Archived post by SniperJake945

its vvvv simple, i learned about it in some random twitter thread. basically in a solver at each time step you want to:
“` Use an Add sop with delete geom but keep points, turned on “`
“` //point wrangle A //find two near points to any given point, and project onto the edge that spans those points //projecting fully causes instability so maybe just blend between ur current point position and the projected position //also connect the current point to it’s two nearpoints with polylines “`
“` //point wrangle b //relax that shit //if our current point is too close to either of it’s two neighbors, push away from those neighbors //also blend again to the relax position to prevent crazy instability “`

and if u dont want to implement it urself, here’s my file

the basic version of it looks like farm plots to me, which is really cool

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Archived post by tinyhawkus

https://vimeo.com/381055009 install https://vimeo.com/381055364 shader assign and render https://vimeo.com/381055861 texture loading https://vimeo.com/381056426 texture used in float parms https://vimeo.com/381056719 using point, vert, prim attrs to drive shader parms https://vimeo.com/381057031 displacement https://vimeo.com/381057332 VDB rendering https://vimeo.com/381058089 frame buffer, AOVs, region render https://vimeo.com/381058945 NSI export stand alone render via terminal https://vimeo.com/381060816 VDB fire renders