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3D Studio Max
Arranging particles orderly
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16 Sep 2006in my attempts to blow Tyson out of the water on this challenge (
no offense, of course! hell, you KNOW i'm not going to! I'm just trying!!), I'm using that Rivendale Split Things Up script. Any ideas on how I can get those particle chunks to reassemble in their original form?
Not actually become the same mesh like they started, just fit together in the right places, like a puzzle. I'd like to use them as a particle group, so they'll just be particles. I've got a few ideas, but i'm not sure about any of them, and wanted to get some more input before I get started. -
16 Sep 2006oh, and tyson, if you know some tricks for this, please do tell! don't be shy just cuz i'd be using your own tips and tricks to shame you into plumbing!
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16 Sep 2006Well.....why not blow them apart and then reverse the footage?
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16 Sep 2006thought about that, but i more has to happen to them once they get back into their original position. and i'd like to do it without cutting the camera to another angle for the second part.
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16 Sep 2006Well, what about setting a position/rotation key on all of the objects at frame 0 to mark their initial position while they're together, then move that key (the key on each of the objects) to frame -1....then animating your scene, and when you need them to re-assemble, just bring those keys at frame -1 to the end of the timeline and voila......no matter where the objects are they will be animated to return to their initial position.
Then, offset the ending keys for all of the objects in comparison to one another, and they're come in in a non-linear fashion (ie, they won't all pop into place at the same frame, thus making it look a little more chaotic and un-robotic) -
16 Sep 2006another good idea, but there's going to be tons of different sized chunks. I was hoping to not animate them by hand.
here's a quick test. everything works how i was hoping, except the object they're attracted to is a hidden torus and they don't take it's shape. the fragments themselves are a shattered copy of the same torus.
http://www.mackdadd.com/CG/particle_test_02.mov
if i animate anything by hand, i'll do it the way you mentioned (making an initial state keyframe). I keep thinking maybe there's a way to arrange splines and have the particle chunks attracted to the vertices (that's how Cam solved my chimney problem on the tornado challenge). not trying it tonight, tho. tired, and gotta work all weekend... -
16 Sep 2006Oh I see, you need it to be particles.....hmm....well to be honest mate I'd really have to know exactly the type of effect you're trying to achieve in order to give proper advice imo.......but since that's a secret until you're done your entry I guess you'll have to wing it!
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17 Sep 2006damn, i'm an idiot!
i kept trying things, kept replacing the material static, applying the material to the hidden stuff, even tried applying it to the silly event itself!
then i realized i had a material static operator in the very first event, the render event! i'm sorta in the habit of putting my materials in there so i don't always have to copy and past them to every event. i picked that up from someone a while back, some video tutorial i watched.
duh, i'm
thanx for slapping me in the face and making me double check everything! -
17 Sep 2006No worries mate
Yea that whole hiearchy-bleeding issue (a term I coined about 2 seconds ago) can be a hassle sometimes. Some things will be passed down to every event if you put it up in the render event, and some things won't
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