Particle Flocker 2.0

Win64, English

TechToast

Particle Flocker is a particle-based flocking system integrated into Autodesk® Maya®, designed for both visual quality and ease of use.

Version History

General Usage Instructions

Full documentation can be found at http://documentation.particleflocker.com/

Or to get up and running more quickly view our quick-start guide or view our tutorial videos:

https://documentation.particleflocker.com/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide/getting-started/quick-start-guide

https://documentation.particleflocker.com/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide/getting-started/tutorials

Screenshots

Commands

Ribbon/Toolbar Icon	Command	Command Description
	particleFlocker	Open the Particle Flocker UI

Installation/Uninstallation

Full installation and licensing instructions can be found here:

https://documentation.particleflocker.com/?docs=particle-flocker-user-guide/getting-started/installation

Additional Information

Known Issues

Only one particle system is supported per flocker node i.e. one particle node per particleFlocker node.

Contact

Company Name: TechToast

Company URL: http://www.techtoast.co.uk

Support Contact: info@techtoast.co.uk

Author/Company Information

TechToast

Support Information

Get in touch with us via any of the methods described on this page:

https://www.particleflocker.com/contact/

Version History

Version Number	Version Description
2.0.4	Particle Flocker 2.0.4 ====================== Release Notes - 21/12/23 Updates ------- * Compiled against the latest API for Maya 2023 * Removed support for Maya 2017
2.0.2	Particle Flocker 2.0.2 ====================== Release Notes - 28/09/20 Updates ------- * Compiled against the latest API for Maya 2020 * Removed support for Maya 2014 and Maya 2015
2.0	Particle Flocker 2.0 is a huge update to the Particle Flocker system and contains many new features and improvements. Visit the link below for a full list of the new features: What's New in Particle Flocker 2.0
1.4.8p3	Added support for Maya 2016 Extension 2 and Maya 2017
1.4.8	Particle Flocker 1.4.8 ====================== Release Notes - 27/02/16 Bug Fixes -------- Licensing fix for French versions of Windows Licensing fix for German versions of Windows Particle Flocker 1.4.7 ====================== Release Notes - 06/02/16 Updates ------- Added new option to "Path Follow" target type called "Limit Curve Direction". This allows you to limit particles to only move along the actual direction of a curve when using path following targets. If this option is switched off (the default behaviour) the particles will use the previous behaviour and move in any direction along a curve. Particle Flocker 1.4.6 ====================== Release Notes - 01/01/16 Updates ------- Added new utilities to allow baking of particles to either joints, transforms or locators. This can be used to export the data from Maya to another package or game engine. Particle Flocker 1.4.5 ====================== Release Notes - 28/10/15 Bug Fixes --------- Fixed crash bug when activating trial version on some computers Particle Flocker 1.4.4 ====================== Release Notes - 24/10/15 Bug Fixes --------- Fixed an issue which prevented the full version from removing the trial limitation when fully licenced Particle Flocker 1.4.3 ====================== Release Notes - 13/10/15 New Features ------------ Added 14 day trial version of software. The trial has the following limitations: * Each particleFlocker node is limited to 200 particles Release Notes - 21/06/15 Improvements ----------------- Improved the "Wander" steering type behaviour to reduce the amount of jitter when particles are wandering, which greatly improves the realism of the movement and reduces rotation noise. One side effect of this improvement is that particles may now wander away from the flock center a lot more than they previously did. However this can be counteracted by using an additional "Seek" target with a small weighting value (i.e. 0.1 - 0.2) as this will keep the flock moving in approximately the same area. Wander targets now have additional controls to tune the wandering behaviour which include: Wander Strength: A scalar value that controls how much force wandering particles can apply when turning Wander Rate: A scalar value that controls how much variance in a particle's movement there will be while moving Wander Range: A scalar value that controls the range of movement a particle's path can take.
1.4.2	Release Notes - 21/06/15 Improvements ----------------- Improved the "Wander" steering type behaviour to reduce the amount of jitter when particles are wandering, which greatly improves the realism of the movement and reduces rotation noise. One side effect of this improvement is that particles may now wander away from the flock center a lot more than they previously did. However this can be counteracted by using an additional "Seek" target with a small weighting value (i.e. 0.1 - 0.2) as this will keep the flock moving in approximately the same area. Wander targets now have additional controls to tune the wandering behaviour which include: Wander Strength: A scalar value that controls how much force wandering particles can apply when turning Wander Rate: A scalar value that controls how much variance in a particle's movement there will be while moving Wander Range: A scalar value that controls the range of movement a particle's path can take.