OK, I am a total newbie when it comes to Houdini. So, my training has to be quite literal.

I am trying to dive into crowds, but it seems all tutorials seem to require some form of knowledge. (probably very minimal, but to me I just seem to miss it.)

My question is on the “crowd path tutorial” on this site, there is a green circle that the tutorial starts with that they base the crowd off of. I have no idea what that green dot is. Is it a primitive shape? Is it a crowd element? I tried a few options, and they all failed.


Thanks in advance for any input.

Also, any crowd tutorials that are fitting for a brand new user?


best.

Pete

This bouncy ball as agent video is for Houdini 14 but contains some nice introduction into how to setup a crowd system from scratch.
https://vimeo.com/137075428 [vimeo.com]