Engine effects (... ship_exhaust_idle ..)

[Kliwarrior]

Effects (emitting particles) seems directed to the front (positive z axis ) instead of rear.
There is something to do with the associated locator?
I try a rotation, without effect. (after all a locator is a point.. you cannot "rotate" a point...)

I don't want to change the original files (those into particle/ships) just to be able to use correctly..

thanks in advance for any hint

 

[K-vald]

Hi, yes you need to rotate the locator from where you want the particles to spawn. To do this you need to create a locator in Maya, place it at your engine and rotate it so its +z axis is directed backwards. That should do it.

 

[ross-g]

(after all a locator is a point.. you cannot "rotate" a point...)

Actually that's exactly what you can do, a locator isn't a "point" in the sense that it isn't merely a position. It's a transformation, so has position, rotation and scale as it's attributes.

 

[Kliwarrior]

Thanks K-vald , it works like a charme !!!

Actually yes, I see that a locator can be rotated (and I wonder why..). I never thought it has a "self referencing 3-axis".
Thanks also for let me discovering this!!!

 

[K-vald]

No problem!