EffectNew
Hail storm
Hailstones of a chosen size in mm falling fast over the town, bouncing off the ground; bigger stones fall in smaller numbers.
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Added
- 23 October 2026
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| size (Can change over time) | number | 25 | 5 to 200 mm | stone width: pea 6, marble 12, golf ball 43, baseball 70, grapefruit 100, record 200Can change over time |
| wind (Can change over time) | number | 6 | 0 to 40 m/s | wind speed at the ground; the stones lean with itCan change over time |
| windToward | number | 120 | 0 to 360 deg | compass bearing the wind blows toward: 120 along the shore, 30 inland off the sea |
| gusts | number | 0.3 | 0 to 1 | how much the stones wander on the wind: 0 straight, 1 swirling |
| density | number | 1 | 0.4 to 1.4 | how many stones are drawn for a given size; a sample of the real count |
| bounce | number | 0.6 | 0 to 1 | how lively the stones rebound off the ground: 0 barely, 1 high hops |
| shutter | number | 0.025 | 0.005 to 0.1 s | how long a streak the camera smears behind each stone |
| tint | color | #e4e9ee | – | the colour of the stones |
| strength (Can change over time) | number | 1 | 0.1 to 1.5 | how visible the stones are against the pictureCan change over time |
| cover (Can change over time) | number | 0 | 0 to 1 | how white the stones leave the ground and roofs; this is the town's snow fieldCan change over time |
| camera | vec2 | 3, -18 | -600 to 600 | where the camera stands [along, inland] metres; the stones gather ahead of it |
| facing | number | 20 | 0 to 360 deg | compass bearing the camera faces: 20 is the street looking at home, 210 out to sea |
| reach | number | 120 | 60 to 400 m | how far ahead the stones reach; the nearest 40 m is the densest |
| ceiling | number | 26 | 8 to 100 m | how high the far stones begin; the near ones begin at 12 m |
| level (Can change over time) | number | 0 | -20 to 60 m | height of what the stones land on over today's ground or seaCan change over time |
| hazeRaise | number | 0.6 | 0 to 2 | how far the storm darkens the town's air, once at a shot's start; 0 leaves the haze alone |
| seed | integer | 3 | 0 to 99 | which random pattern the stones fall in |
Use it in a film
film.js
elements: { 'hail-storm': { size: 25, wind: 6 } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.