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slow operator - super gnu - 06-07-2019
ive got some particles shooting off a surface. i then have gravity causing them to curve downwards. id like particles to slow down after shooting off surface, but still be pulled down by gravity.
i thought putting a slow operator *after* the surface force, but * before* the gravity force would affect the surface force but leave the gravity effect untouched.
when i tried simming it, the particles slowed to a stop, and just hung in space.
am i missing something?
RE: slow operator - tyFlow - 06-07-2019
You can't really isolate velocity sources like that since velocities are all combined together as the simulation progresses. This isn't a limitation of tyFlow, it's simply the nature of physics
Experiment with the "only affect" parameters in order to not dampen downward velocities, thereby excluding your gravity. You may need 2 slow operators. One to dampen X/Y values, and then one to only dampen positive Z values.