Starfield Simulation Revisited

[Hutchboy]

Hello,

There is a discussion in the forums with the topic title "Starfield Simulation" but it is 10 years old now, so I thought it best to create a new topic.

Attached is my stack for implementing a star field with stars emanating radially from the center and some suggestions for potential modifications and uses in the instructions. See the stack script header for additional references.

Happy coding,

Mike

[dunbarx]

Hi.

I tried something sort of in reverse, to duplicate the opening scene in the original "Star Wars" where a smoothly scrolling field of text narrowed and reduced its contents in textSize as it went along and disappeared into oblivion. This was about 14 years ago. Not perfect, as I recall.

Craig

[richmond62]

a smoothly scrolling field of text narrowed and reduced its contents in textSize

Um: I wonder if a series of fields each above the next in a group might not be a bit easier: no having to make the field appear trapezoidal, no having to set the textSize for individual lines.

[SparkOut]

@Craig 14 years?!

https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.p ... 77#p198777

[richmond62]

In a Starfield time moves differently.

[stam]

Hello,

There is a discussion in the forums with the topic title "Starfield Simulation" but it is 10 years old now, so I thought it best to create a new topic.

Attached is my stack for implementing a star field with stars emanating radially from the center and some suggestions for potential modifications and uses in the instructions. See the stack script header for additional references.

Happy coding,

Mike

Hi Mike, you're posting nice stuff

The only suggestion I would make is it would be good to have adjustable speed.
This works so much smoother if you reduce the delay in updateStars to 25 milliseconds and even better to 10 milliseconds

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send "updateStars" to me in 10 milliseconds

creates a more mesmerising effect I recon
perhaps add a slider or similar to do this? Could be a vertical slider on the side of the screen like a kind of throttle?

Stam