Blog

Brand new web site! Rune's World has changed into runevision and the new address is runevision.com. The design is also completely new. What do you think of it? Making web pages in ASP sure is much more fun than plain HTML...

Again I have used my particle system to create an explosion. I've improved the look of the smoke and fire in the explosion a lot, and in this animation I used a photo of a real building and added the explosion effect on top of that. Besides the fire, smoke and dust I also added debris and some damage to the building. You can see the result on my Animation Experiments page.

I've made a little test animation with ripples in water, that somewhat realistically interacts with objects in the water. You can see the result on my Animation Experiments page.

I have made available some code for a fast rendering sky with shaded clouds using just four planes. Grab the file from my POV Goodies page.

I have made a lip synch system! You can use it to set up, pose and animate a mouth in a toony, yet convincing style. Many predefined phoneme and expression lip poses make it easy giving life to the mouth, and powerful weighted morphing techniques offer great control and precision. Get it on my Include Files page and see a demo animation for it on my Animation Experiments page.

I've made a new animation with the walking system I'm working on. I've made a test where my character AL the Alien walks and stops and turns around. You can see it on my Animation Experiments page. I've also written a page with a little info about my particle system for those interested.

I've made a little strategy game called MazeQuest, which has lots of POV-Ray 3d graphics. You can download it from here.

I'm currently working on a new project: An animation walking system! When fed with the right data, it can automatically make something walk along a specified path. My first real test was making a spider crawl and you can see that animation on my Animation Experiments page.

I've made a new include file for POV-Ray. The Fast Grass Include File lets you create textures that look like grass. Using some special tricks the grass appears to have depth even though the textures are flat.

I've had several requests for source code for the animations on my new Animation Experiments page. While I can't provide code for all of them, now I've at least provided the code for four of them. Enjoy!

I've also added two new animations: A serious test of my particle system and an animation showcasing my new Electricity Include File - which is another addition to the site! Speaking of include files, I've taken down all the pages for my individual include files and instead made one Include Files page where all my include files are located. So please update your possible links!

I've also created a Terms of use page - I hope you don't think it's too restrictive. If you have any questions about the terms you're welcome to contact me. Hey - you're always welcome to contact me! :)