So, went off to a mediaeval fair today, hour and a half away, was fun. Took my laptop and worked on Golf! so I had something to do. There's not to much new, but trees are around half done, no leaves yet, and the values need some changing. I also made it so it'll use the highest ground layer so it doesn't go thru the ground. Also, in order to fix a bug with the tree, I ended up making it visually generate the level, so now you get to see it. The rest of the changes are just little bug fixes. I also thought of another idea, water. Little pools of water will form.
I keep having to redo the ball physics, but I think I'm closer now. Every time I redo them, they get more physicsy, whereas before they where a bit.. odd, but I've been working on them. So yeah, there getting there. I also made it have made it so you hit the ball, which is crap right now, rather then just clicking and dropping it as I had for testing.But other then trees, it's all been under the hood work. But I do have a little cleaning to do, few left over variables that I didn't use with the trees, stuff with limits. I need to get rid of the ones I'm not using, and actually use the ones I need. I also need to add a limit to the ball's speed, But I should worry about this last, I still need to get the ball to bounce right, then I need to get the friction in, which I hope will be as easy as it should. I also plan on adding colour to the trees, along with foreground and background trees and making thick lines. Once I can get the ball's physics right, I'll give the trees some colour, and post a little demo.Anyway, I'll wrap it up with pictures. Just ignore the white line below the ball, it shows the way the ball will go, and the ball is a bit broken. And yes the tree's are a bit ugly right now.First project that I've actually been happy to work on for more then one day.436
These may help you:
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/5003/plants.htmhttp://library.thinkquest.org/26242/full/ap/ap15.htmlFractal trees are more complicated and restricting. When I can get my system to work good, I think it looks more natural then those. If you look at trees in nature, they seem quite random.
But thanks.Edit: And the branches need to be trimmed down, might help it look better.Another Edit: After messing around with them for a little bit, they look better.It'd be odd if tress really looked like that.