How do I make my rain effect look more like rain and less like snowfall?

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I am making a game in that game I want a rain effect. I am little bit far from this right now. I am creating the rain effect like below:

particleSystem.addParticleInitializer(new ColorInitializer(1, 1, 1)); particleSystem.addParticleInitializer(new AlphaInitializer(0)); particleSystem.setBlendFunction(GL10.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL10.GL_ONE); particleSystem.addParticleInitializer(new VelocityInitializer(2, 2, 20, 10)); particleSystem.addParticleInitializer(new RotationInitializer(0.0f, 30.0f)); particleSystem.addParticleModifier(new ScaleModifier(1.0f, 2.0f, 0, 150)); particleSystem.addParticleModifier(new ColorModifier(1, 1, 1, 1f, 1, 1, 1, 3)); particleSystem.addParticleModifier(new ColorModifier(1, 1, 1f, 1, 1, 1, 1, 6)); particleSystem.addParticleModifier(new AlphaModifier(0, 1, 0, 3)); particleSystem.addParticleModifier(new AlphaModifier(1, 0, 1, 125)); particleSystem.addParticleModifier(new ExpireModifier(50, 50)); scene.attachChild(particleSystem);

But it looks like snowfall! What changes can I do for it to look more like rain?

EDIT Here is a screenshot:

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Unfortunately I can't parse these lines of codes into an image inside my head ;). If you can show us an image or video I'm sure we can give you some tips. — Roy T.
– Roy T., Commented Jun 16, 2012 at 6:59
its only a blank screen and its show particle like snow i just want particle show like rain effect @RoyT. — Nikhil Lamba
– Nikhil Lamba, Commented Jun 16, 2012 at 7:21
@NikhilLamba Upload it to imgur then link to it. See the formatting help for how to create links. You can't add images into your posts yet since you haven't unlocked that privilege - so for now just go with a link. — doppelgreener
– doppelgreener, Commented Jun 16, 2012 at 8:14
You should try making the rain sprites more blue and more long stretched. Use this (ridingwiththeriver.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/… ) as a reference image. — Roy T.
– Roy T., Commented Jun 16, 2012 at 11:12

MrCranky · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-16 10:19:25Z

Fundamentally, it looks like snow because the particles are round and they don't convey motion in any way. Rain drops are typically seen as elongated droplets, even to the point at which they are lines rather than particles. Think of a scene where you are looking out of a window at a rainstorm: you're not seeing individual drops suspended in the air, you're seeing the streak of the path they follow.

You could try stretching the particles out along one axis, but I think you're not going to be able to get a rain-like effect with particles like these.

Here's an example of such a rain effect in a 2D game: youtube.com/… Though I must admit it looked better in my memory. :-) — Eric
– Eric, Commented Jun 16, 2012 at 10:35
@MrCranky : Thanx a lot for ur answer , as u said "but I think you're not going to be able to get a rain-like effect with particles like these" then how can we do ? — Nikhil Lamba
– Nikhil Lamba, Commented Jun 18, 2012 at 5:22

CobaltHex · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-16 16:25:44Z

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Also, aside from what MrCranky said, rain does not really have a color, it more just deforms the world around it, so to get accurate rain you really need to be using shaders. That said, you can fake it using long streaks (like what MrCranky said) that are all in line with eachother

answered Jun 16, 2012 at 16:25

CobaltHex

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\$\begingroup\$ Thanx a lot for your answer , But as u said "that are all in line with eachother" as i am using a Sprite as a rain partilce how can i use line attach with each other \$\endgroup\$

Nikhil Lamba
– Nikhil Lamba

2012-06-18 05:27:15 +00:00
Commented Jun 18, 2012 at 5:27
\$\begingroup\$ well i mean just use the same angle for the streaks (it should be like a line) \$\endgroup\$

CobaltHex
– CobaltHex

2012-06-18 21:22:32 +00:00
Commented Jun 18, 2012 at 21:22

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DevByStarlight · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-20 18:59:09Z

Snow "Flutters like a Feather" and Rain "Falls with a Flop"

Simple solution may simply be to increase the gravity so rain drops falls faster and less "snow like"

Making snow versus rain has the following characteristics

Snow is basically a solid round thing that doesn't deform
Snow has air resistance / drag so it falls slowly and gracefully with a relatively low maximum velocity
Snow is easily affected by air turbulence (example, a wind affector) and zigs and zags as it descends ... and event ascends for that realistic feel of a passing breeze

Rain is pretty much the opposite of the above Snow

Rain deforms as it falls
- easiest visual change is to stretch the rain drop sprite based on the speed of the raindrop
- this gives the impression of motion and speed
Rain is less affected by wind or air resistence
- a strong wind affector can nudge the path of descent but only mildly (and really only worth accounting for this if more realism is the goal)

So ...

As the others suggest, use a sprite sheet to animate the drops as they fall
- sprite sheet of event two sub-sprites is useful ... example: "drop" and "splash"
Stretch the texture to give motion
- scaled relative to a min/max velocity range (eg, normalize 0..1 and scale "drop" accordingly when you paint the texture)
stronger gravity
- potentially "substantially" more than your environment's normal gravity to make rain have a good "look and feel"

Robert Rouhani · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-16 17:31:56Z

You're only going to be able to get so far with just changing the graphics. I'd personally start with long blue rectangles and stylize it from there. Look at how Minecraft does raindrops.

What's really going to make it feel like rain is the sound you use. Find a free rain ambient track somewhere on the internet and loop it. As long as there are enough particles and they're moving fast enough downwards your mind will make the connection to rain.

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