source: downloads/PlugIns/ParticleFX/src/OgreEllipsoidEmitter.cpp @ 6

/*
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Copyright ) 2002 Tels <http://bloodgate.com> based on BoxEmitter
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*/
#include "OgreEllipsoidEmitter.h"
#include "OgreParticle.h"
#include "OgreException.h"
#include "OgreStringConverter.h"


/* Implements an Emitter whose emitting points all lie inside an ellipsoid.
   See <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Ellipsoid.html> for mathematical details.

  If the lengths of two axes of an ellipsoid are the same, the figure is
  called a 'spheroid' (depending on whether c < a or c > a, an 'oblate
  spheroid' or 'prolate spheroid', respectively), and if all three are the
  same, it is a 'sphere' (ball).
*/

namespace Ogre {


    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    EllipsoidEmitter::EllipsoidEmitter(ParticleSystem* psys)
        : AreaEmitter(psys)
    {
        initDefaults("Ellipsoid");
    }
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    void EllipsoidEmitter::_initParticle(Particle* pParticle)
    {
        Real x, y, z;

        // Call superclass
        AreaEmitter::_initParticle(pParticle);
        // First we create a random point inside a bounding sphere with a
        // radius of 1 (this is easy to do). The distance of the point from
        // 0,0,0 must be <= 1 (== 1 means on the surface and we count this as
        // inside, too).

        while (true)
        {
            // three random values for one random point in 3D space

            x = Math::SymmetricRandom();
            y = Math::SymmetricRandom();
            z = Math::SymmetricRandom();

            // the distance of x,y,z from 0,0,0 is sqrt(x*x+y*y+z*z), but
            // as usual we can omit the sqrt(), since sqrt(1) == 1 and we
            // use the 1 as boundary:
            if ( x*x + y*y + z*z <= 1)
                {
                        break;          // found one valid point inside
                }
        }       

        // scale the found point to the ellipsoid's size and move it
        // relatively to the center of the emitter point

        pParticle->position = mPosition + 
         + x * mXRange + y * mYRange + z * mZRange;

        // Generate complex data by reference
        genEmissionColour(pParticle->colour);
        genEmissionDirection(pParticle->direction);
        genEmissionVelocity(pParticle->direction);

        // Generate simpler data
        pParticle->timeToLive = pParticle->totalTimeToLive = genEmissionTTL();
        
    }

}