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[Reply #30 on:]

Nope.

[Reply #31 on:]

Nope.

Whoosh.

That was hint for you to post your code - using the # button, not as an attachment.

[Reply #32 on:]

Heh, I'm not always that good at picking up hints.

Are you referring to the 3D part of my Processing code? Here it is:

Code:

  if(derp>=201 && derp<=400) {
    float herp = map(derp, 201, 400, 0, 1023);
   
   if(millis()%1000 == 0){
     rect(0,0,width,height);
     background(#ffffff);
   }
   
    boxFill = color(random(255), random(255), random(255), random(105));
    translate(400,300,0);
    rotateY(random(herp));
    rotateX(random(herp));
    fill(boxFill);
    box(random(herp), random(herp), random(.5*(herp+herp)) );

   // println(herp);
  }

[Reply #33 on:]

Are you referring to the 3D part of my Processing code?

Not specifically, we really need to see all of your processing code.

[Reply #34 on:]

Code:

import processing.opengl.*;
import processing.serial.*;
Serial port;

float znoise = 0.0;
float derp;
color boxFill;

void setup() {
  size(1000,800, OPENGL);
  port = new Serial(this, "/dev/cu.usbserial-A700fiDh", 9600);
  port.bufferUntil('\n');
  noStroke();
}

void draw() {
  float x = 0;
  float y = 0;

println(derp);

  if(derp>=201 && derp<=400) {
    float herp = map(derp, 201, 400, 0, 1023);
   
   if(millis()%1000 == 0){
     rect(0,0,width,height);
     background(#ffffff);
   }
   
    boxFill = color(random(255), random(255), random(255), random(105));
    translate(400,300,0);
    rotateY(random(herp));
    rotateX(random(herp));
    fill(boxFill);
    box(random(herp), random(herp), random(.5*(herp+herp)) );

   // println(herp);
  }

  if(derp>=0 && derp<=200) {

    float herp = map(derp, 0, 200, 0, 1023);

    if(herp>500) {
      x=20;
      y=20;
    }
    else if(herp>350 && herp<=500) {
      x = 10;
      y=10;
    }
    else if(herp<=350 && herp>100) {
      x=6;
      y=6;
    }
    else if(herp<=120 && herp>90) {
      x=5;
      y=5;
    }
    else if(herp<=90 && herp>60) {
      x=4;
      y=4;
    }
    else if(herp<=60 && herp>30) {
      x=3;
      y=3;
    }
    else if(herp<=30) {
      x=2;
      y=2;
    }

    float xnoise = 0.0;
    float ynoise = 0.0;
    for(int i=0; i<=height; i+=y) {
      for(int j=0; j<=width; j+=x) {
        float blah = noise(xnoise, ynoise, znoise)*256;
        fill(blah);
        rect(j, i, x,y);

        if(key=='c' || key == 'C') {
          fill(i, blah, j);
          rect(j, i, x,y);
        }

        xnoise += 0.09;
      }
      ynoise += 0.09;
    }
    znoise += 0.09;
   
   
  //println(herp);
  }
}

void serialEvent (Serial port)
{
  derp = float(port.readStringUntil('\n'));
}

[Reply #35 on:]

Code:

  size(1000,800, OPENGL);

So, this defines height and width.
If the value received from the serial port, as a float (?) is in the range 0 to 200, it is mapped to a range from 0 to 1023. Where in the range the value falls defines the step size for these loops:

Code:

    for(int i=0; i<=height; i+=y)
    {
      for(int j=0; j<=width; j+=x)
      {
        float blah = noise(xnoise, ynoise, znoise)*256;
        fill(blah);
        rect(j, i, x,y);

        if(key=='c' || key == 'C')
        {
          fill(i, blah, j);
          rect(j, i, x,y);
        }

        xnoise += 0.09;
      }
      ynoise += 0.09;
    }

The original minimum rectangle size was 1 by 1. That's 800,000 rectangles to draw. And you wonder why it takes time to draw 800,000 rectangles.

[Reply #36 on:]

Yes, that's why I changed the minimum size to 2x2 pixels.

What about the 3D, though? Is there anything I can do to improve the speed?

[Reply #37 on:]

Code:

    box(random(herp), random(herp), random(.5*(herp+herp)) );

Even without taking my shoes off, I'm pretty sure that (herp + herp)/2 is going to equal herp.

I don't know if there is anything you can do to speed up the 3D stuff. Nothing in that block looks particularly slow. Perhaps some print statements to show when things occur would provide a clue. Knowing which statements take the longest would be useful.

[Reply #38 on:]

Try reducing height and width and see if that has any effect.