newbie question about effect direction

[blackwater]

Hello, I bought your product a few days ago and still getting the hang of it. The one thing I still can’t figure out is the direction. For example, right now I am experimenting with a smoke column that starts in the middle of the screen and goes north. I simply want to make that same column go south instead. I adjusted the effect emission angle but at best I can make it go right or left a little bit but nothing more.

[imported_peterigz]

Emission angle will effect any particles that have velocity, so as long as the velocity and velocity overtime graphs have values then you can control exactly in which direction they travel. I’ve attached a simple example effect – use the emission angle graph to control the direction.

[blackwater]

Thanks Peter I think I understand now, once I lowered the weight of the existing effects sure enough the smoke column is traveling south now!

[Sammie]

Hi,

I have the same question.. okay, it works fine with one emitter. But how can I set up two (or more) emitters with different emission angles in one effect? Why the “Effect Emission Angle” is not directly on the individual Emitters instead of the whole effect?

Is there a way to made a effect like in the attachment-picture?
Two emitters on the same position, throwing shapes in different angels and fade out.

[attachment=0:2i516j6b]emitter.png[/attachment:2i516j6b]

[imported_peterigz]

Hi, that is global angle emission for the effect. To change individually for each emitter just use the direction overtime attribute on the emitter. I’ve attached an example.

Hope that helps!

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