Particle Simulator

change log:

Physics

• Particles will not automatically be centered to the screen during reset and program initialization

Console

• Particle count can now be specified during start-up via command line arguments, but still cannot be modified during runtime. To run the program with a set amount of particle use ./ParticleSimulator 1000000

Particle Simulator

Pretty decent update coming through, change log:

Physics

• Fixed mouse pointer coordinates not properly transitioning to screen edge
• Default particle color changed

Console

• Revamed help commands(once again)
• New commands
  • color_rand
  • colors
  • help vars
• cleaned up look of console

Particle Simulator

Quick additions today that don't necessarily constitute a new release, but look's much better!

Change Log:

Console

• New background color, solid and smooth black!
• New console text, actually looks like a console now!
• Help command reworked
  • Now supports specific help for each command for more detailed information
  • Cleaned up and provides clearer explanations
• Color manipulation
  • Support for modifying Red, Green, Blue and Alpha values in particles
  • Changes are made real time

Other than that just some code refactoring. Enjoy!

Particle Simulator

Change log:

• Console commands parsed faster and improved
• Additional commands added, see 'help' in console to see what's new
  • ParticlesCount variable can now be modified using command line args before starting
  • Additional error checking for invalid commands
• Particle count modification change( again )
• Console output all ported to new console, including internal errors

Syntaf Particle Simulator

First official release of the particle simulator! here are a number of changes

GUI

• Console
  • the user now has the ability to modify variables and values in real time to experience how the particles react under certain conditions.
  • Errors and output now appear in the new console, all text is centralized to the new console
• Resolution increased
• Users can now exit the program via esc or exit, where previously esc sometimes didn't work

Performance

• experimental OpenCL support added, massive performance increase(not included in this release)
• TGUI added to improve performance of console
• Framerate drastically improved, 1,000,000 particles will run at a constant 40+ fps
• Entire code base restructured, significant performance increase in loading time and responsiveness
• Loop optimizations in code, increased performance

Physics

• Particle count set to 200,000 for smooth flow with users
• Particle life removed, particles now stay indefinitely
• Certain program constants are no longer constant:
  • Mass of particle is now modifiable in runtime with set mass <>
  • Drag is now modifiable in runtime with set drag <>
  • Mouseforce is now modifiable in runtime with set mouseforce <>
  • Particlecount is under development and will be modifiable soon
• Particle color rules changed to brighten the spectrum available to particles
• Slight background color modification
• Number of bugs relating to crashing fixed

**Among other changes I can't remember yet

Alpha particle simulator build

The newest release of the particle simulator!

• All new and improved CMake build system
• Experimental OpenCL support, thanks to finominis
• Blending now uses GL_ONE, creating more ranges of colors
• Fixed bug stopped events from being handled, not allowing users to quit
• Optimizations
• Disabled depth testing, properly making alpha channels transparent
• Drag increased by 1.5x
• Particle count increased
• Window size increased but keeps 1.33 ratio
• Red Clamping value increased to turn red at a lower speed

Syntaf Particle Simulator

A very early release of the particle simulator, mainly released for playing around with as the project can be a pain setting up.