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wtoddk
02-28-2003, 04:58 PM
Anyone know a way to make a particle system that emits objects. Not just one object, but many, randomly.

For example, instead of emitting just a letter "A", it would randomly emit a letter "A", "D", "U", "T", or "W"...

Any tips?

Thanks in advance.
MFreywald
02-28-2003, 06:14 PM
hmm.. interesting problem. If your looking to possibly just 'fake it' for an animation you could use multiple emmiters and set the speeds with a wide variance from each other. Or only way I can think of right off the top of my head is using a script controlled particle system. Possibly using hidden objects to be used as a instance source.
BrandonD
02-28-2003, 10:17 PM
It's not easy to do with default particles (ie the ones that haven't changed since 1997). Particle Studio is perfect for just that sort of thing because you can use a group of objects as a pool to randomly assign to particles. It also has a letters primitive.
MFreywald
03-01-2003, 04:20 AM
great idea brandon, never thought of actually having a group as the particle object assigned in PS.
Joel Hooks
03-01-2003, 05:39 AM
I'd think having 5 emmitters would work well... Without a plugin..
wtoddk
03-01-2003, 10:12 PM
Great ideas.... I've already tried with Particle Studio, using some of the Quick Setup pre-defined effects, but without luck. However I wasn't as clever as BrandonD, by just assigning a group as the custom particle! Great idea. I'll try it out again on Monday when I get back to work.
wtoddk
03-03-2003, 08:52 AM
Wow....yeah....using a group as the source of the particles using Particle Studio was EXACTLY what I needed!!!

Thanks again BrandonD!
javabeans
03-03-2003, 08:54 AM
I think there is another way simpler:just using the script
example-particleobject.ms written by John Wainwright.It
is intendedly designed for your purpose,I suppose.:)
MayaV
03-03-2003, 05:22 PM
hi javabeans

can you point me from where can i get "example-particleobject.ms "

thanx & regards

Vivek
javabeans
03-17-2003, 10:16 AM
hi MAYAV
the script is in the max4\scripts\examples directory.
Sorry for my reply too late.
:p
MayaV
03-18-2003, 05:53 PM
hi javabeans

thanx a gig :beer:

Vivek
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