float  b, m, n, s, x, y, z;
float size = 40.0;



//controls the number of lines (currently one line)
int xgridcount = 1; 
int ygridcount = 1; 
int zgridcount = 1; 
float l=.01;
int halfx = xgridcount /2 ; 
int halfy = ygridcount /2; 
int halfz = zgridcount /2;  
 
float a = 0.0;
float v;   
float boxsize = 1; 
int gDistance;

void setup() 
{
  size(400,400);
  noStroke();
  
  //gDistance~the relative closeness 
  //of the comet line relative to the z-axis
  //dividing width by a smaller number
  //brings the line closer
  gDistance = width/2; 
 
}

float tilt;
float electric;
float oscillate;

 
 
void loop() 
{
  background(0);
  
  
  
  //the middle horizontal line
  push();
  if(millis()%3 == 0){
    oscillate = (random(-0.1, 0.1));
  }
  tilt = tilt + oscillate;
  electric = cos(tilt);
  
  translate(height/2, height/2);
  rotateY(electric);
  fill(255);
  smooth();
  //horizontal middle electric line
  box(-106, -2, 450);   
  pop();
  
  //the next line goes back and forth
  push();
  m = m + 0.01;
  n = cos(m)*2;
  
  translate(width/2, height/2, -6);
  scale(n); 
  translate(70, 0, 0);
  fill(255);
  scale(n);
  box(-1, -1, 260);   
  pop();
  
  //the 2nd middle vertical line-moves 
  //with the middle horizontal line
  push();
  if(second()%88 == 0){
    oscillate = (random(-0.009, 0.03));
  }
  tilt = tilt + oscillate;
  electric = cos(tilt);
  
  translate(height/4, height/4);
  rotateY(electric/2);
  fill(255);
  smooth();
  //horizontal middle electric line
  box(-3, -3, 800);   
  pop();
  
  
  //the 3rd middle vertical line-moves 
  //with the middle horizontal line
  push();
  if(second()%88 == 0){
    oscillate = (random(-0.009, 0.03));
  }
  tilt = tilt + oscillate;
  electric = cos(tilt/2);
  
  translate(height, height/4);
  rotateY(electric/3);
  fill(255);
  smooth();
  //horizontal middle electric line
  box(-3, -3, 800);   
  pop();
  
  
  
  //for the spinning stick 
  x = x + 0.4;
  
  if (x > width) {
    x = -size;
  } 
  //the spinning stick on the left that looks wide
  push(); 
  translate(width/2, height/2, -20);
  tilt = tilt + oscillate;
  electric = cos(tilt/2);
  //how it spins
  rotateX(90+x);
  rotateY(40+z);
  x=x+.00001;
  z=z+.019;
  fill(255);
  smooth();
  box(-6, 1, 120);
  pop();
  
  //the crazy spinning stick that flies around the middle
   
  translate(width/2, height/2, -40);
  push();
  //how it spins
  rotateX(100+x);
  rotateY(40+z);
  x=x+.00001;
  z=z+.015;
  fill(255);
  smooth();
  box(-2, -1, 120);
  pop();
  
  
   
  
  
  
}