A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js

Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by TheAceOfHearts on Sunday November 22, 2015 @10:39AM (#10610353)

I don't know if it's my memory failing me, but something about it feels a little bit off. I looked at videos on YouTube and I think it's because of the timing. I get the impression that right now it's moving much faster than it did originally.

Does anyone else get the same feeling?

In any case, it's still fun! A great bit of nostalgia.

Personally, I was a bigger fan of the maze [0]. Although watching this video made me a little dizzy.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRL5durPleI

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Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by reimertz on Sunday November 22, 2015 @11:38AM (#10610538)

You are totally right!

I forked his/her repo and added the ability to set the speed yourself.

http://reimertz.github.io/pipes/

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Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by daveguy on Sunday November 22, 2015 @11:36AM (#10610531)

Original pipes didn't have knots did it? And there's some pipes that come out through other pipes which I don't think happened in the original. Very cool implementation though.

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Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by Buge on Sunday November 22, 2015 @12:23PM (#10610684)

As in spheres at the corners? I remember it having those. Some corners had them and some didn't, same as in this.

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Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by DiThi on Sunday November 22, 2015 @03:39PM (#10611410)

I think it was a setting.

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Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by TazeTSchnitzel on Sunday November 22, 2015 @04:18PM (#10611534)

Yep: http://i.imgur.com/mWXqZh0.png

"Elbow" is just an L-shaped joint. "Ball" is the spheres. "Mixed" is a random choice per-joint. "Cycle" means successive screens will use different choices.

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Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by mschuster91 on Sunday November 22, 2015 @05:19PM (#10611730)

Given your tweets I had expected a screenshot in a browser ;)

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Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by TazeTSchnitzel on Sunday November 22, 2015 @05:27PM (#10611764)

Trying to preview 3D Pipes on win95.ajf.me causes a timeout, alas.

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Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by swiley on Sunday November 22, 2015 @01:57PM (#10610992)

I think it only had spheres to terminate each pipe.

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Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by endgame on Sunday November 22, 2015 @04:46PM (#10611627)

Old pipes did, but this version allows pipes to self-intersect, which might be what's throwing you off.

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Re:A remake of the Windows pipes screensaver using Three.js by arbitrage on Sunday November 22, 2015 @10:58AM (#10610412)

I felt the same way. Also, I feel like I remember that the windows version avoided occluding the camera moreso than this one does.

Incidentally, your link goes to the 3d maze screen saver.

This one is pipes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trdGmt0934s

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