Mesh rain

[arisaie]

I would like to create mesh rain as part of something bigger but would like to ask how to go about it.

I have seen mesh rain somewhere but I cant find the place anymore.

Mesh rain instead of particles as I want it to not clip under another mesh. 

I would like it to be max 1000 verts (maybe lower if possible).

Do I just create planes in blender and unwrap them? Then use llSetTextureAnim to animate the rain?

I think I saw somewhere that the llSetTextureAnim only works from left to right. Do I unwrap the planes from left to right(left being top and right being bottom) and create the texture for the rain drops? Maybe overlap 6 different UV islands, randomised and scale them so the rain is not uniform when animated?

Thanks!

Edited April 6 by arisaie

[Wulfie Reanimator]

55 minutes ago, arisaie said:

Do I just create planes in blender and unwrap them? Then use llSetTextureAnim to animate the rain?

Pretty much, yeah, but be warned! When you have lots of planes like that, it makes navigating and interacting with things in the rain very difficult, because they catch clicks and alt-camming.

[arisaie]

Thanks. Will keep that in mind!

[aht1981]

well the Pino 1971 sim has rain so go check it out