rain effect possible?

FirstDan

how do we create rain or snow in GS?

is this even possible, i was thinking particles but thought this would be CPU heavy?

thanks

SharkawyDev

this is the exact same question i'v been looking to an answer for ! maybe somebody will answer us now. me i tought if its a preload GIF but i dont dont know if the GS can take it

StormyStudio

Does the rain/snow need to react with other actors?

If not you could add it as a short looping animation with transparency.

Otherwise particles would probably be the only other way to possibly try, but yes you would get some large CPU usage if you have a whole screen full of falling particles. Perhaps lots of recycled rain actors that keep getting moved back to the top.

wayneh001

Someone uploaded a SNOW AND RAIN demo some time ago. The project uses looping images to achieve the effect.

Search for project [SNOW AND RAIN] in the GS Creator Launch window.

FirstDan

The rain and snow doesnt need to react with other actors,

just purely for aesthetics and atmosphere,

while on the subject of recycling, do you think doodle jump is constructed with a large height, or do you think the developer just sends the platforms back up?

thanks all

DigiChain

Yeah, I agree with Stormy. A short looping animation with transparancy would do the trick. You'd only need a few frames to achieve the effect.

StormyStudio

FirstDan said:
The rain and snow doesnt need to react with other actors,

just purely for aesthetics and atmosphere,

while on the subject of recycling, do you think doodle jump is constructed with a large height, or do you think the developer just sends the platforms back up?

thanks all

Cool, go with the looping frames then..it should look good with only a few frames dpedning on your speed of rain/snow.

As for doodle jump it most definitely is done with recycling actors, it would have rules in place that change what is coming next to allow them to vary the difficulty what monsters and when to place bonus items (rocket packs etc...) also they have it built in blocks so that a set layout of platforms would come then when completed the next set is queue up for you to jump up through...

FirstDan

stormystudio said:
Cool, go with the looping frames then..it should look good with only a few frames dpedning on your speed of rain/snow.

As for doodle jump it most definitely is done with recycling actors, it would have rules in place that change what is coming next to allow them to vary the difficulty what monsters and when to place bonus items (rocket packs etc...) also they have it built in blocks so that a set layout of platforms would come then when completed the next set is queue up for you to jump up through...

awesome theory, I now have to somehow translate that into gamesalad language.

calvin9403

do this: make an actor rain, an actor block

put the black at the bottom of your screen and stretch so it will catch every rain drop

accelerate the rain down

when the actor touches the block

change alpha to 0, change position to the normal place

hope this help

Calvin

FirstDan

calvin9403 said:
do this: make an actor rain, an actor block

put the black at the bottom of your screen and stretch so it will catch every rain drop

accelerate the rain down

when the actor touches the block

change alpha to 0, change position to the normal place

hope this help

Calvin

THANKS ILL GIVE THIS A TRY, however do i set my rain actor to a single drop of rain? lets say 2 by 2 for size? thanks

SingleSparq

Definitely look for the rain snow demo, uses a series of images that are animated in a tiled actor, works very nice.

LeonardDeveloper

I have a snow.gif transparent animation if you guys want it?.