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Old 10-09-2004, 04:54 PM   #1
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Hi guys I was wondering can you make an object emmit particles? OK I have some text and i want it to have a ghosty fog/steam coming off the letters. thanks
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Old 10-09-2004, 05:53 PM   #2
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I'm noob too,but I dear to ansewer cause I've done some tuts. Object properties/ Dynamics/ Add Dynamic/ Emitter

Double click to open. There you go, try some explosion, like 50 first to see the particles. Be carefull with polycount, I had to kill LW while testing with a truck a moment ago.

Using LW8, this should be in7x too.
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Old 10-09-2004, 08:37 PM   #3
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Started playing with it and found few points that might benefit you.

I suggested you to try first explosion, well don't. For some reason even if Nozzle is Object surface it emits from the pivot. Bug like thingy.

Instead try etc/ gravity and it emmits from surface if Nozzle is set surface.

In HV panel you must of course activate your object

...got suddenly this itch to burn things...pyromania
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Old 11-09-2004, 05:08 AM   #4
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Hmmm......well I went to object properties and I heve no Dynamics tab . Anyway I will keep trying other ways to do this. thanks anyway
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Old 11-09-2004, 06:44 AM   #5
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Ah, then you must not be using Lightwave 8? If you're still on 7.5 then you'll need to add the FX_Emitter plugin via the object properties panel.

Take a look in the 7.5 manuals at Chapter 17 -- it should detail all you need to know.
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Old 11-09-2004, 07:55 AM   #6
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Too bad, you ain't using lw8.
Yet an other idea, even Marks suggestion sounds the way to go: Set the emitters behind or under letters with gravity (or wind) and select letter(s) add FX_Collision to them. Set Type= Object, Mode=Stick.

This makes particles come behind the outline but gather to front surface before flying away as other. Maybe not what you asked but best I could think of, and is a bit different effect to object as emmitter. Think of smoke sneaks slowly from behind and as the letters starts to smoke from behind you still can easily read, then smoke gets thicker and looks like the front face was smoking too (even if it isn't).
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Old 11-09-2004, 06:57 PM   #7
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Ok thanks guys I got it to work now and it looks cool . Anyway you guys make me feel bad that I dont have LW 8 thanks alot lol. Thanks
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