Indeed, That part should be simple, but I'm wondering if it would be possible to do it on a PP basis. That way it prevents using up memory on many particle objects.
Ta for the reply though :) On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:03 PM, bendingiscool <[email protected]>wrote: > > Howdy russ! > > Get on with that pesky project lol! > > Not sctricly what your after but if you just sketch one particle you > can connect the outputs of the node to the nParticle's translates. > > Obviously you would only want to do this for one particle otherwise > you would have a bunch of particles moving in the exact same fashion. > > Quick fix for a silly brief. > > Toodles > > El Bendino > > On Aug 3, 10:11 am, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Sorry for a possible rookie question, but I've been ill for a while > > and had to take a break from my studies. This has made me forget some > > of even the simplest things :(. > > > > I've had trouble trying to connect node outputs to the individual > > particles position attribrute. > > So using the circleNode for example to make a single particle travel > > in a circle, how would you connect the nodes two outputs (x,z) to the > > particles position? > > > > The only way I can think about doing it is as follows... > > > > create a locator with 2 custom attrs. (x,z) > > connect the node o/p to the loc attrs. > > query the loc attrs, and place in varibles. > > query varibles and edit the particle position attr. > > > > However, this causes a problem of having to create expressions to > > constantly query the loc attrs and update the particles position per > > frame. > > It would be much simpler and by far quicker to have the node drive the > > individual particle directly. > > > > Does anyone know how this may be done? > > > > Group member Paul Molodowitch was kind enough to suggest the following > > to ammend individual particles to help me: > > particle('particleShape1', e=True, at='position', order=39, > > vectorValue=(-0.7, 0.428757, -0.938712)) > > > > Kind regards. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
