This is my xmas pressie to you :)
You only need one single function. Call it when you want to ripple something. It is called RippleMesh() :)
;set up
Graphics3D 640,480,16,2
camera=CreateCamera()
PositionEntity camera,0,0,-3
light=CreateLight()
RotateEntity light,45,45,0
;any mesh with enough verts
mymesh = CreateSphere(12)
EntityShininess mymesh,1
While Not KeyHit(1)
RippleMesh(mymesh,1,20,0.01)
UpdateWorld
RenderWorld
Flip
Wend
End
;mesh is your mesh
;speed is how fast it ripples
;density is how fine the effect is (experiment to see how much of the mesh you affect)
;depth is how much it ripples
Function ripplemesh(mesh,speed#,density#,depth#)
count=MilliSecs()*speed
For scount=1 To CountSurfaces(mesh)
surface = GetSurface(mesh,scount)
numverts=CountVertices(surface)-1
For i=0 To numverts
a#=Cos(count+(i*density))*speed
b#=Sin(count+(i*density))*speed
c#=-b;Sin(count+(i*density))*speed
nx#=VertexNX(surface,i)*depth
ny#=VertexNY(surface,i)*depth
nz#=VertexNZ(surface,i)*depth
x#=VertexX(surface,i)
y#=VertexY(surface,i)
z#=VertexZ(surface,i)
VertexCoords surface,i,x#+(a*nx),y#+(b*ny),z#+(c*nz)
Next
Next
End Function
It can be made faster by putting the cos and sin into a lookup table but thats a little bit more complex. I made it like this because you don't need anything but the function to make it easy to use.
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