brownian motion

A small script to simulate brownian motion in 3dstudio max. The script has to be placed in a script operator for the particles.

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--> Written by dimitris gourdoukis.
--> object-e architecture 2007.
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--> http://object-e.blogspot.com/
--> object.e.architecture@gmail.com
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--> Last Modified 9/14/07.
--> Use and modify at your own risk.
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--> Description:
--  This is a simple script to simulate brownian motion with particles. Paste  
--  the script in a script operator in the particle view.
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on ChannelsUsed pCont do (
 pCont.useSpeed = true  --enable the Float channel
)

on Init pCont do (
  )

on Proceed pCont do(

 --Get the number of particles
 count = pCont.NumParticles()
 --create a for loop for the number of particles
 for i in 1 to count do (

  --set the particle index to i
  pCont.particleIndex = i
  --give a random speed to the particles
  pCont.particleSpeed = (random [-0.2,-0.2,-0.2] [0.2,0.2,0.2])

 )
)
on Release pCont do (
 )