how to distort 2D plane inZ axis??Physics??

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farley_85

how to distort 2D plane inZ axis??Physics??

in Programming Questions • 2 years ago

Hi Guys,

what is the best way to distort a plane in the Z axis. Basically I am trying to create an analogous terrain of hills and valleys which is pulled up/pushed down by repellers/attractors that might move along the surface. If anyone has any examples of something similar or even a quick description of the direction I should be heading in, it would be really useful!

I'm quite confident using vectors but haven't touched much on physics. Is this where I should be heading, if so what library do you recommend?

Thanks,

Farley

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anchnk

Re: how to distort 2D plane inZ axis??Physics??

2 years ago

Hi,

I'd get started with toxiclibs using verlet in 3D (look at behaviors package, especially AttractionBehavior which could have negative or positive forces to attracts or repulses your particles). This library is really amazing and i think the waves classes from the audio.utils package could help you too (look at the lib's examples, there's one about using wave to generate 3d Meshes).

Another option could be using displacement map. There's ton of examples using Google. You can use a texture that's generated real-time and use it as a displacement map using shaders for example. A library like GLGraphics or victamin could get you started too.

You could also re-invit the wheel and use vectors too of course. If your new with physics i suggest you to trust the clever brain out there .

farley_85

Re: how to distort 2D plane inZ axis??Physics??

2 years ago

Thanks! I've just downloaded toxiclibs and was about to explore the verlet3D library! I'll check out the other option and post back with progress.

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