Nutcracker: Bug fixes, meteor effect

[smeighan]

Bug fixes: Meteor type 3 was not working. Sparkles was not working. Both are now fixed.
Some examples:

meteor type 1, every pixel is random . Note: your start and end colors are ignored for this effect.
array_to_save
username f
user_target AA
effect_class meteors
effect_name METEOR_RG1
window_degrees 180
start_color #FF0000
end_color #16FF05
frame_delay 100
sparkles 0
maxPhase 5
seq_duration 5
maxMeteors 5
meteor_type 1
submit Submit Form to create your effect
OBJECT_NAME meteors
show_frame N
direction cw




Meteor type 2: each meteor will keep the same color throughout its life. Here we have 0% for sparkles
array_to_save
username f
user_target AA
effect_class meteors
effect_name METEOR_RG1
window_degrees 180
start_color #FF0000
end_color #16FF05
frame_delay 100
sparkles 0
maxPhase 5
seq_duration 5
maxMeteors 5
meteor_type 2
submit Submit Form to create your effect
OBJECT_NAME meteors
show_frame N
direction cw


Here is the same meteor type 2 but sparkles has been set to 33%
array_to_save
username f
user_target AA
effect_class meteors
effect_name METEOR_RG2s
window_degrees 180
start_color #FF0000
end_color #16FF05
frame_delay 100
sparkles 33
maxPhase 5
seq_duration 5
maxMeteors 5
meteor_type 2
submit Submit Form to create your effect
OBJECT_NAME meteors
show_frame N
direction cw


Here is meteor type 3, as we go through the frame sequence a meteor will be shifted between your start and end color. any given meteor will keep its hue.
sparkles set at 33% so you can compare with the above image.

array_to_save
username f
user_target AA
effect_class meteors
effect_name METEOR_RG3s
window_degrees 180
start_color #FF0000
end_color #16FF05
frame_delay 100
sparkles 33
maxPhase 5
seq_duration 5
maxMeteors 5
meteor_type 3
submit Submit Form to create your effect
OBJECT_NAME meteors
show_frame N
direction cw



and finally, what if you want a meteor shower with just white.
Select meteor type 2 or 3 and set start and end color = #FFFFFF.

array_to_save
username f
user_target AA
effect_class meteors
effect_name METEOR_RG2w
window_degrees 180
start_color #FFFFFF
end_color #FFFFFF
frame_delay 100
sparkles 0
maxPhase 5
seq_duration 5
maxMeteors 5
meteor_type 2
submit Submit Form to create your effect
OBJECT_NAME meteors
show_frame N
direction cw