Hi there! I am trying to draw a shape which starts from the center and expands the radius untill the mouse coursore. I am also storing the valuse so I can have it fading into the infinity.
I managed to do everything, except that I cannot figure out how to make it stick to the center and expand from there to the coursore… Can anyone help?
int x;
int y;
int numPoints = 5;
int num = 60; // numbers
float mx[] = new float[num]; //array of numbers X
float my[] = new float[num]; //array of numbers Y
void setup() {
size(640, 360);
noFill();
stroke(255,0,0);
x = width/2;
y = height/2;
}
void draw() {
background(51);
float angle = 0;
float angleStep = 180.0/numPoints;
int which = frameCount % num;
mx[which] = x+mouseX; // here is the problem
my[which] = y+mouseY; // how to expand it from the center to the mouseXY?
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
int index = (which+1 + i) % num;
beginShape(TRIANGLE_STRIP);
for (int j = 0; j <= numPoints; j++) {
float px = mx[index] + cos(radians(angle)) * i;
float py = my[index] + sin(radians(angle)) * i;
angle += angleStep;
vertex(px,py);
}
endShape();
}
}
int num = 60;
float mx[] = new float[num];
float my[] = new float[num];
void setup() {
size(640, 360);
noFill();
stroke(255, 153);
}
void draw() {
background(51);
int numPoints = 8;
float angle = 0;
float angleStep = 180.0/numPoints;
// Cycle through the array, using a different entry on each frame.
// Using modulo (%) like this is faster than moving all the values over.
int which = frameCount % num;
mx[which] = mouseX;
my[which] = mouseY;
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
// which+1 is the smallest (the oldest in the array)
int index = (which+1 + i) % num;
//ellipse(width/2, height/2, mx[index], my[index]);
beginShape(TRIANGLE_STRIP);
for (int j = 0; j <= numPoints; j++) {
float px = width/2 + cos(radians(angle)) * mx[index];
float py = height/2 + sin(radians(angle)) * my[index];
angle += angleStep;
vertex(px,py);
}
endShape();
}
}
I think to answer your original question, you want to consolidate mx and my into one array m and set it equal to dist(mouseX,mouseY,width*0.5,height*0.5).
This will adjust the scale of your shape to be relative to the location of the mouse.
So following your code, and tutorials on arrays, I am trying to make this topic more clear for myself…
In order to dynamically change the number of polygons (for example randomly), I am doing the following:
I create a new array before void setup
int numbers[] = new int[num];
Which means that I will have an array length = the num value.
Now I need to fill each index of the array with different amaount of polygons
in void draw:
int numPoints = round(random(3,6)); //dynamically change the numPoints
int idx = frameCount % num;
numbers[idx] = numPoints;
to cycle through the array indexes (each frame = each index = curren numPoints).
then build the shapes based on stored polygons:
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
int n_idx = (idx + 1 + i) % num; // /idx+1 is the smallest (the oldest in the array)
beginShape(TRIANGLE_STRIP);
for (int j = 0; j <= numbers[n_idx]; j++) {
float px = (width * 0.5) + cos(radians(angle)) * mouse[m_idx];
float py = (height * 0.5) + sin(radians(angle)) * mouse[m_idx];
angle += angleStep;
vertex(px, py);
}
endShape();
}
but, somehow, this does not work as I am intended :C
it is still redrawing all the shapes at the same time, and does not store the old shapes…
Could you please please advice on what am I doing wrong here?
I still have m_idx, I just didn’t include it in the post…
here is a full code:
int num = 60;
int a = 0;
float mouse[] = new float[num];
int numbers[] = new int[num]; // type name[create array] =store= new type[how long is it]
//rn the array has "num" length, filled entirely with zeros 0
// numbers[4] = 100 - [index in the list] = now equals 100
//i need an array length = num, but filled with different numPoints values {5,6,7,4,3,8}
//so I dont need to create an array numPoints...
void setup() {
size(640, 640);
noFill();
}
void draw() {
stroke(200, a);
background(3, 7, 11);
int numPoints = round(random(3,6)); //dynamically change the numPoints
float angle = 0;
float angleStep = 180.0 / numPoints;
float ptx[] = new float[numPoints];
float pty[] = new float[numPoints];
//cycle through the array (indexes), using a different entry on each frame
int idx = frameCount % num; //array index = framecount % num (% - reminder of what is left after division)
mouse[idx] = dist(mouseX, mouseY, width * 0.5, height * 0.5); //each frame = each index in the list = new values
numbers[idx] = numPoints; //each frame = each index = new value
int pts = frameCount % numPoints;
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
int m_idx = (idx + 1 + i) % num; //idx+1 is the smallest (the oldest in the array)
int n_idx = (idx + 1 + i) % num;
beginShape(TRIANGLE_STRIP);
for (int j = 0; j <= numbers[n_idx]; j++) {
float px = (width * 0.5) + cos(radians(angle)) * mouse[m_idx];
float py = (height * 0.5) + sin(radians(angle)) * mouse[m_idx];
angle += angleStep;
ptx[pts] = px;
pty[pts] = py;
vertex(ptx[pts], pty[pts]);
}
endShape();
}
a -= 2;
}
void mouseMoved() {
a = 150;
}
I’m not sure. In my mind I feel that this should work …
let idx = frameCount % 60;
nums[idx] = int(random(8,32));
in your nested loop
for (let j = 0; j <= nums[i]; j++) {
doesn’t seem to be working either.
I tried storing each shape in an array of graphics buffers thinking that your shapes are too close together to see the difference in number of points, but they all seem to be the same.
