Arthur has is a nice fire example in his NWN loader/viewer. His work is amazing :
http://nwn-j3d.sourceforge.net/loader.screenshots.php I guess it can give you some inspiration. Alessandro --- Bassam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > HI > Actually , I am imagining a cigarette smoke .Maybe a fire smoke is similar. > I am thinking that we could use a point generator to randomly generate > points on the scene in addition to limiting the position of the points in a > specific area (the area surrounding the source of the smoke). > > We have to control the density of the points ( like real smoke varies in > density and color;sometimes it is gray and thick, sometimes its lighter and > more dispersed). We can create many points in area X at some point of time T > , then create a few points at the same area X at some point of time P. > Here , arouse another problem ,that is how will the points move in the next > frame. > > Maybe somebody else will help. > > > Bassam > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:18 PM > Subject: [JAVA3D] Smoke and Fire > > > Hi, > > does anybody have an idea how to realize fire and smoke using real > (animated) 3D-objects? The only solution I have uses images but these > objects are flat (or show a user only its front) when the camera position > is moved. > > I think for a 3D-solution an algorithm is needed which generates such an > object... > > Kind regards > > Michael > > -- > http://www.linuxboard.org - The Linux Developer Board > http://java3d.virtualworlds.de - The J3D Developers Ressource > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > _______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Acesso Grátis - Internet rápida e grátis. Instale o discador agora! http://br.acesso.yahoo.com/ =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".