Anyone know what the strength value for the gravity space warp really means?

[Dave Black]

Well, welcome to max. I really would love to see some clarification on some of that myself. I love reactor. It's default gravity is like -367 or something. What?

I also love how some paramters in max are from 0 to 1, and then some are 0 to 100...It's like there where 2 different teams with 2 different standards.

That's the overall problem, I think. I mean, max's default units are very odd. I remember reading about the math a bit, and it's crazy. Ever try to export to obj? Anyway...

Sorry I can't answer your question, but I've always wanted to take a minute and bitch about that.

-3DZ

:D

[pencil-head]

3DZealot is right. max can be alittle crazy at times.
anway to answer your question, i would say 1.0=earth gravity, and go from there :shrug:

[El_Schubi]

reactor gravity is very simple to understand.
so if you remember some physics lessons at school you may know that earth gravity is 9,81 N/kg. it is also mentioned in the reactor manual. ;)
so your gravity depends on your world scale.
for example: you set your worldscale like this: 1 meter in max is 1 meter in reality, you have to enter -9,81 in the gravity section on the desired axis (z i suppose). if you have 10 meters in max is 1 meter in reality, enter -98,1.
the value -367 is standart because reactor uses a inch setup as standart for gravity, world scale and collision tolerance.

i think leaving this unit out is no mistake, because gravity is always measured in N/kg and it is also a pro that you can customize reactor to the units you prefer.

i agree that the reactor manual is nearly total crap, but with some luck and time you can read this out :beer:

[LFShade]

I also love how some paramters in max are from 0 to 1, and then some are 0 to 100...It's like there where 2 different teams with 2 different standards.

Agreed. And it sometimes gets worse. On the motion panel, you can clearly see that the normal range for a list controller's sub-controller weight channel is 0.0-100.0. But throw an expression or script controller on the same channel and it goes flippin' crazy if you use the same range; you have to use 0.0-1.0! I think the same might be true for constraint weights, though I'm not sure. Very annoying, in any case:hmm:


RH

[googlo]

What about the gravity spacewarp though?

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