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  • how do i make the wind force affect only one object?

    Posted by Sofia RodriguezValle on July 28, 2021 at 1:57 am

    Hi! I wanted to know if there is any way that the wind force affects only one object because Im doing this scene where I have a flag (which has movement thanks to the wind force) but it’s affecting the table cloth I have far away from the flag, and it’s making the tablecloth to fly away.

    As you can see in the picture i have the wind force (bottom left) far from the table cloth ( which is at the top right)

    Patrick Henry replied 4 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Jim Scott

    July 28, 2021 at 2:48 am

    Regardless of where they’re located, forces like wind will affect every applicable object in the scene (the cloth flag and tablecloth in your scene) unless they are restricted by a falloff. Just add a field (box for example) around the flag and the wind will only affect it.

    Another option: Instead of using a wind force to blow the flag, you could use the wind parameters inside the flag’s cloth tag to add wind and turbulence as desired.

  • Sofia RodriguezValle

    July 28, 2021 at 9:32 pm

    thank you so much!!!

  • Jim Scott

    July 29, 2021 at 12:29 am

    You’re very welcome.

  • Patrick Henry

    February 1, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    I’ve had this problem also, where the wind for a particular object e.g.a blowing flag disrupts other objects in the scene. it can be very annoying, especially if you are trying to combine various elements in a scene. You suggest putting a field around the flag…could you do it the other way? where you maybe just put a field (box field) around the e.g.table cloth so it is protected and not affected by the wind for the flag?

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