add multiple meteors and ability to slow meteors - #5758
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WalkthroughThe Meteor effect now supports multiple evenly spaced meteors and a slow mode. Segment controls determine meteor count and timing, while rendering, trail updates, frame progression, and effect metadata reflect the new options. ChangesMeteor effect updates
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change adds configurable meteor counts and slower movement, but short segments may display fewer distinct meteors than selected and some saved settings may reset the count to one. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up on these bounded correctness issues. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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wled00/FX.cpp (1)
2427-2433: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winFormat the new meteor loop to match WLED C++ style.
The added block uses
if(meteorSmooth)/else{and over-indents the smooth branch. Please format it withif (/} else {and 2-space indentation.As per coding guidelines,
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In `@wled00/FX.cpp` around lines 2427 - 2433, Reformat the meteorSmooth conditional in the meteor loop to follow WLED C++ style: use “if (meteorSmooth)” and “} else {”, with the smooth branch and its statements indented by two spaces. Preserve the existing logic and expressions unchanged.Source: Coding guidelines
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In `@wled00/FX.cpp`:
- Around line 2427-2433: Reformat the meteorSmooth conditional in the meteor
loop to follow WLED C++ style: use “if (meteorSmooth)” and “} else {”, with the
smooth branch and its statements indented by two spaces. Preserve the existing
logic and expressions unchanged.
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thanks, sounds like good addition - similar to multi comet. You can also try PS Sparkler, it is different though but also can do something similar. can you show what it looks like? there is an FX recorder tool in my wled tools repo. |
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| if(meteorSmooth) { | ||
| // draw meteor(s), evenly spaced along the strip | ||
| for (unsigned m = 0; m < numMeteors; m++) { | ||
| unsigned start = (meteorstart + m * SEGLEN / numMeteors) % SEGLEN; |
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@coderabbitai i'm seeing a jump in the example shown by the PR author. Please check if the math is correct here.
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printf '%s\n' '--- Focused source ---'
ast-grep outline wled00/FX.cpp --match mode_meteor --view expanded
sed -n '2365,2460p' wled00/FX.cpp
printf '%s\n' '--- PR diff for Meteor ---'
git diff --unified=80 HEAD^ HEAD -- wled00/FX.cpp | sed -n '/void mode_meteor()/,/static const char _data_FX_MODE_METEOR/p'
printf '%s\n' '--- Spacing and wrap simulation ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
cases = [(10, 3), (17, 3), (17, 6), (30, 8), (60, 8), (144, 8)]
for length, count in cases:
print(f"\nSEGLEN={length}, numMeteors={count}")
previous = None
for meteorstart in range(length):
starts = [((meteorstart + m * length // count) % length) for m in range(count)]
ordered = sorted(starts)
gaps = [ordered[i + 1] - ordered[i] for i in range(count - 1)]
gaps.append(length + ordered[0] - ordered[-1])
if previous is not None:
moved = sorted((starts[i] - previous[i]) % length for i in range(count))
if moved != [1] * count:
print(f" discontinuity from {meteorstart - 1} to {meteorstart}: {previous} -> {starts}, movement={moved}")
break
previous = starts
print(f" starts at phase 0: {[m * length // count for m in range(count)]}")
print(f" circular gaps: {gaps}")
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@softhack007, I checked the position math.
(meteorstart + m * SEGLEN / numMeteors) % SEGLEN does not create a frame-to-frame jump. Each meteor advances by the same amount as meteorstart. The modulo also wraps a meteor from the last pixel to pixel zero.
The code does produce unequal spacing when SEGLEN is not divisible by numMeteors. Integer division rounds each offset down.
For example, with SEGLEN == 60 and numMeteors == 8, the gaps are:
8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 7
Therefore, the pattern has fixed one-pixel spacing differences. This can look like a jump in a visual recording, especially on a short segment. Exact equal spacing is impossible on the integer pixel grid for this case.
I do not find a wraparound or arithmetic discontinuity in this line. The reported effect is likely the unavoidable rounding distribution.
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The jump may also be due to my failed attempt at trying to get a nice looping gif.
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I ran a test, the multi meteor breaks existing presets. Other than that it looks fine. |
use custom3 as a marker that tells us if the preset is pre-existing or not. if so, convert to the new format.
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So the existing meteor presets break because unused custom values in the presets assume a default value of I've added a secondary "marker" value that will tell us if it's a new preset or a legacy preset that needs to be migrated before displaying. |
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In `@wled00/FX.cpp`:
- Line 2390: Clamp the meteor count computed in the meteor effect from
SEGMENT.custom1 to no more than SEGLEN, preserving the existing 1–8 slider range
when the segment is long enough. Update the arithmetic around numMeteors so
short segments cannot generate duplicate meteor start indices, and verify the
integer calculations remain numerically stable.
- Around line 2386-2389: Remove the unconditional custom1 reset from the
SEGMENT.custom3 branch in the effect-state loading logic, so existing preset and
partial-JSON Meteor counts are preserved. Apply the c3/custom1 migration only
when fxdef explicitly requests effect defaults, or gate it with an explicit
preset/version migration marker.
