I dont understand how that would work though. It will only pick up the keyframes from the first 9 frames and then just float down. I need the swaing noisy motion throughout.
Can you get reactor to create soft body dynamics on a Pflow particles?
thethule
#14
I GOT IT!
SIMCLOTH! Thank you simcloth. It lets you use space warps to control the cloth. Working well so far, ill post later on.
thethule
#15
Here you go guys, in case anyone is interested. Simcloth saved the day, i forgot what an easy and fast plugin it is. Love it.
http://www.savefile.com/files/1697957
Thanks all for your for your help and im happy to send out a scene if anyone wants it, msg me
Marc
CapitanRed
#16
hey, awesome you got it to work. Would it be possible to upload a small preview or something? Iâm two max versions behind you 
thethule
#18
Sure, there is a preview up, but i did it in max2008, so you will need to use that if you want to open it. Ill post the scene as well, hold on.
Its a shame i spent 2 days trying to figure it out with Pflow and Reactor, and in the end managed to do it in 30 mins with simcloth and a few space warps.
There are 3 in total, one general turbulence one, wind speed set to 0. One wind with a falloff on it to push the papers off initially as they needed to look like they were being pushed and finally a drag force that kisks in at frame 40 and slows the x axis speed of the papers so they dont continue and go off screen.
Max scene should be up in ten minsn if anyone is interested in downloading it.
Marc
PsychoSilence
#22
lets not forget boboÂŽs link objects to particles script!
[http://www.scriptspot.com/bobo/mxs5/pflow/pflow__MovingObjects.htm](http://www.scriptspot.com/bobo/mxs5/pflow/pflow__MovingObjects.htm)
second screen is the exact same script without using space warps to linkâŠ
third one is using the noise geomety deformer and a particle system for falling moneyâŠmight be interesting for uâŠthe animated force influence gives nice kinda turbulence and irregular forces to them. i would use box3 for such a stunt tho or a script. just right click the force and select âUse Script Wiringâ and select influence.
kind regards,
Anselm
thethule
#23
UmmmâŠbut these sheets of paper wont bend and flex independantly like my cloth ones do. or am i missing something? i dont think you could ever get a result similar to the one i wanted without using some form of dynamics.
Good script though. Very handy
davius
#24
I hope my question doesânt create controversy here, but how is simcloth diferent than reactor cloth (better/worse, in what terms?)
Also, is simcloth still free (heard it went open souce) and if yes, where can I download it (max9 here)?
Thanks guys, but I was looking for a loooong time for a plugin like that for Max⊠just couldnât do it with reactor so this is the reason for my 1Âș question. 
PsychoSilence
#25
Well, animate your paper as u want it to move/behave 
the particle system simply links them to the pivot of a particle and transforms it according to the particleTM.
thethule
#26
Well, for one thing, i couldnt do what i wanted with reactor. I wanted space warps to affect my cloth and in Reactor, thats not yet possible. With simcloth it was easy as pie. i have always liked simcloth, for one, its free and its very fast and very very easy to use. I dont tend to use it though, unless for special things like this as reactor is also excellent.
But for quick cloth sims and dynamics definately give it a try.
Go to maxplugins.de to download it.
thethule
#29
Because simcloth lets you assign max spacewarps to the cloth. In this instance i used a few wind and gravity spacewarps to affect the cloth. As far as i can tell, max cloth doesnt allow you to do thatâŠ
JonathanFreisler
#30
wait yes you can. Max cloth modifier you can add forces to them by clicking on the âforceâ button, a dialog box comes up, and you tell it which ones to use.
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