BerconMetaball 1.0

[tryharder]

when i open the milk scene Max asks me for BerconPflow...

any chance to see a version for Max 2010 ?

[dbuchhofer]

when i open the milk scene Max asks me for BerconPflow...

any chance to see a version for Max 2010 ?

From his other thread

I forgot I used some custom pflow operators there, however it should work just fine if you replace the BerconSpawn_01 with normal Spawn operator, and change it to Spawn By Distance mode.

Jerry, you're the man! looks like this will be fun to toy around with.

[t1t4]

Thanks so much for this! It is so much nicer than max's built in meta blob stuff.

I have one feature request through. Would it be possible for the radius to be set by the particle size? I like to set random particle sizes when making meta blob objects and the built in max meta blob stuff seems to use the particle size for radius of each particle/blob. It makes for some fun non uniform shapes like cartoon clouds and stuff like that. It would also be nice for when particles are growing and shrinking.

[dellis]

I was thinking the same thing!

[tryharder]

From his [url=http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45694&page=2=]other thread[/url

... thanks for the links, helped a lot!

[MasterBercon]

Oh well, I guess I'll update it to support variable size and multiple motion blur steps.

While I'm on it I could also add few kernel functions. What functions did you have dimo? Also if somebody knows any I'd be happy to implement them.

[Jiri.Matys]

Is there a BerconMaps for max 2010 ?
I hope You wrote it MasterBercon

[MasterBercon]

Yeah there is a version for 2010. There is also new update on the works with minor improvements (super sampled wood for example) but its on hold until I finish the metaballs.

Static version is already working just fine with variable blob size. The moving version should also be working but crashes, I haven't had time to check why it kicks the bucket, most likely something trivial. Variable sizes wasn't as easy as I thought it would be since I also want to support motion blur with animated sizes.

I also simultaneously included motion blur sample count which was more trivial thing to do.

Perhaps coding it all in one go without testing wasn't such a good idea.

[jacksc02]

variable blob size looks fantastic!

[percydaman]

The metaball has the option of choosing specific pflow events, but appears to ignore it. Am I missing something or is it not possible?

[simmsimaging]

looks great! Looking forward to giving it a go. Thanks again for sharing this with everyone.

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[percydaman]

The metaball has the option of choosing specific pflow events, but appears to ignore it. Am I missing something or is it not possible?

Found my problem. Here's a test I made: Sorry Vimeo screwed up the aspect ratio

http://www.vimeo.com/4949015

[jacksc02]

MasterBercon, how are you getting on with the variable blob sizes?

[MasterBercon]

I've been too busy to do anything with it. Perhaps I'll get something done during next weekend.

[joconnell]

Having displacement would be seriously nice - what are the chances?