Electricity?

[JackFalcon]

Thank you @NasimiAsl inLine(Like that). Great solutions.

Electric-plasma material on orb is cool too: http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#22FWI5#6 ... 

Was combining it to the spheres of the example above, just to see.....

@Dad72 your method was helpful already....

Cheers,

[JackFalcon]

Here is a combination of suggestions.

 plasma orbs with spark line: http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#22FWI5#11

 

[Gijs]

I made one using DynamicTexture, it's just a proof of concept:

http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#XLDBB2#4

At the bottom there are many variables you can play with. Here is the spark in your combination playground:

http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#22FWI5#14

It's still a very siny spark, but the getSparkPoints function can easily be edited.

Edit: Here they are with a blue glow:

http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#XLDBB2#5

http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#22FWI5#16

Apparently lighting has to be disabled on the material, it's just that you don't notice when the color is white.

[Dad72]

I find the idea to be able to reproduce the lightning storm of cool with this technique.

[JackFalcon]

Very cool @Gijs, that drawSpark() is realistic.

Looking how...? Ah, DynamicTexture.context onto material. Then 6 frame governor (like)!

   ctx.drawImage(glow), ctx.lineTo(), ctx.stroke(), ctx.clearRect()! Cool methodology...

 

[gryff]

@enwolveren I don't know where you, and others, have gone with this topic, but here are a couple of more examples that I found in my BJS  bookmark list of PGs that I was cleaning out yesterday.

First a Sprite Effect.

Electricity 1. This has electricity and sparks

And for @NasimiAsl as well, A Shader Effect

Electricity 2. This has 9 different shaders doing all sorts of things - one of which is electricity (cube in back right corner). I have not figured out which part of the code drives this effect.

I would one day like to create the "gateway" effect I posted an image of - but that will likely not be soon.

cheers, gryff

 

[JackFalcon]

Wow, these are excellent! Had no idea... will study a dig in that direction. Thanks!

That electric box is as amazing, with all the other shaders...

The "gateway" effect? Ah... portal? ok..

 - transparent plane, circular frame (w/collision)?

Good to see you @gryff