Particles following a spline after a certain amount of time

[stevesideas]

Hi there,

I have an animation where I have a set of arrows moving across the screen from left to right. At a certain point during the animation I need the new particles to follow a spline in a circular motion to simulate a vortex motion. I have tried the vortex spacewarp but i just seems to pull the particles to the centre almost like a spherical gravity.

Any ideas/tips/help really appreciated

[instinct]

Use the Speed by icon op to make them follow the spline (with the spline added as a path constraint target on the icon) for example.

As usual there's a gazillion ways to do what you want. As for the Vortex pulling things inward, this is indended. Radial Pull is what pulls the particles inward.

Along with the Orbital Speed (the faster particles rotate the more they pull outwards), the damping controls and the falloff controls you can tweak the motion.

Regards,
Thorsten

[stevesideas]

I remember that Speed by Icon method now...cheers for reminding me.
Thanks for the tips.