Apologies in advance as I realize this is probably a noobish problem however I'm banging my head around it for 2 days and getting dizzy.
Basically the screenshot and "main idea.max" show the situation. It's a basic virus growth type of effect , particles are born as voxels, then a small group is activated by activator object proximity -> assigned separate sim group then tested against previous group for neighbours and moved to new event (Red state Event_002) until there is no particle left from original event.
- After they all finish in their final Red state (Event_002) , a time test is moving them to new event where they should be later deleted.
I'd like to automate this without using time test as it involves individual setup for each simulated object. This idea would be later used to activate a large number of birthed voxel objects around the scene with a single path traveling activator object.
Ideally this automation would also allow me to have another type of birth event within the same flow (another type of effect i.e. fracture) from those same referenced objects - that would be triggered after first voxel event is finished.
I suspect a property test with event particle count would be my solution (i.e. when event_001 count reaches 0 - move particles from event_002 to deletion OR trigger a new birth event).
Spent last two days playing and scouring the web, set target, custom properties, setting up a separate "control" event particle - all in vain attempt to collect and parse a float data from one event to use it as a trigger in another and honestly have a feeling that I'm chasing my tail in circles.
If anyone could point me in right direction or have a look at my miserable scene (readDataFromAnotherEvent.max) - I'd be eternally grateful .
Cheers everyone!
Basically the screenshot and "main idea.max" show the situation. It's a basic virus growth type of effect , particles are born as voxels, then a small group is activated by activator object proximity -> assigned separate sim group then tested against previous group for neighbours and moved to new event (Red state Event_002) until there is no particle left from original event.
- After they all finish in their final Red state (Event_002) , a time test is moving them to new event where they should be later deleted.
I'd like to automate this without using time test as it involves individual setup for each simulated object. This idea would be later used to activate a large number of birthed voxel objects around the scene with a single path traveling activator object.
Ideally this automation would also allow me to have another type of birth event within the same flow (another type of effect i.e. fracture) from those same referenced objects - that would be triggered after first voxel event is finished.
I suspect a property test with event particle count would be my solution (i.e. when event_001 count reaches 0 - move particles from event_002 to deletion OR trigger a new birth event).
Spent last two days playing and scouring the web, set target, custom properties, setting up a separate "control" event particle - all in vain attempt to collect and parse a float data from one event to use it as a trigger in another and honestly have a feeling that I'm chasing my tail in circles.
If anyone could point me in right direction or have a look at my miserable scene (readDataFromAnotherEvent.max) - I'd be eternally grateful .
Cheers everyone!
