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victor throe
07-12-2003, 11:38 AM
im sure this is really simple

i want a bunch of particle to follow a path

but as the path twists and turns i want the paricles to face the direction of their trajectory

imagine fish swimming round a corner

i dont want to use mesher as i would prefer the particles to keep their shape

please put me out of my misery

thanks in advance
amckay
07-12-2003, 10:40 PM
If you're using pflow then use the speed icon and animate it from frame 0 to follow the animation that you want it to follow, from there the particles can follow that trajectory and follow that banking ect.

Just set it up to steer towards trajectory, and synch by particle age both for parameters animation and icon animation, icon orientation I think will control banking if it doesn't already. there's other options, although that should set you in the right direction.

If you're not using pflow, then you're best off with particle studio or else you're going to have a hard time getting the banking and control you want out of standard retro max particle systems.
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