How to distribute particles evenly in a ring?

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October 11, 2011 at 1:49 pm #3256

bibbinator
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Hi,
I’m trying to emit particles in a ring but they aren’t spaced evenly. They are closer together on one side of the effect.

Attached is an example.

[attachment=0:3ibqgm6i]Screen shot 2011-10-11 at 9.44.44 PM.png[/attachment:3ibqgm6i]

You can see the lower right is tighter than the upper left.

Thanks!

October 13, 2011 at 1:18 pm #4076

imported_peterigz
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Can you upload the effect so I see what settings you are using?

October 13, 2011 at 3:09 pm #4051

bibbinator
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Better yet, use yours 🙂

1. Open StarBursts.eff and then choose the second effect “Star BurstPerfect Ring”

2. Click on the Effect tab

3. Change the Grid Emission to 16

You can now see exactly the same spacing problem as my sample image. The lower right is closer together than the upper left. You can slow down the velocity to make it easier to see…

October 13, 2011 at 7:28 pm #4052

imported_peterigz
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ahh i see 🙂 I think it’s because the size of the ellipse is too small. Try increasing the ellipse width and height to at least 10 (on the global attributes list) and it should be fine.

October 13, 2011 at 10:56 pm #4053

bibbinator
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Excellent, this seems to work!

I would have never thought to change this.

CHeers

October 13, 2011 at 11:12 pm #4055

bibbinator
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Also, since the effect is called “Perfect Ring” maybe you should adjust the values in the master file so in the future it’s, um, perfect 🙂
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