Posted: 20th May 2003 1:24
I've noticed that some people are wondering how to make a rain effect, so I made this. It is made in DB Classic, not sure if it works in Pro, but I dont see why not. Also, I'm not sure about the speed on other machines, as it goes pretty fast on mine, so it'll probably fly on most of yours 
Edit: As I took down the image, I took the useless link away.
Posted: 20th May 2003 3:47
Nice 
Ran at 62 FPS in classic for me That rain does seem a little big though, but might just be me. Great job kent RPGamer
Posted: 23rd May 2003 1:59
i think you just need to increase the z variable (eg to 200) and remove the line 'disable object zdepth' (like kentaree already said 
)ok, im feeling generous. try this:
Posted: 23rd May 2003 3:58
I don't think that would work because you also have to add 200 in the 'move particle' subroutine.One way i found to add a lot more random depth is to change the random statement for the zpos into a big number like 500 instead of just 5 and then it well spread itself out. This works a lot better than just adding 200 cause that would just move all of the drops back to the same depth. here's the code incase you didn't understand what i said
you might have to take the disable object zdepth statement out of there but I haven't tried it in a scene yet so i don't know.
by the way, you will have to make all of the drops fill the screen again because when you put them farther back, they take up less screen so you get a smaller box of rain that doesn't fill the whole entire screen, and you could also always add more rain drops too.
Awesome code by the way
Posted: 25th May 2003 18:30
Sorry for taking so long to reply.Right on, Duncala
. Changing the randomizing factor to get the z position increases the range of the particles' depth. Change the value in both for..next to a greater one, like from 50 to 100, or higher to get more particles. Obviously, because of the increased particle depth, some particles will seem to appear midscreen and they wont range to the sides. I'm currently working on a code to fix this, not sure when it'll be done though.
Posted: 26th May 2003 3:36
K, I think i got it. I basically just work with it and found the proportion of the depth to the x and y max that's on the screen, that's what the .8 and .6 is. Now, it fills the whole screen. Now I need to figure out how to make the drops in the very back move faster cause they go really really slow. Hope this helps. I increased the number of drops to 500 to look more realistic. Posted: 26th May 2003 18:07
To increase the speed of the drops in the back, just use something like: rain(i-1,speed)=(int(rnd(3)+1))+rain(i-1,zPos)
The further back the drops are the faster they'll fall. Good code for getting the x and y values corresponding to the depth btw. I was working on something like it, but I was wondering just how the heck I'd get it to work properly, thanx
Posted: 29th May 2003 1:40
All right, I think i got it. For the speed i just did the z position times the .6 for the y size, and then i just divided by 50 to slow it all down a little. Here it is:by the way, is it allright if i use this in my code with you in the creds Kentaree?
Anybody up to makin it splash?
Peace
Posted: 30th May 2003 11:53
it looks great !!!but the rain is a little big, but that just might be my big ass computer
Posted: 31st May 2003 12:54
@Duncala: Sure you can! There'd be no point in releasing this code if people weren't allowed to use it @CoDeR Of ThE NiGhT: If they are too big, you can adjust the size in the _setupParticles subroutine. For example, if you want them half the current size, you'd use make object plain i, .5,.5 instead of make object plain i, 1, 1.