Ogre 3D 1.7

Time for action — adding randomness

Adding randomness can improve the visual quality of a scene, so let's do it.

1. Remove the ColorInterpolator affector.
2. Add a different affector called DirectionRandomiser:

   affector DirectionRandomiser
   {
   

3. First we define how much influence the affector should have on each axis of our particles:

   randomness 100
   

4. Then we say how many of our particles should be affected each time the affector is applied. 1.0 stands for 100 percent and 0 for 0 percent. Then we define if we want our particles to keep their velocity or if it should also be changed:

   scope 1
   keep_velocity true
   }
   

5. Compile and run the application. This time, you shouldn't see a single stream of particles but, rather, a lot of particles flying in not exactly the same ...