Flocking Birds

[percydaman]

just resurrecting this thread. Trying out the scene, and frankly I know nothing about morphers. How do you adjust it so the birds are randomized in the wing flapping? Also I can't get the script to work in max 9 but have manually gotten around that.

[GeorgeP]

i did by hand, percy. Select, say, a quarter of the flock and drag their keyframes 1 to the left. select another quarter, drag their keyframes 2 to the left etc.

there's probably a better way, but, y'know...

by the way - this file is now hosted on six4one:

http://www.six4one.com/

George

[percydaman]

thanks, thats where I got the file from. when opening the file I also found that the back feathers, eyes and beak had somehow been scaled down by a factor of alot. I decided to just kill whatever modifier/controllers were in the scene, and rig it for animation. Did a quick 8 frame flap cycle and set it to repeat in the curve editor, then redid the path follow. Worked pretty good and is in my scene now. Thanks!

[jacksc02]

time to share that file then percy!

[toby™]

The preview is great, but I wasn't able to download it. Do I need to register, because it's stored in a public folder?

[DaForce]

You need to register, then in the thread about it here you need to ask to be added to the legit vray downloaders group
Ask in this thread:
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpB...hlight=six4one

[ene.xis]

time to share that file then percy!

I double that!

[stilgarna]

time to share that file then percy!

I third that !!!

Best regards...

[percydaman]

haha! If you saw how horribly I rigged the bird mesh, I'd be laughed out of the cg profession for all time! Thank god for copious amounts of moblur is all I can say

[GeorgeP]

I've re-uploaded (is that even a word?) the original file:

http://rapidshare.com/files/33126892/flock.zip

I tend to use millimetres, so I suspect someone changed it to Imperial Units, Percy, which is why you had problems with the six4one version?

George

[percydaman]

ahhh.. that might have even been me that changed the units. It didn't conform to my max units and I dont remember if I had it changed or went with what was in the file.

[RE:FORM_STUDIOS]

Does anyone have this file kicking about so I can take a look ?

[instinct]

Check your PMs reForm

Regads,
Thorsten

[mik]

really nice

thanks for sharing

I would love to try this...

someone can share this file please?

[steveblake]

hello, I'm also interested in this if anyone could help...?

Any / all help appreciated
Cheers