hi
i'm trying to do a school of squid following a main character with particles, now, when the squids turn, how can i set it up so that legs react to the change in direction, the legs don't need to be doing a swimming motion, i just need some turbulance on them. the main concern is that they don't just follow the head of the squid in a rigid fashion?

hopefully that makes sense?

thx
|jason

Check out the Wire Object/solver stuff in DOPs, if you glue the wires to the “head” of the squid, then wherever you move the head, the legs will follow along in a natural way. Apply a Noise field to the legs so they move about on their own too.

Cheers,

Peter B

From what I gather you should download the very latest version to reap the benefits of some improvements in DOPs that could apply to this.

:wink:
Louis

thx i'm looking into it!

Louis: the latest prodution build or daily build?

|j

I'd install the latest daily one for good luck.

Hey,

This cute demo over at odforce might help. Hmmm. And it's less than 42 Nodes I expect. :-)

It's an interactive flocking demo - there's a hip file you can download. You'll see the arrows chase the green thing which you can steer with your mouse; interactively. See the instructions for more into at:

http://odforce.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=2131&hl= [odforce.net]

cheers,
ben.

PS. You can probably achieve the delayed leg motion you're looking for with a Timing Chop (eg. delay, shift, lag…)

hey ben, thx for the link man!!

|j

sorry bit of a n00b question but, how/or can i connect a dop system to a particle system?

and AAAARRRGGG , does anyone have a link to the daily build with a resume option? my connection here in SA sucks and i keep loosing the d/load at about 80%

thx
jason

In the help for the SOP Solver DOP, try looking at the Denting with POPs example.