after effects particle playground time offset

Previously this was switched in script or on the Shuriken object. I've also added (kinda late in production you might think) the possibility to switch material directly in Inspector inside the Playground Particles object. I've been able to get some amazing results lately, where moving through states can be used for countless effects. If a texture is used the particles will be colored along with the uv-mapping for the mesh, if no texture is used the lifetime color will kick in instead. One of the great advantages is that you can now lerp between an image and mesh, and let a mesh be the source for emission inside a state (not to be confused with a mesh world object - a state is static positions calculated with scale and offset). Meshes are now able to be added visually into a state. I've started planning for the updated version where source painting can solve this issue. Still looking good for the deadline with this uploading in late November (couple of days).Ĭlick to expand.Thanks man! Hopefully you'll find use for it regardless current skinned mesh solution. But that's a future update, I have to make sure that this is released really soon. My goal is to make this into an actual playground which is open to do some insane particle action.

I'll probably extend the framework with certain events it can throw on some typical conditions (such as OnCollision, OnRebirth, OnDeath). One thing I'd really want to do is to add a sprite system to let the particles be able to stench on collision (stick a texture onto the collided surface), preferably with a projection on the actual surface (to bend around corners). Lately I've been thinking a lot of the future updates and features.

Made the whole creation of the Playground Manager and Playground Particle System available from a single button click in an EditorWindow, making it easy to get the user started immediately.

Transitions are added now when switching between states, currently available is None, Lerp and Fade.

Manipulators can now be added and edited visually.

Creating and editing states are now implemented visually, along with depth map settings, scaling and offset.

Had some issues to resolve regarding whether the user was in Play Mode or not and how the particle system was updating which was more of an architectural problem. A lot of bug fixing and some restructuring has been on the agenda.

This weekend has been all about getting the Inspector tools to cooperate with the user.

After effects particle playground time offset