ice strands getting through

[derMars]

Hi,

I'm new to ice, and I was experimenting with strands. Could it be done, that strands don't go through each other. Here is a rendering, so you probably could better understand my problem:



Is this possible? Like I said I'm new to this, and I couldn't figure out how to fix this. I would be glad for any hint, link, tutorial or so.

thank you
mars

edit: here is my ice-tree so far

[Hirazi Blue]

I don't know if this applies to strands, but the only way I've found so far to check for interparticle collisions was by turning the ICE Particles into "ICE Rigid Bodies"...

[derMars]

Hey,

thanks for your suggestion, I tried this yesterday. Now the Particles, which are the guides for the strands, dont collide; but unfortunately this has no effect on the strands. Obviously this is a difficult task, I thought there is a simple way. If I anyhow figure out how it works I'll post it.

[Hirazi Blue]

Maybe you could create your own collision detection based on the StrandPosition-Attribute, as you can not only read, but apparently also write to the Attribute-Array. This, however, goes (way) beyond my own - very limited - ICE skills...

[derMars]

hehe, okay. sounds like a good idea, but my ICE-knowledge doesn't go that far, either. there is so much to learn for me in ice.

thanks
mars

[dwigfor]

I haven't gone thru the vines growing ice tutorial yet; only browsed it. It appears in the first picture that the vines grow over on top of each other.. Hopefully this will help you - http://www.claudeetclaudine.com/softima ... y_Step.pdf