Displaying particle math ;-;

Hey
Does anyone know what crazy math codename is using to do this

I really want to know I've tried but failed :/

 

Looks like sinus and cosinus with increasing their coefficient and the x/z offfset.

 

I'm interested any example?

:S I always wanted to make such stuff

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

I've created particles in a circle around a players head before like a halo, using sin and cos, but I'm not really the best mathematician either so it was hard to work out, this is even harder as well because where ever you look is the direction it goes
Any maths geniuses that can help out with some formulas and stuff is welcome

 

You looking for this :http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/ef...-the-nice-way-text-image-in-particles.259879/
Hard to understand but awesome!
PS if you figure out can u please make the water fountain thingy for me?
Thanks!

 

That looks a whole lot like the Helix effect from EffectLib:

https://github.com/Slikey/EffectLib...key/effectlib/effect/HelixLocationEffect.java

It's open source, so just take a look if you want the math. Or, just use it- it's an awesome lib

 

Lel is this the fountain? I'm struggling to make it

 

It looks just like that in-game. I use this one for a ton of effects in my own plugin, it looks very nice as a "gust" effect with different particles, for instance.

Are you using EffectLib, or trying to re-create this from scratch? The math is right there in the code, in a pretty nice/simple block. I can't say as I understand it, but that's why I use EffectLib

 

This is where multivariable calculus is most likely needed. I can tell you that spirals are essentially defined parametrically; the coordinate direction in which the spiral is propagating is represented by a simple parameter like 't'. The other two coordinates would be defined by sin(t) and cos(t). Flipping the sin and cos functions would make the spiral spin the other way. There's a ton of other cool shapes that you can make if you read up on the subject.