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[gundog]

sounds cool. i was about to ask about texture based particle emissions, but i just found that in the volume select. too bad you can't use sub-object selections for object fragments particle type to do an object disintegration effect.

[BrandonD]

Ever try making a copy of the mesh, invert the volume select and use that? That's similar to one of the tricks I doing now on this project where there is this cloudy underwater effect. I created a high density grid, add VolSelect set to Faces with an animated noisey Gradient. This would select faces over time in a fractal pattern. Then I would make a copy, invert the VolSelect and pass it to a DeleteMesh. The result is an inverted copy of the geometry.

hmm, though I guess that wouldn't exactly work with particle fragments....oh well.

[googlo]

Brandon, gundog,

I was experimenting on a away of procedurally adding geometry to a PArray for geometry fragmentation and it really doesn't like that. Max has crashed on me every single time.

Test 1: Using a boolean object and selecing intersection of the two objects for the geomtery to use for PArray geometry fragmentation and the second the geometry appears, error occurs and max freezes.

Test 2: Using a mesher object to take the geometry being produced by a boolean like above and feeding the mesher to the PArray; moment it's selected with intersection geomtery, crash.

Test 3: Using an volume selected inverted with a delete Mesh modifier abouve it so when the volume's gizmo (sphere in this case) moves through, geomtery is created instead of being deleted. The moment goeomtery would appear, CRASH!

Can you guys see if this happens on your computer?

By the way I think that would be a cool idea Brandon, the particle site.

[derelict]

I would like to add my two cents here.

How many of you do most of the effects in post software? I just felt that there are more options in a post software then all 3d. Like the above mentioned wave in mummy's film. Might it not work with a pre-rendered wave from AE and intergrate it into MAX on a hi-dense plate with displacement and later bring it back to AE for the final post? It is a great deal faster.

[Massemannen]

that´s a great idea Brandon! :thumbsup:

I´ll return with some suggestions soon!

[gundog]

googlo, max 4.2? those tests don't produce any crashes here.

well, i'm still gonna look in the disintegration using standard max, but i there for some things i'm just gonna have to go with thinking particles. i like it's workflow, but the interface could use a really big overhaul.

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