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How can I add width to Thinking Particles following a spline?
Hi – I’ve got a Thinking Particle system to make rocks follow a spline over a conveyer belt. Problem is, they’re following in a neat line and I would like them to spread across the width of the belt (see image).
My TP is from a tutorial as I have no experience with it at all. I think it’s being restricted by the Spline, so even when I change X size on the PStorm, it still stays as a single line (see screenshot).
How can I get the particles to spread out width ways?
Thankyou!
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4 Replies
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I would suggest you look at the TP Move On Spline preset that’s located in the Content Browser’s Studio>Presets>Thinking Particles Presets>Setups>Interaction folder.
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Hi Adam, thanks for your reply – I can’t seem to get anything to work using the preset!
I’ve attached a screenshot.I added the preset to the scene, added the Conveyer Spline to the “Spline” field. Also added Particle Group “All” to the Particle Group field. And despite a lot of playing around, on different scenes with different variations, I can’t even get thinking particles to emit! Nothing happens at all.
Have I missed something obvious? I’ve looked on Tutorials and they just seem to add it to the scene and it works!
screenshot2016-02-10at09.28.41.png
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I don’t know what’s under the null object, but the move along spline preset needs an actual TP emitter to function. You can use the “basic emitter” preset for that.
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The null object just contains all other objects in the scene, mostly hidden to neaten it all up.
Ok great thankyou for your help! I’ll add that 🙂
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