04-24-2019, 11:31 AM
I've been banging my head against an effect I'm trying to achieve with tyFlow and I think I've reached the point where my ignorance is getting the way.
I'm trying to loop a simple animation, very similar to the various tests people have been doing with reforming objects from particles. So far I've been using the Custom Proprties to store the Custom TM and then Find Target to return them to this location/orientation - so far, so good! However, what I really want to do is have the particles return to their original locations, over time, as the emitter geometry is also travelling and this is where I'm stuck.
If I set the timing of the Custom Properties operator to a time range, does it store the transform matrix information for each frame? Is it possible to interpolate those positions back over time, not as in the interpolate value in the CustomTM section but so that the particles seek the position that they should be on that frame?
If not, is there another way to store the particles positions for a set of frame and then call those back, either through scripting or using cache or even driving a new flow from the first?
My apologies if this doesn't make any sense. The scene I'm working is a bit of a mess, but I will try and work up a simplified version and upload it.
I'm trying to loop a simple animation, very similar to the various tests people have been doing with reforming objects from particles. So far I've been using the Custom Proprties to store the Custom TM and then Find Target to return them to this location/orientation - so far, so good! However, what I really want to do is have the particles return to their original locations, over time, as the emitter geometry is also travelling and this is where I'm stuck.
If I set the timing of the Custom Properties operator to a time range, does it store the transform matrix information for each frame? Is it possible to interpolate those positions back over time, not as in the interpolate value in the CustomTM section but so that the particles seek the position that they should be on that frame?
If not, is there another way to store the particles positions for a set of frame and then call those back, either through scripting or using cache or even driving a new flow from the first?
My apologies if this doesn't make any sense. The scene I'm working is a bit of a mess, but I will try and work up a simplified version and upload it.