Creates particles offset from the centers of the horizontal, upward-facing polygons of a mesh.
This compound was designed to generate the cloud that controls the actors' positions in CrowdFX simulations (see Creating the Crowd Particle Simulation), but can be used for other types of particle emissions.
For more information, see Setting Up the Crowd Particle Emission.
Note that some of these values are standard particle attributes and are not necessarily useful in CrowdFX simulations, in which the particles are not meant to be rendered but simply to define the positions of the actors.
Size |
For non-crowd clouds, this attribute defines how large the particle is. This value is the particle radius, but the particle display size is the diameter. For example, if the Size value (radius) is 1, the diameter (display) size is 2. Some compounds use the Size value to help with collision detection or to define motion, such as Bounce Off Surface or Stick to Surface, for example. See ICE Particle Size for more information. For CrowdFX simulations, this attribute controls the size of the actors as well as the particle that tracks their positions. |
Color |
Defines the initial particle color as displayed in the viewport. Set the color value using the standard color sliders and color box. Rendered particles do not use the particle color values unless you've set up the shader to do so, such as with an Attribute_Color shader. See ICE Particle Color for more information. |
Shape |
In general, this attribute defines how the particle shape is drawn on screen. For CrowdFX simulations in particular, this is the shape of the particles that indicate the actors' positions and is not rendered. You have a selection of different methods for displaying particles: point, segment (trails), disc, rectangle, sphere, box, cylinder, capsule, cone, and blob.
See ICE Particle Shapes for more information. |
Scale |
Sets the particles' Scale attribute, which allows for non-uniform scaling applied on top of Size. In general, this is used for display, rendering, and some collision algorithms. For CrowdFX simulations, this is also used to scale the actors. |
State |
When using the State nodes to define particle behavior, this value defines which state the particles will be using when created. This value is not used by default in CrowdFX simulations. See Setting the Particle's State ID for more information. |
On Creation1 |
You can plug in nodes that have Execute output ports. These ports only get executed once when a particle gets created. |
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