We know only the Target of the Bolt emitter can be moved by the keyframe.
If we want the whole bolt to move, not just one end of it moving, then
Red won't do it with the Keyframe..
So the only option left is that we have to create a series of bolt emitters
to simulate the movement we want and set their emitter timings up to turn on
and off quickly to make it look like its moving across.
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Molodiets
Posted 21st Aug 2010 5:09pm
L4Y Member Post 2654 / 2687
what's the point?
it's not even half a tutorial to achieve anything. Not a picture, not a file, not an exemple, not a video. what do you mean by making them move?
if you want the whole bolt to move in a straignt line , just use 2 bolt emiters with moving targets
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goober
Posted 21st Aug 2010 6:11pm
L4Y Member Post 20 / 265
... that will look incredibly jerky and bad, and would take forever to make.
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... that will look incredibly jerky and bad, and would take forever to make.
Yes It will flicker when the emitters turn on and off quickly. But I didn't need to use heaps of bolt emitters
as I didn't need to move it that far. ...
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goober
Posted 21st Aug 2010 10:10pm
L4Y Member Post 23 / 265
Point...? It's still going to look terrible.
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It is a right royal pain that the emitter won't move and trying to simulate it with multiple emitters is going to give you a serious headache, although if you do want to attempt it, you could play around with the emitter setting "spawn delay" so that they appear to turn themselves on and off at the right moment. This might save you from needing a bunch of movers to trigger the emitters to turn on/off.
If I could be bothered, I'd try it myself.... but I can't lol.
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Posted 1st Sep 2010 8:47am
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Posted 1st Sep 2010 11:33am
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