[NMLUG] Particle systems outside of Second Life

[niosop at gmail.com (Matthew Bowie)]

Blender supports particle systems, although rendering it can take a while.
You could also look at some 3D graphics engines like Panda3D and Ogre3D, as
they can do particle systems.

Matt

On 9/4/07, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When playing secondlife.com, I got addicted to particle systems:
>
> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlParticleSystem
>
> because they can so realistically model fire, water, clouds, etc.
>
> But logging into Second Life just to create a particle system is
> inefficient/laggy (+ there's always someone there who wants to chat,
> sheesh!).
>
> What's a good, free, open source particle system generator/displayer
> for Linux?
>
> I was half-tempted to use Perl script and povray to "roll my own", but
> there has to be a better solution?
>
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Matthew Bowie
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