find target > mesher

#1

hola.

well im stuck with that.
i made 2 PF sources. A and B
A is floating around randomly and gently, then B arrive and find them and rush on them.

so, the most logic way for that would be picking A with a mesher object, and picking the mesh object with the find target.

problem is that i cant pick the mesher with the find target. max doesnt shows it as a valid target.

any idea on how i solve that?
thank you guys.

#2

The mesher is really not your first option.
There are several better approaches, one including the use of a Script Operator and the other using Box #3 (if you have it).

The Find Target has a special mode that lets you send your particles to positions defined inside a Script Vector channel. So you could write a script operator in PFlow B which reads the positions of PFlow A and dumps them into the Script Vector channel, which will make the particles of B go to the particles of A precisely.

In Box #3, you would use the Proxy subop to get data from the particles in PFlow A and dump the data into the Script Vector channel, then use Find Target in the same mode, or wire your own DataOp to do the targeting.

#3

How about using a position object (mesher particles) as your find target instead? havenā€™t tried it with mesher particles butā€¦

Example of what Bobo is talking about with the script vector of find target, not a perfect re-alignment but probably a flaw in my flow setup.

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#4

Here is an example (Max 2008 format)

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This is probably a good time to mention that the recording of my new ā€œScripting PFlowā€ DVD for CG-Academy is almost done and this is exactly the kind of stuff it teachesā€¦ :wink:
Stay tuned.

#5

Nice example:)

#6

thank you bobo !

and be sure i will make my boss get that dvd !

im not so good at scripting but i ll give it a try.
one day, when you ll come by here, we ll get drunk all night, and the next morning we ll script :smiley:

edit: waaa ! thatā€™s exactly what i was trying to do !
i think youre just awsome.

thank you again

#7

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