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Subject: Sparks
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:42:44 -0500 (EST)
From: "William Walter Ford" <bford@soulcage.inmind.com>
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Hey All
I need some info on Sparks. I've got a project coming up where I need
to see lots of beads flowing through a chemical process. It will consist
of a series of fluid tanks and pipes running between them. What I want
to know is how good is Sparks, and can I make a path through the pipes
and have Sparks flock a swarm of particles to follow that path. Also,
does Sparks do any kind of collision detection of particles to other
stationary objects in the scene. Example: Parrticles will fall through
an opening in the top of a tank down on to a screen shaking back and
forth. Will the particles collision detect the screen and bounce and
move from the collisions with the screen. I read somewhere that there
were some type of companion programs to go with Sparks that add flocking
and other abilities - what are these and how much do they costs.