Motion Tools 1.0

[omidkurd]

billion thnx sir Gustavo

[angelous4x]

i been looking at the progression of your tool, and i got to say well done. this is going to be fun.
C4d Mo_graph who?

[angelous4x]

i have a small error while trying to do a simulated ice tree. not sure why i get it. when i select the texts like in your video, i then apply the create instances from islands, then simulate always. and i get theses warning and errors.
not sure what the problem might be.


SelectObj "PolyIsland_Control", , True
DeleteObj "PolyIsland_Control"
SelectObj "polymsh", , True
' WARNING : 3000-EDIT-AddICECompoundNode - Could not set value on [InstanceShapeNode 6].rbdtype
mTools_CreatePolyIslandControl 0
' WARNING : 3000 - **** Cycle breaking point polymsh.polymsh.secondaryshapemarker
' WARNING : 3000 - Cycle through PolyIsland_Control.pointcloud.ICEtree
' WARNING : 3000 - Cycle through PolyIsland_Control.pointcloud.ICETree1
' WARNING : 3000 - PROBLEMATIC EVALUATION CYCLES ARE IN THE SPECIFIED GRAPH
' WARNING : 3000 - **** Cycle breaking point polymsh.polymsh.secondaryshapemarker
' WARNING : 3000 - Cycle through PolyIsland_Control.pointcloud.ICEtree
' WARNING : 3000 - Cycle through PolyIsland_Control.pointcloud.ICETree1
' WARNING : 3000 - PROBLEMATIC EVALUATION CYCLES ARE IN THE SPECIFIED GRAPH
' ERROR : 2000 - Argument 0 (PresetObj) is invalid
' ERROR : 2027-EDIT-AddICENode - Traceback (most recent call last):
' File "<Script Block 2>", line 311, in mTools_CreateSimulationFramework_Execute
' xsi.AddICENode("$XSI_DSPRESETS\\ICENodes\\SimulateBulletRigidBodiesNode.Preset", oICEtree)
' File "<COMObject Application>", line 2, in AddICENode
' COM Error: Invalid preset argument, cannot load $XSI_DSPRESETS\ICENodes\SimulateBulletRigidBodiesNode.Preset - [line 310 in C:\Users\d20\Autodesk\Softimage_2012_SP1\Addons\MotionTools\Application\Plugins\mTools_ICEFlow_Plugin.py]
' ERROR : OLE error 0x80020101
mTools_CreateSimulationFramework 0
' ERROR : Traceback (most recent call last):
' File "<Script Block 2>", line 161, in ICEFlow_CreateSimulation_Callback
' if oTmp == "Simulate Always": xsi.mTools_CreateSimulationFramework(0)
' File "<COMObject Application>", line 2, in mTools_CreateSimulationFramework
' COM Error: Exception occurred. (0x-7ffdfff7) - [line 160 in C:\Users\d20\Autodesk\Softimage_2012_SP1\Addons\MotionTools\Application\Plugins\mTools_ICEFlow_Plugin.py]

[NNois]

This is a good time to put this up the priority list and find a decent workaround for the time being... thanks for bumping on this

Yes, bouuuh MentalRay... PS: LK Lightning do MB do it so i've looked at it but i don't find this stuff in the tree, maybe it's hard coded...

[gustavoeb]

SelectObj "PolyIsland_Control", , True
DeleteObj "PolyIsland_Control"
SelectObj "polymsh", , True

From your log I can see PolyIsland_Control (the pointcloud) was deleted. This should not be done...
You gave to create intace from islands and with PolyIsland_Control selected run "Simulate Always"

The "****Cycke breaking point" thing wont go away, but it seems to be no biggy

hope it works for you now

[gustavoeb]

PS: LK Lightning do MB do it so i've looked at it but i don't find this stuff in the tree

thats how I want to implement it, as invisible to the user as possible
I should check LK Lightning, thanks for the tip

[GiorgioAdolfoKrenkel]

Hello Gustavo, thank you again for this addon.
Have one question, is there a way to change the pivot position of the elements, when using the create instances from islands?

[gustavoeb]

Hi Giorgio! The base shapes (cube, cone, sphere, etc...) cant have theyre pivot change, but you can just enable instancing and use a custom shape (cube, cone, sphere, etc...) with a modified pivot.
As for instances from islands, this cannot be done, yet... but it has already been added in the to-do list

[i.animator]

First off, thank you so much for for creating and sharing this tool. It has been very easy for me to get non-tecnical artists who have barely touched Softimage to make some great looking stuff using 'Motion Tools'.
FYI: I did, however, have to hack in the version 0.4 "Modify and Modulate Particles Orientation" into the "Modify Transform" In order to get the Additive option to work properly.

[gustavoeb]

Hey i.animator, great to hear that do you have any images you can share?
Good thing ice is open for hacks, what exactly was the problem? Is it fixed in v. 1.0?

Cheers

[i.animator]

I'll talk to the studio owner about sharing out the imagery after the project has gone public. But long and short we were able to do Kaleidoscope style imagery with products really easily.

As far as being fixed in 1.0, that is where the problem showed up. I had to take some elements out of the 0.4 compound and splice them into the 1.0 version. I'd be happy to share the altered compound back to you, if you'd like. It is the least that I could do for you for your generosity.

[Nizar]

Thanks a lot Gustavo

[gustavoeb]

Nizar: You are welcome

i.animatior: Thanks for poiting out, other people have reported this, Ive fixed it and re-uploaded the code (a while ago actually)... without changing the version number, which I know, is a bad practice

If anybody still has problems with rotations, please report

cheers

[useruser]

thank you very much gustavo!
as a cinema4d user ( Mograph) this great addon is much appreciated!

[Nizar]

It's me, or if I slice polygon into polygons island cannot assign texture?

How can export the animation? I'm used to rendering on blender or modo.

[angelous4x]

Hey every one.

i can't seem to get "modify by linear steps" local rotation.
works fine with the global rotation. but not local rotation.

any idea why. might i be doing something wrong.