Spiral Paths and Spawn

[MarkAldred]

Hi

I have a bunch of particles falling. I'm using a dummy to offset the pivot of the ShapeInstance reference object and applying a spin so they follow a spiral path downwards. I'd like them to spawn a trail, but the spawned particles follow the pivot points, not the child meshes.

How can I have the spawned particles also follow a spiral path?

Thanks

Mark

[BenBisares · Accepted solution]

I created a set of videos that will show you my suggestion on how to create the particle trail effect you would like.

The one thing you will need is to download a script that will bake your particle animation into a regular keyframe animation. You can find it here:

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/pflow-baker

Here are the links to the videos:

Video01:              http://www.screencast.com/t/UJUYv0ZP

Video02:              http://www.screencast.com/t/SqSY14OM90

Video03:              http://www.screencast.com/t/3dXFofgyLC

Take a look at them and tell me if this answers your questions.

[MarkAldred]

Thanks Ben.
Those are really useful.

[BenBisares]

Just glad to be of help.