Particle Fur Effect
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Bad Fluffy
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Join date: 21 Jan 2006
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09-30-2006 19:09
Since I've been unable to find info on this, I decided to go ahead and ask. I was digging through the forums and found this video of someone making a tail in SL, and I assume that the texture has to be a particle effect of some sort. It's very unique and I haven't seen it done before, nor am I aware if that effect would be impractical or lag-inducing... But it's pretty. So if anyone could possibly explain the scripting behind that, theorize or offer an example, or point me in the right direction, I would be extremely grateful. Edit: Ew. That thing is a bunch of prims? But it looks so detailed and smoothly flawless. Bah. And here I was hoping there was a low-prim way to replicate that. |
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Hanumi Takakura
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09-30-2006 19:22
That's a work with flexy prims. Flexy cones at various sizes and positions and with textures set at different places. Basically no real scripting involved other than tail movement.
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Bad Fluffy
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09-30-2006 19:25
Ew. So you're saying each tiny "cone" of fur is an individual prim? That must be an arseload of prims.
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Yumi Murakami
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09-30-2006 20:17
From: Bad Fluffy
Edit: Ew. That thing is a bunch of prims? But it looks so detailed and smoothly flawless. Bah. And here I was hoping there was a low-prim way to replicate that.
It's just one prim with the flexible flag turned on. |
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Jillian Callahan
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10-01-2006 08:05
From: Yumi Murakami It's just one prim with the flexible flag turned on. No, it's a bunch of flexi prims, with a texture of dots on them, all in the same spot, one smaller then the next so the texture lines up, looks a lot like fur. It's pretty neat, really. |
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Haravikk Mistral
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10-01-2006 10:24
Looks a bit iffy when flex detail goes down or there are a large number on screen (e.g someone's hair). I have a flexi-tail made using four parts, and it looks great, but when it goes slow you can see the parts moving at slightly different speeds 
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Yumi Murakami
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10-01-2006 11:46
From: Jillian Callahan No, it's a bunch of flexi prims, with a texture of dots on them, all in the same spot, one smaller then the next so the texture lines up, looks a lot like fur. It's pretty neat, really. Really? How are they making all the prims move in sync? |
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Jillian Callahan
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10-01-2006 14:38
From: Yumi Murakami Really? How are they making all the prims move in sync? Flexi prims all flex by identical math. If your system is keeping up and not haivng to shave off frames deciding on the shape of flexible prims and the prims have the same flexi properties and length along the flex line, they move in perfect unison. I've seen those fuzz tails go out of synch... looks painful >.< |
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ScriptScavenger Lei
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particle script
10-02-2006 20:21
ok it can be done with a script on a flexi prim
however the particles move with the center of the prim and it doesnt trace well
but ...
if u have the proper texture with a transparent background it can be done with one flexi prim
its not perfect but its fairly pretty and it reses quicker
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