WebGL Fire Simulation
Creative
webgl graphics demo
SHOW HN2016
WebGL Fire Simulation
Yes, the actual burning fuel part is just random noise, which doesn't look very very good.
ghostinthecode.netHow HN took it
4 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Performance: 3 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive, looks great and works well on various hardware
From 4 comments
Nothing will ever impress me more than this WebGL fire / explosion effect: http://glslsandbox.com/e#33550.0 Warning: may melt your GPU.
kbirk on HNIt worked beautiful on my Intel HD 4000, though setting the "quality" to 1 or 0.5 did slow things down quite a bit.
dr_zoidberg on HNWorks surprisingly well on iOS actually! Not as good as desktop but the effect is impressive
abritinthebay on HNNice work. Effects like these are a great example of programmers combining theory, art, and creative optimizations.
WhitneyLand on HN
Objections
Burning fuel part looks like noisy static
From 1 comment
Parts of it look way too noisy, like TV static.
andypants on HN
Very heavy on GPU, may crash or overheat drivers
From 2 comments
This crashed my NVIDIA driver.
n00b101 on HNWarning: may melt your GPU. You're not wrong. That put a workstation-class GPU in a water-cooled system up about 20 degrees C within a few seconds. And it was still not fast…
Silhouette on HN
Requests
Version for selected text
From 1 comment
can i have this for selected text?
uwu on HN
Shadertoy version
From 1 comment
do you have a shadertoy version of this for comparison? i took this one by ozzy https://www.shadertoy.com/view/lsSGWw and tweaked a few things by hand for optimization. saved a…
steaminghacker on HN
Questions
Is there a way to see the result without WebGL?
From 1 comment
Is there any way to see the result without WebGL?
mirimir on HN
Alternatives named
Shadertoy fire shader by ozzy
From 1 comment
do you have a shadertoy version of this for comparison? i took this one by ozzy https://www.shadertoy.com/view/lsSGWw and tweaked a few things by hand for optimization. saved a…
steaminghacker on HN
Canvas JavaScript old-school fire demo
From 1 comment
Did something similar a few years ago... a port of the classic demo effect to JS/Canvas :) https://jstsch.com/post/old-skool_fire_demo_effect_in_javascriptcanvas
jstsch on HN
CSS3 pure fire effect
From 1 comment
Takes me back to the time of Netscape 2.0 where webpages were not complete without a fire.gif background :) BTW did a pure CSS3 fire a while ago too: http://pag.es/fire/test.html
velcro on HN