birth script with particleShape issue

[noouch]

Hard to say if you don't post the actual script. It could be something as mundane as forgotten parentheses, or something more complex...

[Halford]

nooch......thank you for reminding me of how distracted I can be :D

here is the code:

on ChannelsUsed pCont do
(
pCont.useAge = true
pCont.useTM = true
pCont.useShape = true
)

on Init pCont do
(

GLOBAL Vetro = $Lego* as array

)

on Proceed pCont do
(
t1 = pCont.getTimeStart() as float

if (t1 < 0) do
for i = 1 to Vetro.count do
(
pcont.addparticle()
pcont.particleindex = pcont.numparticles()
pcont.particleAge = 0
pcont.particleTM = Vetro[i].transform
pcont.particleShape = Vetro[i].mesh
)

)

on Release pCont do
(

)

[JohnnyRandom]

If "$Lego*" is a group you will need to collapse the group objects into a eMesh or ePoly in order for it to work. You can work with objects within a group but not on groups themselves, not within a script, at least to my knowledge.

Someone may know of a workaround for this but it isn't me :)

[Halford]

indeed JohnnyRandom, but I hoped I could do it in a script....I have 804 groups.

now that everything is been converted the script works.

Thanks for the support


Hal.

[Halford]

quick reminder....how fo I transfer the original material from the mesh to the particles?

I have 6 different materials and would love the particles to pick them up when getting shape and position...

Thanks.

Hal

[JohnnyRandom]

You would need to use a sub-object material and assign material IDs in the script. Attached an example, notice the Material indexes assigned to the materials themselves in the multi/sub-object match the corresponding material IDs assigned with the Materiel Modifier.

[Halford]

thanks JohnnyRandom.

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