Making a swarm of bugs run head first?


#1

I am making a swarm of insects that goes from one end of the screen to the other. They are Shape instances. I want to render them from the top view. My question is how do I make sure they go with their head first in the direction I need them to go? I control where they go with a find target test. But they appear randomly on a position object and some of them run sideways (or close to sideways)

Hope you understand my question…


#2

Have you tried a Rotation Operator set to ‘Speed Space Follow’?


#3

Yes I have tried that. What I want is the bugs to run around a bit randomly but mainly head in the same direction.
Now They run around randomly and they head in the same direction, but they keep facing the same way no matter how they twist or turn.
So when one is running staight ahead then left then ahead again, it actually runs straight ahead then SIDEWAYS(I would like it to turn, facing the way it runs) to the left and then ahead again…

I am guessing I need a script, but I am not sure…


#4

I thought ‘Speed Space Follow’ should make the Particles look in the direction they’re headed…

Maybe this tutorial might be of a little help.


#5

Alright thanks man


#6

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