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Brookelyn Eliot
Registered User
Join date: 27 Sep 2005
Posts: 5
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12-02-2005 13:50
Ok, Im sure someone has already asked this on here but I cant seem to find what I need by searching. I am trying to script a simple fountain that will shoot particles up from the center and they will fall down like a simple fountain does. I've tried modifying the simple particle script to do this but Im scripting challenged lol. Can anyone help me out with a tutorial or anything that will help me do this? Thanks  |
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Eloise Pasteur
Curious Individual
Join date: 14 Jul 2004
Posts: 1,952
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12-03-2005 02:47
I can give you some quick pointers, but particle scripting is very much an art.
First in world do a find for Jopsy's particle workshop, it's worth a visit, and can show you what the various bits do separately.
What you're probably after is a cone pointing UP with some suitable range of initial velocities (the higher the top velocity, the higher the fountain), and then a reasonable downwards acceleration (in most of the scripts it's called vector push and you'll want something like push=<0,0,-5> although the precise number will vary.
You'll probably want quite a lot of small particles, with some colour and alpha change too, from bluer to paler, and from low alpha to high.
Good luck!
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