> unless maybe you freeze your cloud. Nope, not even then.
gray From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Fregtman Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 11:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT: ICE demo suggestions for a usergroup Some handy basic topics I'd recommend you tried to cover: - Understanding how to debug data. Learn to use "Show Values". - Remembering about ICE "optimizations", such as "if you don't use a custom attribute, it doesn't really exist for reals, yo" -- unless maybe you freeze your cloud. - States and machines! - Understanding context to some extent; realising that if you put your cursor on top of a plug/input it will hint you the context it wants to be. - How to manipulate arrays, merge arrays and select from them. - Using Filter nodes. - Understanding the difference between an array and a set. - Understanding what a location is, knowing that it sticks to geo really well automagically, how to use built-in ones (like self.NodeLocation) vs creating them with lookups, that Raycast is faster than Get Closest Location and realising that locations are the solution to most of the context woes. - Simulation substeps and why you might need to increase them for some simulations. On 4/20/2012 10:53 AM, Byron Nash wrote: I lead a local usergroup in my city (cavemode.com<http://cavemode.com>) and am on tap for the next meeting to discuss ICE. I wondered what aspects you all think would be most beneficial to a crowd who has no experience with it? I have a few scenes I plan on showing and will hit some high points of all the different areas it covers. I'm not an expert like most of you on this list so I can't (competently) get into a Bradley Gabe style exercise in awesome maths. ;-) Any feedback appreciated. Byron
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