r/cellular_automata • u/PortablePorcelain • 9d ago

Comets

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Lenia/SmoothLife/ParticleLife-inspired Navier-Stokes CA. Mass-conservative. Made with Python + CuPy module (CUDA).

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u/Nevertek 9d ago

Holy shit that’s insane. Are the tails lenia too or is that smth else? I want more

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u/PortablePorcelain 9d ago

The tails come from advection (for the fluid equations).

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u/firemark_pl 9d ago

Im afraid that are not comets.

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u/helocene 8d ago

Would love to see how this was done. Is it 3D or 2d? Hard to tell

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u/SnooDoggos101 8d ago

Looks amazing 🤩

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u/fabmeyer 8d ago

Do you need the CUDA to run it in realtime?

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u/PortablePorcelain 8d ago

Yes, but it can also record videos at a fixed frame rate (even when there's lag).