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Dave3D
09-11-2003, 12:48 PM
Just been playing about trying to make nice ripples in water with rain, just felt i should share it, :)

Rain Test - DivX (http://ddeaco.users.btopenworld.com/rain.avi)

Dave
hrgiger
09-11-2003, 01:12 PM
Looks very cool Dave. The reflecction adds a nice touch.

The only thing I could say about it is the first few drops that hit the water look especially nice and make the appropriate ripples outward, but then the later ones don't seem to have much the same effect and don't display that characteristic outward rippling. Why is that I wonder?
moth0027
09-11-2003, 01:29 PM
If that's just playing about I'd love to see the effect implimented into a full scene.
Dave3D
09-11-2003, 01:34 PM
About the later drops that dont have as much affect i think its because they are having to compete with the ripples that were made earlyer. where as the first drops dont have any ripples to compete with.
hrgiger
09-11-2003, 02:17 PM
Are you using a displacement map?

I figured as much about the later rain drops, I was just noting that the later drops don't look as realistic because they seem to just disappear once they hit the water and don't displace the water realistically like the first ones. Still looks great though.
HowardM
09-11-2003, 02:34 PM
Is that MD? looks cool,...If not try this - MD water (http://vbulletin.newtek.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5812&highlight=settings+taffy)
HowardM
09-13-2003, 02:55 AM
Click HERE (http://www.3dink.com/raindrops.mov) for a MD test....I basically tweaked the file listed above by adding an emitter and FXlinking the ball/drops to particles.
Im not trying to overtake this thread, just had to try it out!
:)
ckeyes
09-18-2003, 05:29 PM
Originally posted by HowardM
Click HERE (http://www.3dink.com/raindrops.mov) for a MD test....I basically tweaked the file listed above by adding an emitter and FXlinking the ball/drops to particles.
Im not trying to overtake this thread, just had to try it out!
:)

Very nice. Could you explain how you linked
the drop objects to the particles?

Many thanks,

Carl
HowardM
09-18-2003, 05:42 PM
Make an emitter, drop some particles.
Load a ball, use FXlinker to link clones of the balls to the particles.
walla!
:)
ckeyes
09-19-2003, 11:30 AM
Originally posted by HowardM
Make an emitter, drop some particles.
Load a ball, use FXlinker to link clones of the balls to the particles.
walla!
:)

Thanks. I do that but when I start the MD Controller it takes about 1 min for each frame
to finish, even with only about 10 balls linked.

Is that "normal"?

Carl