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#Ipas – routines

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#70771From: ammanat hussainDec 10, 1993 12:20 PM
I will like buy the Ipas – routines you have.But first i'll like to hear what the costs and which one there are. My advice to a new ipas – routines is a routines that can make FIRE
#71023From: Yost GroupDec 12, 1993 1:13 PM
We're working on a particle system fire routine now. (Along with particle system smoke.) We're shooting for an early-spring release.
#71051From: Don LandisDec 12, 1993 5:10 PM
>>(Along with particle system smoke.) Great! Make it so it will do clouds too. But I really could use exhaust smoke.
#71057From: Yost GroupDec 12, 1993 6:30 PM
The smoke particle system actually works quite well for clouds (as long as you don't want big puffy cumulous ones). It's very flexible.
#71114From: Don LandisDec 13, 1993 1:40 AM
Good! It will be interesting to see how it differs from the other smoke IPAS when set to display cumulous type clouds. Here's one for you: I often set the heads and tails for 10 second still of the first and last frame. However, when rendering to fields they usually have jitter. Therefore I always have to go back and re-render to frames for the first and last, just for aesthetics for the video editor when laying to tape. Would it be possible to query " hold frame render for first and last frame? Yes or No" when selecting field rendering? Maybe I should add this to the wish list for r4?
#71358From: Yost GroupDec 14, 1993 10:45 AM
Sounds like an R4 wishlist item to me. – G
#71559From: Don LandisDec 15, 1993 9:39 AM
Yes. I have it on my wishlist.txt file I'm building for 3-31-94.
#71598From: Yost GroupDec 15, 1993 10:33 AM
Don, I'm only accepting wishlists on 4/1. <g> – G
#71663From: Don LandisDec 15, 1993 3:39 PM
Noted!
#71757From: GREG PHILLIPSDec 15, 1993 10:22 PM
Can i get Pipe smoke???????
#71979From: Yost GroupDec 16, 1993 9:18 PM
Yup. No problem. We'll be shipping with a bunch of example 3ds files, and pipe, cigarette, exhaust, and match smoke are all going to be included. Works GREAT. – G
#72031From: ALAN IGLESIASDec 17, 1993 12:51 AM
Can't WAIT for this smoke stuff, Gary! …And all the rest of the great things IPAS3 will make possible. Makes ya all goose-pimply just thinking about it<g>….. -Alan
#72145From: Don LandisDec 17, 1993 12:24 PM
You're amazing! I remember my "Smoke in a bottle" thread last spring. I see you didn't forget the wish. Looking forward to it. Thanks!
#72302From: Yost GroupDec 18, 1993 1:17 AM
It's been a very difficult algorithm to master. We're now working on interactive ways of previewing some of the more arcane parameters inside the IPAS dialog using R3 features. Things like "Whorl Drift", and "Turbulence Frequency" really ought to be graphically represented. Of course, trying to do this stuff during the holiday season is almost as difficult as dealing with whorl drift factors. – G