Is a Just-Add-Values-Turbulize-Compound possible in ICE

[gitarrenvogel]

Hi!

I was wondering, if it's possible to create a turbulize-compound, which just adds values? For example, if I turbulize point positions in their y-value, I want them to get higher every frame to a different amount, but that at no frame they will get lower. I don't think, that it's possible to achieve something like that solely in ICE, or am I wrong?

Cheers, Lukas

[Pooby]

That should be straightforward.
If it is an accumulating effect as you suggest, then you'll should have a simulated tree and rescale the turbulence, so instead of a range of -1 to 1, you make it zero to 1.

[gitarrenvogel]

Thank you Paul! I already thought, that it could work in a simulated tree. Sorry, I forgot to add, that I'd like to achieve it in an unsimulated one.

[Pooby]

It can't work unsimulated,if you want it to accumulate over time and get higher. This by its very nature is a job for simluation.
However, if you just want the turbulence value to get higher over time you can do that by using 'current frame' to drive it. But its quite a different effect and will not accumulate. You could probably fake the general look of an acumulating effect though by also driving the Y by current frame.
Its hard to say though without knowing what the specific effect you're after is.

[gitarrenvogel]

Yeah, I thought so. I always try to avoid simulation if possible but I fear, not for that kind of tasks. It's not for a specific thing right now but I often thought about that and without having work at the moment, there's some time for RnD...
For example when growing something in an unsimulated way, I always use the current frame value to animate the growing effect. Then I like using a turbulize around value compound to make it more natural - now everything grows with a different, but unfortunately, constant amount. To change that, there's the "animated" option but that's where the problem appears - it grows but at some frames also get's smaller, which is not what I'm after most of the time.
So I thought about using a turbulize around value for the current frame and set that data. Then get that array of values and delete them, if the one with an index-1 is bigger. Is there now way to make something like that work?

Thank you very much for your thoughts!