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I've been trying to figure out a particle problem for a few hours now..
I can't find any references to it online. When I Set Initial State on a
very simple particle system with size based on age, it doesn't keep the
initial sizes (or, it looks like, any other attribute based on age). It
keeps the positions, but that is it. Anything based on age goes back to
0. Is there any way to get around this? I've duplicated the behavior in
4.0 and 4.2. Is it possible to create a particle event that would store
the age as a custom attribute and then use that to drive the size?
..because that's what I'm going to try soon if I can't make it work
correctly. And I want to avoid requiring a pre-roll animation, since the
simulation is heavy.
Thanks,
Sean
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve been trying to figure out a particle problem for
a few hours now.. I can’t find any references to it online. When I Set
Initial
State on a very simple particle system with size based on age, it doesn’t
keep the initial sizes (or, it looks like, any other attribute based on age).
It keeps the positions, but that is it. Anything based on age goes back to 0. Is
there any way to get around this? I’ve duplicated the behavior in 4.0 and
4.2. Is it possible to create a particle event that would store the age as a
custom attribute and then use that to drive the size? ..because that&
#8217;s
what I’m going to try soon if I can’t make it work correctly. And I
want to avoid requiring a pre-roll animation, since the simulation is heavy.<o
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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font-family:Arial'>Sean<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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