Fan blow effect

simo103

anyone done or have ideas on how I could create the effect of a fan blowing? I want an actor to be effected by the 'air' only in a certain section of the scene and have it look real ie: less blow on the edges and at distance etc.

simo103

thanks .. will give it a shot.

tenrdrmer

take a look at this. email me at tenrdrmer (at) yahoo if you would like the file. GS not letting the projects be downloaded

http://gamesalad.com/game/7223

simo103

email sent .. thanks. Demo looks perfect for what I need.

frario

tenrdrmer, I'm lazy so I'll just ask it: is the acceleration level inverted proportional to magnitude of the object from the "fan"?

simo103

I can answer .... no there are three actors acting as zones and they apply an accelerate and rotate of differing speeds to the falling actor in the direction of the 'blow' .. so if the object falls near the fan it collides with the max speed actor etc.

tenrdrmer

Glad you answered simo I missed the post an hour ago and prob would have never got him answered.

Thanks

frario

thanks

DonaldM

Is it possible to have the entire screen affected by a randomly changing wind? or would it have to vary per try? If so, how do you get it to change every time, or ultimately, constantly rotate and change speeds?

cbt

You can do all this with the same method, tshirtbooth mentioned, and accelerate in the "random" direction and "random" speed.

You can put different actors with different widths with "random" rules. This way every part of screen have random winds all over.