31-07-2003, 08:06 AM
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particles: fish
hi there
ive animated a fish in LW. it swims from the right to left... the tail is swinging and all the stuff... now i want to make a whole shoal of fishes but i just cant get the particles to work. can anyone help me? ;\ v.
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31-07-2003, 10:11 AM
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Hi Vertiis
Try the link below it's a GREAT tutorial and should cetainly help with the shoal of fish.................... http://www.newtek.com/products/light...locking_birds/ |
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31-07-2003, 10:39 AM
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keef:
thanks... but i know this tut. it explains how to make the birds but using endomorphs... and ive already animated the fish with IK and whole rig  v.
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31-07-2003, 10:45 AM
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when i choose fx linker to make copies of the animated fish to particle emmiter... it does it... BUT... the goal objects for all other fishes are taken from the first fish... guess what is happening? every tail is pointing to the same goal... ;\...
ive used ik rig on my fish... please people... ;\ HELP!!! v.
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31-07-2003, 12:38 PM
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well... ive found the way to do it (thanks to Pazur for the tip)... ive done MD Scan over animated fish. than i threw out the bones and all the ik stuff. added deformation to the fish geometry with MD again... and... voila! the particles play nice now
 LW is AWESOME! regards, v.
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