TBGL Stars with twinkle

**Petr Schreiber** · 11-08-2009, 09:11

Here is very basic example on star flight.
It is hardly revolutionary, but can show you how entity system can be used for this common task.

Interesting to watch how much the twinkle improved the feeling of depth and masked reincarnating stars in the background.

**Charles Pegge** · 11-08-2009, 10:13

Hi Petr,

Looks wonderfully serene. I am sure there are nebulae, galaxies and planetary systems forming in the background - perhaps they are made of dark matter.

Charles

**Petr Schreiber** · 11-08-2009, 10:18

Hi Charles,

thanks

That %eBox was problem on my side, that line should not be there

I updated the download.

Petr

**matthew** · 12-08-2009, 09:02

It reminds me of something you'd probably see in Star Trek.

**Charles Pegge** · 12-08-2009, 11:04

This colors the stars using pseudo random numbers derived from the star iterator e.
[code=thinbasic]
' -- Color change to simulate twinkle
c = sin(gettickcount*0.01+e)*.25+1.75
'
'pseudorandom tints
fr=(e*123) and msk
fg=(e*571) and msk
fb=(e*579) and msk
'
TBGL_EntitySetColor(%sScene, e, fr*c, fg*c, fb*c)
[/code]

Charles

**Petr Schreiber** · 12-08-2009, 11:14

What a colourful Space :]

**Charles Pegge** · 12-08-2009, 11:54

A few purple stars hurtling past could be attributed to the Doppler effect when travelling near the speed of light. - unlike our red-shifted view from planet Earth.

Charles