The Powder Toy

Math stuff (combinations) by TPTbomb

TPTbomb
TPTbomb
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1st Feb 2020
2nd Feb 2020
Attempting to calculate all possible ways to arrange particles on the screen. | Please tell me/help in the comments if I made any mistakes.

Comments

  • LBPHacker
    LBPHacker     3rd Feb 2020
    Ah yes. Well, you could just go with the hard limits of the particle properties but if you're only going for valid / useful configurations, yeah no idea.
  • TPTbomb
    TPTbomb     3rd Feb 2020
    LBPHacker: I tried to calculate all combinations of properties of one particle alone and I don't have enough information (the min and max value a property can be before it gives and error/is even useful to set to that value and whether even some properties even have any use.
  • TPTbomb
    TPTbomb     1st Feb 2020
    coryman: I was actually thinking about that, but I'm not sure how to calculate it
  • INFINITY-BOI
    INFINITY-BOI     1st Feb 2020
    ...nvm , understanded
  • INFINITY-BOI
    INFINITY-BOI     1st Feb 2020
    @JusticeFighter , so that mean 4! = 4^4 ?
  • JusticeFighter
    JusticeFighter     1st Feb 2020
    ! is the factorial, means multiply every number up to that one. For example, 4! is 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 = 24.
  • LBPHacker
    LBPHacker     1st Feb 2020
    Arranging particles is one thing, but if you include particle type in the calculation, to me it seems sort of incomplete without the other properties. Many elements change completely when tyou fiddle with their properties.
  • INFINITY-BOI
    INFINITY-BOI     1st Feb 2020
    what means "!" in numbers ?
  • coryman
    coryman     1st Feb 2020
    If you wanna be really nitpicky, there are ways to stack particles (with no limit of particles per pixel other than the total particle count). Maybe another calculation taking that into account, if possible? :P