[Wish] PRTFume: Velocity multiplier

Im finding that the velocities coming out of fumeFX need to be multiplied by 10+ to see noticeable motion blur. I find myself always adding a KCM just to multiply the value. Would be good to have a spinner in the Misc rollout.

You could also save out that KCM as a stack then just reuse it. I have a couple of those, it saves you quite a few clicks :slight_smile:

Our current strategy is to reduce the number of controls in the PRT Loader and move as much as possible to the stack.
There are thousand things that could be done to channel data using KCMs, and we cannot afford to put them in the base object’s UI.
So if you can do something with a KCM or modifier, you will probably have to keep on doing it that way. Otherwise, the PRT Loader’s UI will become an even bigger mess than it is now.
(Note that in earlier versions of the PRT Loader, there were options to copy certain channels to other channels, set Density to 1.0 and so on. All these have been removed in 1.5.0 because they are doable with KCMs)

That sounds fair enough Bobo. Is there any script access to the magma flow? Its just that we would prefer to be able to automate the adding and setting up of these channel modifiers.
Also when pressing “Explore Presets Folder…” max hangs. I think its trying to find where to explorer but just sits there locked up. We do have a modified install of Krakatoa here. Where is it trying to look?

I was working on a script interface to automate the creation of flows, should be somewhere around this forum. It will become part of the package eventually.

The Explore Presets Folder button is supposed to open the location in your local settings where all MagmaFlows are saved by default.
It just calls shellLaunch() with the path and if the path does not exist, Windows should have complained, but I have never seen this command hang. Might be something about your system…

On my machine, the path is “C:\Documents and Settings\bobo.petrov\Local Settings\Application Data\Thinkbox\Krakatoa\MagmaFlows”.
On your machine “Thinkbox” would be “Prime Focus” and the user name would be different…

Thanks Bobo… got the script stuff… its here:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=4320

That should get me going :slight_smile:

Missed that Holy Grail of maxscript post, thanks for pointing it out :wink: