Non-uniform particle distance

[josemendez]

Actually after testing the cursor function, I found it actually implements "Non-uniform particle distance" when the particle pool exhausted and the rope is still extending its length. But it may only increase length of one element.

Hi!

This can hardly be considered "non-uniform particle distance" the way you described it in this thread: inter-particle distance doesn't depend on any useful metric like distance to camera, rope curvature, etc and the rope isn't dynamically resampled. The cursor merely extends the length of the last element as a last resort when it can't create new ones because it has completely depleted the particle pool.

Now my question is, what's the benefit of setting large particle pool size? Will I get a physically more tight rope without setting large pool size since particle number is less?

A larger particle pool will allow you to have longer ropes without running into the need to extend the length of the last segment, which almost always gives weird results (as a single element can't bend, it is just a straight line. The ability to bend comes from having multiple, equally long elements). Ideally, ropes must have equal inter-particle distance for proper simulation, so it's in your best interest to have a sufficiently large pool.

kind regards