[MAGNIFICATION] C60

[combatking0]

Here is my entry into the Magnification Challenge. It is a "3D" model of the Buckminsterfullerine molecule, or C₆₀ as it is also known.

I think it may be the deepest magnification yet entered into the competition, which I hope counts for something

[edit]
I have put a comma after .:Druid:.'s name, added the .swf file and altered the depth-swapping conditions. The flickering is reduced, but still noticable. If I reduce it too much, depth-swapping will be delayed too much and it will look even stranger.

[edit 2]
Zip file fixed

[Yaloopy]

Very nice! I love the scrolltext, too. Informative, and full of bad puns!

[Clyde]

At first I thought it might be an hour long casette tape

Well Done Mate

[ferris]

Pretty cool concept One of my favorites so far

[benny!]

Very good work, CK0.

The rotation is just fine - on my PC the balls flickers
from time to time. No idea why.

What flash version did you do it in ? Flash 8 ?

[combatking0]

It's Flash 8. The flickering is down to "Heisenberg's uncertainty principle" in the scrolling text, but it's really a small programming bug.

The z-ordering needs a schmidt-trigger sort of calculation, rather than the current one which uses precise values of the Z-axis.
I'll try to fix it tonight.

[Shockwave]

The text you put raises it above being a vectorbob routine Nice one.

[combatking0]

Ah, you've seen through my clever use of vector circles with eliptical gradient filling to give the illusion of light-sourced spheres.

[hellfire]

This is the funniest scrolltext I read for a decade!
The choice of colors in the gradient almost made me believe it were gouraud-triangles
What about an online version?

[combatking0]

It can be done - I'll put a Flash Demos section on the Game Builders Club site and make the swf available for download from various places.

[Jim]

The new zip file is 0 bytes!

[benny!]

The new zip file is 0 bytes!

wow ... impressive compression rate. 

[Shockwave]

Yep, empty zip...

[combatking0]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention - it's fixed now.

[Rbz]

Funny scroller, interesting c60 molecule 

[Way.net]

Great work CKO.

I had a craving for Maltesers after watching that.

[combatking0]

Just for you, I'll make a more chocolatey version.

[Shockwave]

Please post it elsewhere in the forum CK, thank you.

[combatking0]

Will do.

[Shockwave]

Thanks dude and sorry for being a stickler for the rules. I have to be seen to be fair.