Display particles as pixel sized dots

[joshclos]

A small wishlist item to view particles (in my case, foam) as pixels in viewport.

Thanks!

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hey,

Can you elaborate more on this? In maya Phoenix has a particle preview size controls that can zoom the particles to large squares, but in max they are only pixel sized, unless you've overriden this from the vieeport settings somehow...

[joshclos]

Sure, here are some screenshots. The first thumbnail shows phoenix particle display, the second shows krakaota's PRT loader displaying "large dots" and the third image shows krakatoa displaying "small dots" which is actually a screen space pixel sized particle in viewport. Displaying as pixels has been helpful for me in simulations to get a more detailed view when there are groupings of particles close together. I don't think I've done anything to override the size in 3dsmax but phoenix particle display seems larger than a pixel.

Not urgent or necessary; just a wishlist thought

Thanks as always!

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Hmmm, indeed the Phoenix particles are not pixel sized and with older Maxes they were... Gotta check how we can control that.