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brammelo
01-18-2003, 11:22 AM
Hi guys,

I have the following in mind: a plane is bombed by particles, and on collision, parts of the plane are erased. At the end of the story, a logo is revealed - see image in attachment: on the left the object at the start, on the right the object at the end.

I tried to do this with the explosion deformer, but it didn't give the result I had in mind.

So my next try would be TP. What I would like to do is:

(a) fill the holes in the geometry with a particle grid, and attach cubes to the particles. this gives me the result which you see at the left side in the image

(b) particles hitting the object, and thus colliding with the static particles (or entering an influence zone around the static particles). This can lead to some kind of reaction (light flashes, particles being pushed away, anihilating the static particles, whatever)

(c) at the end of the story, I have my logo.

My question is: can I create a particle grid with TP? Or is there another way to achieve this in C4D?

Cheers,
BaRa

Srek
01-18-2003, 12:11 PM
Hi,
have a look here: http://www.bonkers.de/r8/tp/tp.html
Theres an example on how to use Xpresso to place objects on geometry.
Also have a look at the TP Softbody examples. They use particles on vertex points of a mesh.
Hope this helps
Srek

brammelo
01-18-2003, 12:25 PM
Hi Srek,

Thanks for the link - I had it somewhere in my bookmarks, but completely forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me, and it at first glance, it'll be of help.

Cheers,
BaRa

EDIT: PS: my 8.001 on Win2000 tends to go down once in a while when using the TP window. Is this a known issue, or should this be reported as a "bug"?

Srek
01-18-2003, 12:45 PM
Hi,
yes the TP Settigns can crash. This has been fixed already. Don't dock them in your layout. AFAIR it should be fixed in 8.012 so maybe contact Maxon if you havent received the new CDs yet (They should arrive with the manuals).
Regards
Srek

bcbarnes
01-18-2003, 02:13 PM
I have 8.012, and if I dock the TP settings window into my layout R8 will crash during file opens and some other operations. I reported this to maxon, and they've replied that it will be fixed in the next version.

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