Why no 'Repeat' control on Polygon and Ellipse?

Just wondering, since all the other 'Pattern' components do have a Repeat control. After all, one might want to use Polygon and Ellipse not only as particle shapes, but also in the fashion of Tiles, Pavements, etc., no?

[ And yes, I know Polygon and Ellipse can be 'repeated' via Bomber ].

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Zoltan Erdokovy wrote: I too want to be in this club! +1

+1 for the repeat and +1 for the club..

Looking at the Polygon and Ellipse components again, I noticed that there's one small problem with introducing a Repeat control:

With a minimum Repeat value of 1, the polygon/ellipse would be repeated once, meaning that there would be a 2x2 grid of Polygons/Ellipses as the absolute minimum. This would - of course - break the Polygon/Ellipse's usability as bomber particle shapes!

Consequently, in order for this to work we'd need a Repeat value of 0 as the minimum (IIRC this is currently not supported by IntSliders), which I guess is why Vlad chose NOT not give Polygon/Ellipse components a Repeat control in the first place.

Meh! Looks like we need a Repeat component or keep using Offsets instead!

Or just call it "count." A value of 1 would mean 1 polygon while a value of 2 would put two polygons along the edge (total of 4).

The bomber can act as a repeater (as mentioned in the first post here). You probably have the settings mixed and are inadvertently doing this.

Posting a picture of your configuration or a ffxml file in another thread might be a better way to solve the problem if it is in-fact a bug. I think we should keep this thread on-topic though; I think a repeat control could be a valuable time-saver so I want to see it through if possible.

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: These two components are not finished. We just didn't have time to add all the parameters we wanted to -- actually, we just needed fodder for the Bomber, quick!

Oh man I'm so waiting for it.