StarField Screensaver- recycle stars?

SkyMaple

I am working with the "starfield screensaver" demo. and i've found that all the stars are spawning. Whats the best way to recycle them?

quantumsheep

Use particles

SkyMaple

how would I be able to achieve the same effect of flying through space with the star zooming by?

design219

You could just move them instead of re-spawning them. If I understand what you are doing, when a star hits the edge you could have it instantly move (and scale down if your stars get bigger as they approach) to the center of the screen again.

SkyMaple

if you looked at the demo, you can see that its a bit more complex than that. I tried something but couldn't get it to work.

But i figured out how to do it with particles! I set the emitter to the center and the direction to random(0,360)

quantumsheep

Exactly - and you can make them change size too

design219

SkyMaple said:
if you looked at the demo, you can see that its a bit more complex than that.

Did I miss something? What demo?

SkyMaple

its a demo i found while searching "new" in GS. Its called "starfield screensaver"

I would post the link but its broken