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| if (SEGMENT.custom3 != 1) { | ||
| SEGMENT.custom1 = 0; | ||
| SEGMENT.custom3 = 1; | ||
| } |
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printf '%s\n' '--- Segment JSON fields and effect application ---'
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rg -n -C 6 'c3|custom3|effect|string.*effect|setMode|deserialize.*segment|deserialize.*Segment' wled00/json.cpp wled00/*.cpp wled00/*.h
printf '%s\n' '--- Preset/default and effect metadata handling ---'
rg -n -C 8 'FX.*MODE_METEOR|_data_FX_MODE_METEOR|c1=0,c3=1|effect.*defaults|setEffect|loadPreset|apply.*preset|deserialize.*preset' wled00/*.cpp wled00/*.hRepository: wled/WLED
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printf '%s\n' '--- Meteor call sites ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- FX metadata declarations and parser implementation ---'
rg -n -C 15 'modeData|effectData|FX.*DATA|mode.*data|_data_FX_MODE_METEOR|_data_FX_MODE_STATIC' wled00 --glob '*.{cpp,h,hpp,ino}' | head -n 300Repository: wled/WLED
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printf '%s\n' '--- Current setMode default behavior ---'
sed -n '578,620p' wled00/FX_fcn.cpp
printf '%s\n' '--- All callers that can request effect defaults ---'
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from pathlib import Path
fx = Path("wled00/FX.cpp").read_text()
json = Path("wled00/json.cpp").read_text()
fcn = Path("wled00/FX_fcn.cpp").read_text()
meteor = fx[fx.index("void mode_meteor()"):fx.index("//Railway Crossing", fx.index("void mode_meteor()"))]
assert 'if (SEGMENT.custom3 != 1)' in meteor
assert 'SEGMENT.custom1 = 0;' in meteor
assert 'c1=0,c3=1' in meteor
segment = json[json.index("static bool deserializeSegment"):json.index("// deserializes WLED state")]
assert 'uint8_t cust3 = seg.custom3;' in segment
assert 'getVal(elem["c3"], cust3, 0, 31)' in segment
assert 'seg.setMode(fx, elem[F("fxdef")])' in segment
set_mode = fcn[fcn.index("Segment &Segment::setMode"):fcn.index("Segment &Segment::setPalette")]
assert 'if (loadDefaults)' in set_mode
assert 'extractModeDefaults(fx, "c3")' in set_mode
# Model the relevant state transitions.
def first_meteor_frame(custom1, custom3):
if custom3 != 1:
custom1 = 0
custom3 = 1
return custom1, custom3
assert first_meteor_frame(160, 7) == (0, 1)
assert first_meteor_frame(160, 1) == (160, 1)
print("Meteor c3 is a runtime migration marker.")
print("An existing state with c1=160,c3=7 is changed to c1=0,c3=1.")
print("The JSON path preserves c3 when c3 is omitted.")
print("The c3=1 descriptor default applies only when fxdef/loadDefaults is true.")
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Preserve the Meteor count when loading existing state.
c3=1 is applied only when fxdef requests effect defaults. Presets and partial JSON updates preserve another c3 value, so this branch can reset custom1 to 0 and reduce the Meteor count to 1. Move this migration to preset/version handling or use an explicit migration marker.
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In `@wled00/FX.cpp` around lines 2386 - 2389, Remove the unconditional custom1
reset from the SEGMENT.custom3 branch in the effect-state loading logic, so
existing preset and partial-JSON Meteor counts are preserved. Apply the
c3/custom1 migration only when fxdef explicitly requests effect defaults, or
gate it with an explicit preset/version migration marker.
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| SEGMENT.custom1 = 0; | ||
| SEGMENT.custom3 = 1; | ||
| } | ||
| const unsigned numMeteors = 1 + (SEGMENT.custom1 >> 5); // 1..8 meteors |
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Clamp the meteor count to the segment length.
When SEGLEN is 2 or 3 and the slider selects 8, m * SEGLEN / numMeteors generates duplicate start indices. The effect then renders fewer distinct meteors than configured.
Proposed fix
- const unsigned numMeteors = 1 + (SEGMENT.custom1 >> 5); // 1..8 meteors
+ const unsigned numMeteors = MIN(1U + (SEGMENT.custom1 >> 5), (unsigned)SEGLEN);As per path instructions, verify numerical stability and accuracy of arithmetic expressions in AI-generated source.
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| const unsigned numMeteors = 1 + (SEGMENT.custom1 >> 5); // 1..8 meteors | |
| const unsigned numMeteors = MIN(1U + (SEGMENT.custom1 >> 5), (unsigned)SEGLEN); |
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.
In `@wled00/FX.cpp` at line 2390, Clamp the meteor count computed in the meteor
effect from SEGMENT.custom1 to no more than SEGLEN, preserving the existing 1–8
slider range when the segment is long enough. Update the arithmetic around
numMeteors so short segments cannot generate duplicate meteor start indices, and
verify the integer calculations remain numerically stable.
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| const unsigned meteorSize = 1 + SEGLEN / 20; // 5% | ||
| if (SEGMENT.custom3 != 1) { | ||
| SEGMENT.custom1 = 0; | ||
| SEGMENT.custom3 = 1; |
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while this works, it is a hack that may bite us in the future. I don't have a better solution though. add comment so the intent is clear.
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I really like the "Meteor" effect, and wanted to have multiple meteors going across my house. So I added a slider that adds meteors (up to 8, default 1).
The meteors also moved very quickly across my house, so I added a checkbox function to slow the meteors down (default off).
Built and tested locally and works well.
AI was used to assist me coding this.
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