Autumn leaves - make them slower?

[Lyon1]

Hi, I got this script from your site:

<script language="JavaScript1.2">

//Autumn leaves- by Kurt Grigg (kurt.grigg@virgin.net)
//Modified by Dynamic Drive for NS6 functionality
//visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com for this script

//Pre-load your image below!
grphcs=new Array(6)
Image0=new Image();
Image0.src=grphcs[0]="al.gif";
Image1=new Image();
Image1.src=grphcs[1]="bl.gif"
Image2=new Image();
Image2.src=grphcs[2]="cl.gif"
Image3=new Image();
Image3.src=grphcs[3]="dl.gif"
Image4=new Image();
Image4.src=grphcs[4]="el.gif"
Image5=new Image();
Image5.src=grphcs[5]="fl.gif" 

Amount=8; //Smoothness depends on image file size, the smaller the size the more you can use!
Ypos=new Array();
Xpos=new Array();
Speed=new Array();
Step=new Array();
Cstep=new Array();
ns=(document.layers)?1:0;
ns6=(document.getElementById&&!document.all)?1:0;

if (ns){
for (i = 0; i < Amount; i++){
var P=Math.floor(Math.random()*grphcs.length);
rndPic=grphcs[P];
document.write("<LAYER NAME='sn"+i+"' LEFT=0 TOP=0><img src="+rndPic+"></LAYER>");
}
}
else{
document.write('<div style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px"><div style="position:relative">');
for (i = 0; i < Amount; i++){
var P=Math.floor(Math.random()*grphcs.length);
rndPic=grphcs[P];
document.write('<img id="si'+i+'" src="'+rndPic+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px">');
}
document.write('</div></div>');
}
WinHeight=(ns||ns6)?window.innerHeight:window.document.body.clientHeight;
WinWidth=(ns||ns6)?window.innerWidth-70:window.document.body.clientWidth;
for (i=0; i < Amount; i++){                                                                
 Ypos[i] = Math.round(Math.random()*WinHeight);
 Xpos[i] = Math.round(Math.random()*WinWidth);
 Speed[i]= Math.random()*5+3;
 Cstep[i]=0;
 Step[i]=Math.random()*0.1+0.05;
}
function fall(){
var WinHeight=(ns||ns6)?window.innerHeight:window.document.body.clientHeight;
var WinWidth=(ns||ns6)?window.innerWidth-70:window.document.body.clientWidth;
var hscrll=(ns||ns6)?window.pageYOffset:document.body.scrollTop;
var wscrll=(ns||ns6)?window.pageXOffset:document.body.scrollLeft;
for (i=0; i < Amount; i++){
sy = Speed[i]*Math.sin(90*Math.PI/180);
sx = Speed[i]*Math.cos(Cstep[i]);
Ypos[i]+=sy;
Xpos[i]+=sx; 
if (Ypos[i] > WinHeight){
Ypos[i]=-60;
Xpos[i]=Math.round(Math.random()*WinWidth);
Speed[i]=Math.random()*5+3;
}
if (ns){
document.layers['sn'+i].left=Xpos[i];
document.layers['sn'+i].top=Ypos[i]+hscrll;
}
else if (ns6){
document.getElementById("si"+i).style.left=Math.min(WinWidth,Xpos[i]);
document.getElementById("si"+i).style.top=Ypos[i]+hscrll;
}
else{
eval("document.all.si"+i).style.left=Xpos[i];
eval("document.all.si"+i).style.top=Ypos[i]+hscrll;
} 
Cstep[i]+=Step[i];
}
setTimeout('fall()',20);
}

window.onload=fall
//-->
</script>

They seem a bit fast and I wonder if there's any way to make the leaves to fall slower.

I'd also like if the leaves wouldn't come all at once. It would be better if they'd come one after another.
Thanks for your help

[jscheuer1]

This upgrade:

http://home.comcast.net/~jscheuer1/s...s_bidirect.htm

though it currently features bubbles going up can show leaves going down, all configurable, along with various other things including speed.

Use your browser's 'view source' to get the code.

Here is an excerpt from the configuration section (you need the full script):

var dir=-1    // Set 'falling' direction (1 for down, -1 for up)
var speed=60  // 12 to whatever (60 is pretty slow) higher numbers are slower
var Amount=8; // Smoothness depends on image file size, the smaller the size the more you can use!
var sway=10  // Set amount of left/right swaying of objects (default=10), higher numbers produce more sway

//Pre-load your image(s) below!
grphcs=new Array(6)
Image0=new Image();
Image0.src=grphcs[0]="bubble.gif";
Image1=new Image();
Image1.src=grphcs[1]="bubble.gif"
Image2=new Image();
Image2.src=grphcs[2]="bubble.gif"
Image3=new Image();
Image3.src=grphcs[3]="bubble.gif"
Image4=new Image();
Image4.src=grphcs[4]="bubble.gif"
Image5=new Image();
Image5.src=grphcs[5]="bubble.gif"

[Lyon1]

Thanks a bunch.
Is it somehow possible to have the leaves lay on the ground for a few seconds and then to get blown away by the wind?

I'd also like to have the leaves only falling within a div container.