a thread on DIYC will probably cause me to do a new effect class for chases.
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Loginit was started by people who want to have a single string along their roofline and be able to get nutcracker effects.
I tried that, still got "division by zero". Screenshot attached, am I doing something wrong? Thanks.
DennyMo; you are right it gives an error.
I will look into this.
For now, a workaround is this, if you want a 1x50 roofline, create this:
1 string x 200 pixels
in the effect set display window as 90 degrees
Now it generates 1 string with pixels 1-50 as you desire without giving a divide by zero
I created a rgb target in your account called LINE_SEAN
and an effect called meteors1_sean
here is the result
I was testing this some last night with a single strand (roof line element) with the butterfly effect and it worked great. Didn't think about using the meteor effect for chasing sequences until Sean posted.. very cool!
yep, i think just meteor and butterfly would be good for a single string.
I will build the new effect class called chase and get a dozen or so options on it.
I am thinking
chase with 1,2,3 colors?
color1?
color2?
color3?
how many pixels per color (default 1)? ( I am thinking of things like grouping colors as 3 pixels each, 5 pixels .etc.)
direction? Allow chase to go left to right or right to left
speed? (1=normal speed, .5 twice as slow, 3 = 3 times faster.)
sparkle percentage? (0-100, indicates random pixels set to white)
solid color fades? (Y or N, take color 1 and fade to color 2 over fade duration)
fade duration? (Enter seconds for fade, this is used with the above question)
well, that is just a start for chases
sean