p14 Curve Flow Dynamics

Creating the dynamics for the swarm of p14 leaving the nucleus. I used similar techniques to creating the fish for “Going Live,” randomising the creation scale and rotation, but with the addition of random “tumbling” using a runtime expression. This was done with the help of Gnomon Dynamics.

Here’s the MEL script:

Creation:
float $mol = rand (0.9,1.1);
Flow_particleShape.custom_Scale = <>;
Flow_particleShape.random_Number = rand(-5,5);
Flow_particleShape.custom_Rotation = <>;

Runtime:
Flow_particleShape.custom_Rotation += Flow_particleShape.random_Number;