The Powder Toy

dnerd

Is there a way to find the X and Y coordinates of a particle? Like a command or line while coding?

Also, is there a way to find the particle count of a certain particle? again a command or line while coding.

Pilihp64

parts[i].x
parts[i].y
these are floats

the number i itself is the particle number

dnerd

what do you mean by "floats"? sorry im a bit new to this.

Cr15py

dnerd
Floats, or floating points are numerical values capable of holding non-integral real number. In non-mathematical/programming terms, it can hold numbers which aren't whole(an int can't hold 2.1, but a float can).

dnerd

@cracker64
@Cr15py
ok i see, thanks!

devast8a

Why is position a float?

dnerd

@devast8a
wait, yeah good question.. arent positions in integers?

@cracker64
if i were to type

parts[1].y

would that like store the y coordinates of all particles of dust in RAM or something?

HeyJD

@dnerd
No, parts is an array.
An array is like a variable holding many variables.
So parts[i] means all the variables in the array(index of i).
So parts[1] would mean the first variable in the array(index of 1).

dnerd

@HeyJD
so i take it there is no way of finding out the X,Y coordinates of a specific type of particle using the parts[i]?

boxmein

@HeyJD parts[0] is the first element in an array -.-

X and Y coordinates, particle count.