Scattering Device Increase Input limit to 256 at least :p

Development and Feature Requests
1

Scattering Device Increase Input limit to 256 at least :stuck_out_tongue:

Saves me from having to create like 20 seperate devices and all the corresponding masks/expanders to make sure nothing gets placed on top of each other :slight_smile:

I hope 16 is not a technical limitation.

2

bump bump :lol:
http://i.imgur.com/2WSQlxK.png
Me placing islands around the land mass. Using masks for each side to indicate where islands where previously positioned so they do not get overwritten by the next set. A bit complicated but it works.

Scatter Madness :stuck_out_tongue: This are only half the assets i have. Atm im using two pictures, one horizontal and one vertical, and use flipper device to mimic the other two rotations so i have a total of 4 directions. This is as optimized as i can get it atm. The device would benefit greatly from:

  • Multi threading
  • Remove 16 Input limit
  • A Rotate device with (random) toggle

I probably wouldnt need so much expanders each step either when the 16 limit is raised, because per device it wont override its own placements, only in between scatter devices.

3

bump

4

Damn, that DOES look like a huge pain to maintain :slight_smile:

5

Yeah lol. the biggest pain is the masks to make sure non get to overlap each other, expanders required for that, and alot of fine tuning.

Without the 16 limit cap it would be much less of a pain, i could just dump all the equally sized pictures onto one device each (1024/768/512/256 etc), since the scatter device cannot support different sized pictures without losing their original scale. A (random) rotation device like flipper would easy the pain even more :stuck_out_tongue:

Shows how important certain functionalities/improvements can be.

I can’t wait for the next WM version :frowning:

6

The current variation input approach was essentially a quick hack to get them in; automatic random rotation and/or scaling of the scattered objects is intended, just not implemented yet!

7

Oh I remnant! Good to hear! (And to hear your voice again!)

I’ve seen you being active but just not talking much, which is probably a good thing lol.

Just curious about the current scale slider then. Was that also just a quick hack and not (or optionally) intented for the final device? :open_mouth: