad to see it's popular ... all the particles move, scale, and fade out. They can be given starting velocity, which will deminish after a few frames, and have some random values attached to keep it all interesting. @Physicsguy, the bubbles are created randomly, but they still move towards the surface.

This should all be added into SP in the near future, with a different method system. Until then, here's the demo for you all to try out (Feedback on performance would be great)

particle FX demo.skp

Wacov

Okay, just heard about a very slow simulation. Before you run the sim, please open the ruby console (Window/Ruby Console). Play the sim for a bit, reset, and post the last number in the array (after "Fps"). If you can run a normal sim ok, it should be at least 20. Thanks!

phy

Great

phy

I got this

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initializing joint controllers
["Time", 2.875, "Frames", 82, "Fps", 28.5217391304348]

Wacov

28 FPS is fine... keep 'em coming guys!

JaViXP

Here is mine.

["Time", 7.551, "Frames", 72, "Fps", 9.53516090584029]

But... Why only 9.5!?

phy

Maybe it's vista, what's the specs on your computer Javi?

JaViXP

I don't think it is Vista (Wacov uses Vista as well). Anyway, here we go:
Pentium Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.6 GHz
2GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4850

phy

@javixp said:

I don't think it is Vista (Wacov uses Vista as well). Anyway, here we go:
Pentium Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.6 GHz
2GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4850

Yeah but Wacov has a gaming computer. But then with the specs you have it shouldn't be slowing down that much cause I only have 512 MB ram.

JaViXP

Mine is a gaming computer too, (I can run TS3, max quality, no lag). It is 5.2 / 5.9 in Vista's Perfomance Test. It might be SketchUp.

phy

I see, I guess I was just going by how much ram you had.

Roguer1

Great showcase Wacov!

I am running:
1.86GHz Intel
2GB Ram
358MB Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset

I get anywhere from 20 - 30FPS with no problem

phy

I'm running
1.8 ghz. AMD
512 MB. ram
212(something like that)MB NVIDIA

But I have XP so it runs fast.
it might be sketchup or another plugin.

Sgt.A.Johnson

Im running vista on a laptop with: 2ghz single core pentium celeron, 3gb RAM, 358MB Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset. overall windows experience=3.1 on graphics. gaming graphics 3.3, processor 4.2, RAM 4.5, hard disk 5.2

Wacov

Uhh, I need the FPS

Anyway, from the looks of it, only Jav is having a problem (sorry mate). The particle system should work fine for most users!

JaViXP

It is just wierd, I can run any SP model at more than 50 FPS and I run this one at less than 10 Frames Per Second. Also, the first time I play it, it is about 10 FPS, the seconds it is 5 FPS, then it is 2 FPS... It is slower

CPhillips

Open up the ruby console and see if it is printing any errors.