Ok, i'm curious.
I bought two glowsticks that when I attach them and dance, they leave trails of where they've been...
But I can't for the life of me figure out how they were made...
Any suggestions?
(They're eltee's glowsticks incase anyones wondering).
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Rayne Ghia
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09-21-2005 15:47
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Ziggy Puff
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Rayne Ghia
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09-21-2005 18:21
The PSYS_SRC_PATTERN_DROP does seem like a logic answer, but the question is, how do I get my object (say a small <0.05,0.1,0.1> ring to emit copies of itself using DROP? |
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Ardith Mifflin
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09-21-2005 18:30
The PSYS_SRC_PATTERN_DROP does seem like a logic answer, but the question is, how do I get my object (say a small <0.05,0.1,0.1> ring to emit copies of itself using DROP? This cannot be done via the particle system. The particle system only uses textures, not prims. You can rez objects in scripts via the function llRezObject() but this delays the script every time it's called, and does not work on land which does not have build enabled. What specific effect are you looking for? |
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Rayne Ghia
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09-21-2005 18:43
What specific effect are you looking for? And image might explain things better than I can.  http://rayne.tar-valon.com/SL-GlowSticks.png |
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Torley Linden
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09-21-2005 18:46
You could send eltee an IM, she did make 'em after all! I remember seeing her dance to trance with these, at Lusk... ahhh!
Also Rayne, have you been to the Particle Laboratory in Teal? It's a very handy resource towards making your own particle fx. It's high in the skies, you can also watch a trippy fireworks show at sunset with many variant fx. _____________________
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Jesse Murdock
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09-21-2005 18:46
They are particles, not an actual prim trail. Pretty sure anyways.
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Rayne Ghia
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09-21-2005 18:48
They are particles, an image of the prim being dropped by an emitter with a short lifespan. Ah, ok, thanks. I'll have a play around tomorrow, bit late for me atm (2:48am) so it'll have to wait. I'll check out the particle lab aswell tah |
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eltee Statosky
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09-26-2005 21:57
if anyone needs particle help on stuff heh, i can only offer what i know ^.^
as to the system, they are of course particles, but use a trick to do some things most particles don't do, which is follow the perceptual aspect angle of the emitter the little trick to do that though is not without some limitations and cannot really duplicate itself across all shapes/sizes of things, those glowsticks are pretty much ideal for it though _____________________
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