Playing with dragon curve fractal - Dav - 10-06-2023
Playing around with doing a dragon curve fractal, altering the looks of it, making it animated, produced an interesting effect. Uses a recursive SUB.
- Dav
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'dragoncurve.bas
'A play on a dragon curve fractal
'Adapted by Dav, OCT/2023
Screen _NewImage(800, 600, 32)
Dim Shared a, p: p = .001
Do
Cls: dragon 400, 300, 90 + (a * 3), a, 16
If a < 200 Then a = a + .15
If p < .002 Then p = p + .00000001
_Limit 15: _Display
Loop Until _KeyHit
Sub dragon (x, y, size, ang, depth)
If depth < 1 Then
PSet (x, y), _RGBA(50, 150, 255, 50 + Rnd * 200)
Else
size2 = size / 1.414214: ang2 = ang - _Pi / p
dragon x, y, size2, ang + _Pi / p, depth - 1
dragon x + size2 * Cos(ang), y + size2 * Sin(ang), size2, ang2, depth - 1
End If
End Sub
RE: Playing with dragon curve fractal - bplus - 10-06-2023
(10-06-2023, 06:25 PM)Dav Wrote: Playing around with doing a dragon curve fractal, altering the looks of it, making it animated, produced an interesting effect. Uses a recursive SUB.
- Dav
Code: (Select All)
'dragoncurve.bas
'A play on a dragon curve fractal
'Adapted by Dav, OCT/2023
Screen _NewImage(800, 600, 32)
Dim Shared a, p: p = .001
Do
Cls: dragon 400, 300, 90 + (a * 3), a, 16
If a < 200 Then a = a + .15
If p < .002 Then p = p + .00000001
_Limit 15: _Display
Loop Until _KeyHit
Sub dragon (x, y, size, ang, depth)
If depth < 1 Then
PSet (x, y), _RGBA(50, 150, 255, 50 + Rnd * 200)
Else
size2 = size / 1.414214: ang2 = ang - _Pi / p
dragon x, y, size2, ang + _Pi / p, depth - 1
dragon x + size2 * Cos(ang), y + size2 * Sin(ang), size2, ang2, depth - 1
End If
End Sub
Wow amazing!
RE: Playing with dragon curve fractal - TerryRitchie - 10-06-2023
I remember discovering fractals and mandelbrots back in the early 90's when I finally got an 80386 with VGA color that could do them. They never cease to amaze me especially when coded like this. Awesome.
RE: Playing with dragon curve fractal - Dav - 10-06-2023
Thanks, ya'll. I'm finding fractals fascinating lately. Been looking up unusual ones and found out about a 'Phoenix' fractal. Since it's our symbol, will just have to work that one up in QB64.
- Dav
RE: Playing with dragon curve fractal - mnrvovrfc - 10-06-2023
Nice program, interesting concept. But on my computer I had to change `_KEYHIT` to `_KEYDOWN` to check only for escape key because it was doing only one iteration. I went further than that and it refused to work properly. I saw the `1e-8` being added to `p` and figured it would work better with double precision. So I set all variables to work in double precision but couldn't get further than one dot.
RE: Playing with dragon curve fractal - Dav - 10-07-2023
Hmm, I dimmed p to double and it seems to work ok. After reading your key input problem I decided to add some keyboard control. Here's a newer version with some added features.
Press +/- to zoom in and out of fractal. Press SPACE to jump to a new pattern number (p variable random change). Press ESC to quit. I changed drawing to using CIRCLE to make it look more solid while zoomed up.
- Dav
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'dragoncurve.bas - v2
'A play on a dragon curve fractal
'Adapted by Dav, OCT/2023
'v2 - New keyboard control. Press +/- to zoom, SPACE resets, ESC ends.
