Particle instancing not working (Realistic outdoors)

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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# 1 08-10-2013 , 08:06 PM

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Particle instancing not working (Realistic outdoors)

Finding this new tutorial really interesting so far; I focus mainly on (very basic) non-organic modelling, so finding it refreshing having a look at paint effects (which have given me headaches before) and organic modelling.

I am just having some difficulties with particle instancing using the first grass example. I can select the particles after running the emitter for a few hundred frames, but then selecting "Instancer (replacement)" has no effect; the particles do not then emit further particles. If I continue and try and add the grass mesh as the object to be instanced, this also has no effect.

I've created a blank scene and instanced a bunch of polycubes using the same technique (emitting from a plane), which worked fine.

Any ideas why I can't seem to get particle instancing working in this one scene?

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Update: actually, I've just exported a grass mesh into a new scene, and the instancing now works.

Last edited by psyked; 08-10-2013 at 08:20 PM.

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# 2 09-10-2013 , 08:45 AM

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Glad you sorted it out if you use something from the tutorial in one of your own scenes i'd love to see it.

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