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Particles and Animation

Hey I know the basics of particles and all that stuff but there is one thing I'm not sure how to do. How do I make the particles only start...

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by Dann

23-08-2004|03:10 PM

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Soft and Rigid bodies

Hey How do I make a soft body collide with a passive rigid body. It works fine if they are both rigid bodies? Thanks

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by Mr_Ridd

23-08-2004|08:39 AM

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How to have waves hit stuff?

Hi, I have an island, and I have an ocean around it. I made the ocean with that ocean shader thing. I'm now trying to make waves that hit the...

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by NextDesign

19-08-2004|07:38 PM

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active and passive bodies

hi everyone, i'm looking for some help with regards to active and passive bodies. the sequence goes as such, i wanted a ball falling every 48 frames...

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by conceptual

10-08-2004|07:13 PM

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sprite orientation?

I've got a question for once. :) Is there a way to control the orientation of sprite particles so that they are not just camera-facing? ...

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by mtmckinley

07-08-2004|02:57 PM

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cloudy sky -> clear sky ?!

Hi @ll! Well, I never used fluiddynamics before and now I hav a problem: I wanna have a cloudy sky (no big deal. THX for the examples :cool: )...

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by mickna

04-08-2004|07:13 PM

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how can I make this spark ?

http://www.philsky.net/home/fly/snap2.jpg create a emitter,set particle render type to multstreak.create a ramp in rgbpp. but the color, I...

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by Dann

26-07-2004|07:23 PM

Replies: 2

Tidal Wave

Hello, I'm hoping some one can help me with this project. I am currently working on building a wave that will continue to grow, heading toward the...

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by Dann

26-07-2004|07:22 PM

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spring constraint wont bake

I have a rigid body simulation and I've managed to bake all simulations except for the spring constraint simulation. I keep getting an error...

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by andrehines

26-07-2004|05:50 PM

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my animation...

hi, I'm newcomer here. I have some problme regarding my recent character animation. My subject is cactus with thorns. Now i wan to animate the...

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by Alan

26-07-2004|09:03 AM

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rain splotches

OK, this is a tricky one. (at least for me it is). I have this rain falling in a canyon and the camera is a crane shot. Now the canyon is...

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by Alan

19-07-2004|12:52 PM

Replies: 9

Squibs

Has anyone tried/done squibs before on organic and non-organic surfaces/substances.

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by Vampus

15-07-2004|06:11 AM

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smashing down brick wall

I am trying to figure out how to break down a brick wall. So far I have been using maya's shatter, in conjuction with rigid body collisions. I have...

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by andrehines

13-07-2004|09:10 PM

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Candle flame.

Hi again, OK I am looking at making a candle flame to put on the table in that Graveyard scene I did (It's in the WIP Forum)...

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by Scraggy_dog

07-07-2004|10:03 PM

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rolling cloud effect

hi guys, i need to make a rolling cloud effect very similar to the ones in the background in this animation. not the actual tornado. although come...

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by Alan

01-07-2004|12:04 PM

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Simply Rain ?

Hi, Is there an easy way to make 'rain' and puddles, (and the rings) caused by them,in Maya 6 ? I'm not that good yet with Maya but...

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by Scraggy_dog

29-06-2004|12:37 PM

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Slow Motion Like Effect with fire?

Hi At first: i´m not from England/USA so please excuse my bad english. Here´s what i want to do:: the scene: the bad guy comes, takes his pistol...

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by Dann

22-06-2004|04:08 PM

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Position Attribute in Expression Question (from Learning Maya Dynamics 5)

float $nz = 3* noise (nurbsPlane1ParticleShape.position*.1 + time); nurbsPlane1ParticleShape.position = nurbsPlane1ParticleShape.position0 +...

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by mind_raper

21-06-2004|07:06 AM

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Hologram Effect!

I would like to know if someone can explain or direct me to a tutorial on creating a hologram effects like the one used in Final Fantasy and Minority...

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by NextDesign

16-06-2004|10:24 PM

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Lots of stuttering during Caching

Ok, I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but every time I try to cache a simulation the playback always invariably ends up having frames where all the...

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