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XPresso Random Text Generator
I’m trying to create an XPresso setup to create a stream of text consisting of random 0’s and 1’s.
I’d like to have it output to a text generator for an animation I’m trying to make to imply a computer data stream of zeros and ones.Could someone please help me out with this?
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Wouldn’t it be a lot easier to use mograph? Just drop a one and zero object in the cloner, set the clones parameter to random, and then clone onto a particle stream or animate the number of clones in linear mode.
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I suppose it would be a lot easier if I were more familiar with Mograph! 😉
Thanks for the suggestion and the quick walkthrough, BIG help! -
I was able to put together what I’m looking for.. but is there a way to get the particles (numbers) to come out more evenly spaced? Please see the attached file to see what I mean.
The 1’s and 0’s are also randomly spaced apart from each other. I’ve played with the various settings, birthrate and such to no avail.
Thanks.
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Yeah, there does seem to be a problem getting standard particles to put out a constant stream.
I would do it this way instead: 7346_datastreamamt.c4d.zip
The cloner is making a long line of random 1s and 0s. The Time effector is causing the line to move in the X direction. The Plane Effector has an inverted box falloff. It’s set to scale clones to -1 which makes them invisible, so the only clones you see are the ones passing through the falloff box (because falloff is inverted).
You can control the speed of the stream by adjusting the Time effector’s Parameter>Position>X value. I’ve created a HUD control for that.
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Perfect! Thank you again very much for your help!
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