Bouncing Planets Demo
BOUNCING PLANETS DEMO
This is an animation of three bouncing planets.
It is simple but pretty; quite hypnotic.
Full source code and documentation is included.
(Designed partly as a tutorial.)
FILES
PLANETS.LZH
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README.TXT - This very file
PLANETS.EXE - The Demo
GUSH*.DAT - Data for the different planets
XION*.DAT - Data for the different surfaces
SOURCE.LZH - Archived source code
DOC.LZH - Archived documentation
SOURCE.LZH
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MAKEGUSH.EXE - Program to create new Gush (planet) data
MAKEXION.EXE - Program to create new Xion (surface) data
*.C, *.ASM - Source files
DOC.LZH
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PLANET.TXT - Document describing construction of demo (ascii)
PLANET.MS - Troff source for document
(The documentation is actually independent of the implemented code)
NOTES
The demo is compiled using the rather fine 'XLib' public domain graphics
library (version 6), mainly for the clever screen buffering it provides.
The command-line options the demo accepts are so that I can run the program
on a continuous loop with some other stuff to give my computer something to
do when it's bored.
/s suppresses the message at the end of the demo.
/t<time> stops the demo after <time> seconds.
/f<path> sets the location of the data files as the <path> directory.
/p<n> selects to bounce <n> planets (up to 3, or less if not enough memory).
Everything here is freeware; use it but don't abuse it. Rewrite and remix the
demo as much as you desire, but always distribute it with the original files
unaltered.
Simon Hern (April 1994)
(22 Harrington Drive, Bedford MK41 8DB, England)
sdh@uk.ac.nott.maths (e-mail valid until July 1994)
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