I am looking for either someone who wants to help me integrate maps from OpenStreetMap into FireShow, or someone who is experienced in building real softwares, especially in C++ and wants to reorganize better the code architecture. Despite all ideas/features are mine, because I don't have much experience in building real softwares, the architecture is mainly decided by AI, but I feel like it is a bit of a mess, and I'd love if it was better ;)
FireShow is a 3D fireworks display design and visualization software developed in C++ and OpenGL. Inspired by professional tools like FWsim and Finale 3D, this project allows designers to create, synchronize, and visualize complex pyrotechnic effects in a real-time 3D environment.
Do you have any idea if either FWsim or Finale 3D were implicated in any of the “all at once” firing errors (some may say enhancement?) that affected e.g. San Diego 2012 or Oban 2011 displays ?
Is there any protection against this kind of problem in FireShow ?
Someone I know in that industry described the San Diego event as being the result of playback scrubbing; by either dragging or accidentally clicking somewhere on the timeline. Obviously heard second hand, but its a close community so I generally trust it - Wikipedia says it was a corrupted file
They describe here [1] that somehow two sets of instructions were generated, but that doesn't really make sense why that would cause zero delays between cues
Actually, in this first phase, I haven't thought of connecting the software to a control unit that triggers actual fireworks.
For now, it's only supposed to be a design show software. But, I guess, that is going to be the next crucial step if pyrotechnics want to use this software
Thank you! Here in my place, we organize a lot of firework shows for celebrations. Hence my brother-in-law - which is a passionate but not a prefessional - told me, why don't you make a software like that? So I took the challenge!
Would you like to contribute? I am actually looking for someone who wants to help me integrate maps from OpenStreetMap into FireShow.
Wish I could, but I never learned c++! Maybe now could be the time lol Maps are a great idea, and even better if you can incorporate terrain height and obstructions.
With a map you could also plot out the safety perimeter. Every jurisdiction is different, for example in my state if I recall it was something like 100' feet per inch of shell size, and the fire mashals would use a wheel to confirm it.
A random other thought might be to offer the user estimates for number and length of squib and control cables for the various rack runs
I am looking for either someone who wants to help me integrate maps from OpenStreetMap into FireShow, or someone who is experienced in building real softwares, especially in C++ and wants to reorganize better the code architecture. Despite all ideas/features are mine, because I don't have much experience in building real softwares, the architecture is mainly decided by AI, but I feel like it is a bit of a mess, and I'd love if it was better ;)