3ds max tutorial - Particle Rain in Pflow Part 1 of 2 -(Particle Setup)

[BledsoeBluvd]

is there a way to have this rain paused like a matrix style bullet time style so its all paused mid fall and splash?

[nicks1008]

@BledsoeBluvd : you will need to use mesher for that.. and convert that into editable poly at any point you want

[massarde9591]

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That was good,  worked perfect, and very easy understand. many tks

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[nicks1008]

@massarde9591 : thanks alot :) 

[HarshadMhatre2010]

Hey Thanks

I help'd it More

[mkaleemk]

its a nice tutorial but rain is not displaying on my viewport and on rendering i can see the particles only which is on like a star shape thats it ...tell me someone what should i do

[nicks1008]

@mkaleemk : watch the part 2 of this tutorial .. so you will get to know how to render them.. ;)

[vaakgezien]

@mkaleemk hai, i had the same problem. i solved it to append a "shape instance" to my events in particle view.

there is a button where you can select geometry for your particles. I made a small raindrop out of a sphere.

[LuvlyVirus]

is there anyway i can just download the file??

[Oreo1000]

How do i change my particles from ticks? Its not showing up like rain. Just ticks. Please help. :/

[nicks1008]

@Oreo1000 : Its easy.. In your particle flow tree you have a Display Node. Click on it and on right hand side you get options for changing display type from ticks to lines and many more..

[PAVMusicProduction]

it all works in viewport but why dont my particles show up in render?, i dont see any textures or any material? anything am doing wrong? please anyone reply today i need this for tomorrow university. thank you

[nicks1008]

@PAVMusicProduction : Follow the second part for 'rendering rain particles' .. you will get it in my video list..

[PAVMusicProduction]

@nicks1008 thank you man !!!! love you!!! :P

[winterpiss]

I love you dude! Thank you so much!

[mankusto]

That was very helpful. Thank you!

[nicks1008]

@mankusto : glad you liked it! :)

[prajvalkamble]

hi,its amazing but iwant to know what particle system do you use for rain genereate,,,,its only pf source,and all dat things in warps,please help me......

[nicks1008]

@prajvalkamble : Its the same particle system like we have in 3ds max,

there is a plane on the top for generating rain i renamed it "Rain Generator" manually for the sake of keeping things organized.

in short .. Nothings fancy.. rain generator is just a renamed plane.

[MaMastoast]

my rain wont show up from the plane, instead it hows up at a random place in teh scene coming down as a straight line :S

[AlexFotinos]

I cant find the generator at 2:10 .I have to everything step by step please help

[nicks1008]

@AlexFotinos : I just Renamed 'Plane' to "Rain Generator" .. for the sake of keeping things organized .. you can have have any kind of surface for emitting particles eg Sphere , box .. etc .. 

[AlexFotinos]

@nicks1008 Thanks a lot

[atifebrahim]

thanks also looking to render it, when i render it nothing happends. how do i add shape operator to it

[nicks1008]

@atifebrahim : Particle flow tree , append a shape operator same as adding Force operator ..

Still there are few tweaks n tricks needed.. ill make a tut of it within month end .

[atifebrahim]

how do you get it to appear as a rain drop, mine appears as crosses ?

[nicks1008]

@atifebrahim : Select the Splash Event's "Display" Operator - and in property editor Chose 'Dots' instead of ticks ..

[dehBix]

Which renderer do you use?

It doesnt come up on the default.

[nicks1008]

@dehBix : this is not an actual render. Its a viewport preview .. (Animation - Make preview) For proper rendering you will need to add Shape operator in it.

[dehBix]

@nicks1008 Where do I find the Shape Operator?

[nicks1008]

@dehBix : in particle flow tree, ON your first event

Right click - append - operator - Shape

and same with second event

Still there are few tweaks n tricks needed.. ill make a tut of it within month end ..