Flint Particle System Forum - Orbits and flares! 2010-10-11T16:18:02+01:00 http://flintparticles.org/forum/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Orbits and flares! http://flintparticles.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=65&Focus=315#Comment_315 2008-08-17T08:07:42+01:00 2008-08-17T19:43:22+01:00 ShotGun http://flintparticles.org/forum/account.php?u=54 I just got my hands on Flint this afternoon and I had to share this effect that I discovered I basically put a gravity well in with the mutual gravity particles and tweaked the params. It looks ...
I basically put a gravity well in with the mutual gravity particles and tweaked the params.

It looks like a star forms and some particles get trapped in orbit. After a while the "star" will emit particles like a solar flare.

Let it run for 15 seconds or so. And if things settle down too much, just move your browser window a bit to shake things back up.

I have started at this for... well let's just say too long. So cool!

http://www.twinlakesweb.com/fun/gravityDots1.html]]>