Zevensoft

15th September 2002 08:13 UTC

Like the ocean?
Hey, what ya'll think of this 'visual' preset?

(HINT: Look at it for at least 2000 frames)

Nic01

15th September 2002 16:51 UTC

So soothing... so relaxing... I can watch this (I wish I could, damn what-seems-to-be-hyperactivity) all day long... The Sun in this preset is the closest to real one that I've seen, too :D

Jaheckelsafar

15th September 2002 17:31 UTC

Wow... verra nice. :up: Too bad about the slow speed :(

For some reason at 320x240 I'm getting some ugly lines that aren't the at 320x200 any ideas?

Xion(810)

15th September 2002 20:18 UTC

TRIPPY!

That's cool how the sun sets behind the ocean...Nice use of the superscope...One problem, Why does it move left to right when moving?

dirkdeftly

15th September 2002 23:09 UTC

Oh my God...You are t3h ub3r-1337 zevensoft

What does the very first superscope do? It's the same as the three in the last effect list I think, but if it isn't, what do they do?

Zevensoft

16th September 2002 00:41 UTC

The first superscope is the actual sun with rays, the rest are lens flares. The sun looks HEAPS better when theres music playing.

And the lines effect can be rectifed by adding "n=h*2+2" to the 'per frame' parts of all the superscopes.

And the reason it moves from left to right, is because it's in sync with the camera.

Xion(810)

16th September 2002 02:56 UTC

duh...I am just curious, is it possible to make a randomiser that can be made to make it choose from straight, left-right, clockwise barrel roll, or counter-clockwise barrel roll?

dirkdeftly

16th September 2002 07:12 UTC

I wish I knew some way to help you optimize this a bit, but I don't :(

Zevensoft

16th September 2002 09:54 UTC

Any randomizing would have to be seeded based on spectrum values. It is possible, but I'd rather code a new preset from scratch than add to that monstrosity.

That above was basically an invite for anyone to modify it and yadda yadda include credit blah blah.

jheriko

16th September 2002 23:23 UTC

goddamn that looks phat. shame about the low fps, but thats what happens when you cram so many different effects into a preset. beats the cack out of both of my ocean presets.

UnConeD

17th September 2002 02:03 UTC

Very high eye-candy factor, but shame about the speed ;). I've created my own share of slow-but-beautiful presets, so I don't mind.

jheriko

17th September 2002 02:15 UTC

i have to say that slowness is why i don't plan (if you excuse geometry co-ordinates) my presets anymore, every preset i have planned out (the only one i released of these was predator eye view in pack 1 which i still think is my best ever preset) has ended up with less than 2fps because i tend to go way overboard and make something immensly attractive but unreactive and processor intensive. I think that that could be what happened with this one too, to a lesser extent, which is why it looks so nice.

dirkdeftly

17th September 2002 02:29 UTC

gah...why does everyone think you need to seed it on the getspec and getosc functions? that's a really bad idea considering mono songs where you still only get 1 degree of rotatation.
this method ensures you get psuedo-random numbers without getting repetetive movement:

frame:
mr1=mr1+n1;
mr2=mr2+n2; ...
beat:
r1=sin(mr1);
r2=sin(mr2); ...

where nx are arbitary numbers with many decimals

Zevensoft

17th September 2002 02:49 UTC

Originally posted by UnConeD
Very high eye-candy factor, but shame about the speed ;). I've created my own share of slow-but-beautiful presets, so I don't mind.

UnConeD

17th September 2002 12:21 UTC

Well I was referring to the Nuclear Warfare presets mainly, and some more unfinished stuff that I have lying around, which I won't post (yet) :).

Xion(810)

17th September 2002 22:49 UTC

FLAW: When listening to my music watching your preset, I noticed that when the camera goes under the water it restarts it's L-R pattern from the center, and it's pretty choppy.

Karnov

25th September 2002 00:24 UTC

You know, I am a HUGE fan of Landscape presets

(like my SmokingSun one; dont worry, I'll attach it :))

Damn fine job zeven (can i call you that?)

well, again, _really_ fine job, reminds me of the 3-D part of the Game Gear version of Ecco: the dolphin.

Execpt its dynamic to my music and doesnt look like crap and has lens flair.



Does anyone else have landscape presets?
i enjoy them immensely

jheriko

25th September 2002 09:04 UTC

I've made shedloads of them, if you've downloaded my avs packs you can see them all (about 8 or 9 i think) i don't want to post them here because they all use pictures. The best one that I've ever made is Stormfront II in Pack III.

Karnov

25th September 2002 12:29 UTC

ok! ill go check em out

Zevensoft

26th September 2002 12:22 UTC

Jheriko: Procedural Textures Way of the future...

Karnov: You can call me susan if it makes whoopy.

Karnov

26th September 2002 12:59 UTC

well, hot damn!
:p

jheriko

26th September 2002 13:53 UTC

Bah... procedural textures may seem like a good idea but it is so much easier to just use a picture, even if they do make it slower. I know that I am probably the laziest coder around, I never even finish half of my avs presets!

I can see the benefits of procedural textures and in a way a lot of AVS is procedural texture generating, just in a different way.