Floating an object onto a BOSS ocean?

[kbjones123]

Ive created a boss ocean with spectral waves and want to float a flower on top of the water. Ive tried using both 'float selected objects' in the boat menu and tried attaching a dynamic boat locator to the object but every time i make a locator the ocean itself freezes. Ive been pulling out my hair over this since nothing i try will fix this so does anyone have any ideas on how to stop the freezing or know another way to float something on a boss ocean?

[suryamunny]

u can use mash.

[Grahame_Fuller · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Are you running an older version of Maya, by any chance? This reminds me of an issue that was fixed in more recent versions.

The culprit was the Evaluation Mode set in the Animation preferences. If it is set to Parallel, the workaround for older versions is to set it to DG.

I hope that helps,

gray

[kbjones123]

I think you just saved my university project. I am running 2018 still and changing from parallel to DG worked. 😃

[Grahame_Fuller]

Hi,

I'm glad it helped. Good luck with your project!

gray

[lfraseroo]

Here's a different take on it.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y3rrqxP-yI

lee