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Added particles through cursor ChangeLength seem to freeze in place. - ZhadoTom - 29-12-2021
Sorry if this has been answered but I couldn't find a thread with a similar issue.
I'm trying to dynamically increase a ropes particles as it's stretched past a certain threshold. The rope has an attachment either end and as I pull them apart, I want new particles added, but when the new particles are added they appear to just stick in place and have no physics to them.
I test this by adding length over time with a simple line of code:
cursor.ChangeLength((rope.restLength) + 1 * Time.deltaTime);
Yet I was getting the same results as shown in the video below.
RE: Added particles through cursor ChangeLength seem to freeze in place. - josemendez - 29-12-2021
(29-12-2021, 12:18 PM)ZhadoTom Wrote: Sorry if this has been answered but I couldn't find a thread with a similar issue.
I'm trying to dynamically increase a ropes particles as it's stretched past a certain threshold. The rope has an attachment either end and as I pull them apart, I want new particles added, but when the new particles are added they appear to just stick in place and have no physics to them.
I test this by adding length over time with a simple line of code:
cursor.ChangeLength((rope.restLength) + 1 * Time.deltaTime);
Yet I was getting the same results as shown in the video below.
Hi!
Just make sure the source of the cursor is not set to a part of the rope that’s fixed. Cursors work by copying particles from a source position along the rope, and “pasting” them at the cursor location. Seems like your cursor’s source is a fixed or attached particle.
See “source mu” in the manual page:
http://obi.virtualmethodstudio.com/manual/6.3/ropecursor.html
RE: Added particles through cursor ChangeLength seem to freeze in place. - ZhadoTom - 29-12-2021
(29-12-2021, 04:04 PM)josemendez Wrote: Hi!
Just make sure the source of the cursor is not set to a part of the rope that’s fixed. Cursors work by copying particles from a source position along the rope, and “pasting” them at the cursor location. Seems like your cursor’s source is a fixed or attached particle.
See “source mu” in the manual page:
http://obi.virtualmethodstudio.com/manual/6.3/ropecursor.html
Thanks! I had to set the attachments to dynamic and that solved it.
RE: Added particles through cursor ChangeLength seem to freeze in place. - josemendez - 30-12-2021
(29-12-2021, 05:04 PM)ZhadoTom Wrote: Thanks! I had to set the attachments to dynamic and that solved it.
That’s also a solution, but you might still want the attachment to be static (depending on the behavior you’re after). If that’s the case, changing the cursor source is a better approach.
Cheers!