Screen _NewImage(800, 600, 32)
Dim Shared p As Double: p = Rnd: size = 200
Do
Cls: dragon 400, 300, size, a, 15
Select Case Inp(&H60)
Case 13: If size < 1200 Then size = size + 5
Case 12: If size > 25 Then size = size - 5
Case 57: p = Rnd
Case 1: Exit Do
End Select
_Limit 15: _Display
a = a + .15: p = p + .001
Loop
Sub dragon (x, y, size, ang, depth)
If depth < 1 Then
'PSet (x, y), _RGBA(50, 150, 255, 50 + Rnd * 200)
Circle (x, y), size / 3, _RGBA(50, 150, 255, 50 + Rnd * 200)
Else
size2 = size / Sqr(2): ang2 = ang - _Pi / p
dragon x, y, size2, ang + _Pi / p, depth - 1
dragon x + size2 * Cos(ang), y + size2 * Sin(ang), size2, ang2, depth - 1
End If
End Sub
RE: Playing with dragon curve fractal - bplus - 10-07-2023
One of those fractals looks like Pythagoras Tree! AKA Muscle Man Tree
Code: (Select All) _Title "BodyTree Rework 2020-08" 'b+ 2020-08-14
'BodyTree recur fill.bas for SmallBASIC [B+=MGA] 2016-06-20
'copied and translated from body tree by PeterMaria
'2016-06-20 even more color mods including using triangle fills
' 2020-08-11 trans to QB64
' 2020-08-14 rework the recursive sub so can flex the body tree
Const xmax = 1200, ymax = 700
Screen _NewImage(xmax, ymax, 32)
_Delay .25
_ScreenMove _Middle
Dim Shared limit, ra
limit = 14
ra = _Pi / -4 '45 degrees is standard angle for roof
'sky
Color 0, _RGB32(40, 100, 180): Cls
'the hill for tree
ax0 = xmax / 2 - ymax / 10
ay0 = ymax - 40
bx0 = xmax / 2 + ymax / 10
For ra = 0 To _Pi / 3.7 Step _Pi / 64
Cls
level = 0
'hill
For r = xmax / 1.5 To 2 * xmax / 15 Step -10
EllipseFill xmax / 2, ay0, r, .15 * r, _RGB32(0, r / 5, 0)
'circle , .1, rgb(0, r / 5, 0) filled
Next
'tree
BodyTree ax0, ay0, bx0, ay0, level
_Display
_Limit 5
Next
Sleep
Sub BodyTree (x1, y1, x2, y2, level)
'dim shared ra = roof angle 0 to PI/4
L = _Hypot(x2 - x1, y2 - y1)
pa = _Atan2(y2 - y1, x2 - x1) - _Pi / 2 'perpendicular angle to base line
x3 = x1 + L * 1 * Cos(pa)
y3 = y1 + L * 1 * Sin(pa)
x4 = x2 + L * 1 * Cos(pa)
y4 = y2 + L * 1 * Sin(pa)
'build roof to square
mx = (x3 + x4) / 2
my = (y3 + y4) / 2
adj = _Hypot(x3 - mx, y3 - my)
raise = Tan(ra) * adj
x5 = mx + raise * Cos(pa)
y5 = my + raise * Sin(pa)
'now that we have our drawing points draw our house
'LINE (x2, y2)-(x1, y1), &HFFFFFFFF 'house base
'LINE (x1, y1)-(x3, y3), &HFFFFFFFF ' left wall
'LINE (x3, y3)-(x5, y5), &HFFFFFFFF 'left peak
'LINE (x5, y5)-(x4, y4), &HFFFFFFFF ' right peak
'LINE (x4, y4)-(x2, y2), &HFFFFFFFF ' right wall completes house
k = _RGB32((15 - level) * 8, 64 + level * 8, .25 * (15 - level) * 12, 255 - level * 18)
'k = &HFFBB8866
ftri x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, k
ftri x2, y2, x3, y3, x4, y4, k
ftri x3, y3, x4, y4, x5, y5, k
If level < limit Then
BodyTree x3, y3, x5, y5, level + 1
BodyTree x5, y5, x4, y4, level + 1
End If
End Sub
Sub ftri (x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, K As _Unsigned Long)
Dim D As Long
Static a&
D = _Dest
If a& = 0 Then a& = _NewImage(1, 1, 32)
_Dest a&
_DontBlend a& ' '<<<< new 2019-12-16 fix
PSet (0, 0), K
_Blend a& '<<<< new 2019-12-16 fix
_Dest D
