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steve-o
03-29-2005, 04:52 PM
i am trying to make an ion trail in the back of a spaceship and when i turn the ship the light trail stays straight. and tips on how i can make it bend with the ship as it turns and flips?. I was thinking of using a particle emitter as the main light, but that seems like it is a bit much. hoping there is an easier and less time consuming way to do it.thanks.
wuensch
03-29-2005, 05:20 PM
whats so hard about a particle emitter?

Olli
steve-o
03-30-2005, 12:27 AM
render time is all i meant. not that it is that time consuming. just thought there would be a way to do it with a light.
Hilt
03-30-2005, 05:20 AM
Try with biomekk's LightGen. You can draw splines and add lights to points with it.
a quick test with it: LightGen test (768k) (http://www.kokokuva.com/freepicserve/hilt/lightgenerator_test_Large.mov)

.hilt
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