_MapTriangle _Seamless(0, 0)-(0, 0)-(0, 0), a& To(x1, y1)-(x2, y2)-(x3, y3)
End Sub
Sub EllipseFill (CX As Integer, CY As Integer, a As Integer, b As Integer, C As _Unsigned Long)
' CX = center x coordinate
' CY = center y coordinate
' a = semimajor axis
' b = semiminor axis
' C = fill color
If a = 0 Or b = 0 Then Exit Sub
Dim h2 As _Integer64
Dim w2 As _Integer64
Dim h2w2 As _Integer64
Dim x As Integer
Dim y As Integer
w2 = a * a
h2 = b * b
h2w2 = h2 * w2
Line (CX - a, CY)-(CX + a, CY), C, BF
Do While y < b
y = y + 1
x = Sqr((h2w2 - y * y * w2) \ h2)
Line (CX - x, CY + y)-(CX + x, CY + y), C, BF
Line (CX - x, CY - y)-(CX + x, CY - y), C, BF
Loop
End Sub
Instead of green and brown make it pink or tan and make the "tree" body flex back and forth between two points of the spreading of branches.
RE: Playing with dragon curve fractal - Dav - 10-08-2023
Wow -- that's a beauty, bplus! Love it. Really cool how you calculated the color changing. I had to steal borrow that method for the little tree thing I was playing with. Just what was missing. Added some yellow PSETs for highlights. Before using your colors my green tree looked like a head of broccoli. Made the branching go random (RND * 35) instead of +/- 45 so the tree growth looks a little more natural.
- Dav
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Screen _NewImage(800, 600, 32)
tree 400, 600, -90, 100, 0: Sleep
Sub tree (x1, y1, angle, size, depth)
If depth <= 14 Then
x2 = x1 + size * Cos(angle * _Pi / 180)
y2 = y1 + size * Sin(angle * _Pi / 180)
k& = _RGB32((15 - depth) * 8, 64 + depth * 8, .25 * (15 - depth) * 12, 255 - depth * 18)
Line (x1, y1)-(x2, y2), k&: PSet (x1, y1), _RGBA(255, 255, 0, Rnd * 75)
tree x2, y2, angle - (Rnd * 35), size * .8, depth + 1
tree x2, y2, angle + (Rnd * 35), size * .8, depth + 1
End If
End Sub
RE: Playing with dragon curve fractal - bplus - 10-08-2023
(10-08-2023, 06:21 PM)Dav Wrote: Wow -- that's a beauty, bplus! Love it. Really cool how you calculated the color changing. I had to steal borrow that method for the little tree thing I was playing with. Just what was missing. Added some yellow PSETs for highlights. Before using your colors my green tree looked like a head of broccoli. Made the branching go random (RND * 35) instead of +/- 45 so the tree growth looks a little more natural.
- Dav
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Screen _NewImage(800, 600, 32)
tree 400, 600, -90, 100, 0: Sleep
Sub tree (x1, y1, angle, size, depth)
If depth <= 14 Then
x2 = x1 + size * Cos(angle * _Pi / 180)
y2 = y1 + size * Sin(angle * _Pi / 180)
k& = _RGB32((15 - depth) * 8, 64 + depth * 8, .25 * (15 - depth) * 12, 255 - depth * 18)
Line (x1, y1)-(x2, y2), k&: PSet (x1, y1), _RGBA(255, 255, 0, Rnd * 75)
tree x2, y2, angle - (Rnd * 35), size * .8, depth + 1
tree x2, y2, angle + (Rnd * 35), size * .8, depth + 1
End If
End Sub
Not too different from what I used in Falling Leaves, looks nice.
RE: Playing with dragon curve fractal - Dav - 10-08-2023
Uh oh... Maybe I stole borrowed that too without realizing it.
- Dav
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