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- Application Notes - PrimalParticles
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- 1.5
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-
- Bug Fixes
- ---------
- ò Auto Grouping fixed for complex particles
- ò General enhancements for compatibility with tS3.1
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- Features
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- ò Speed improvements in playback/recording
- ò 'Expansion/Contraction' feature added
- ò Group On Record moved to Record Group, stored in .PSU files
- ò 'Lifespan' and 'Lives' moved to Flow Group
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- 1.4.2
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-
- ò Compatibility updates for ts3.1 G2
- ò Added support for following an animated object (path)
- ò Updated help file. Note that the help file is now
- "PrimalParticles.hlp". The older "Primal.hlp"
- can be deleted.
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- 1.4.1B
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-
- ò Compatibility updates for ts3.1 G1
- ò Added support for tracking animated emitters
- ò All Primitive Itch plugins now store run time
- settings in the "Primitive.ini" file in the ts3
- folder. The older "Primal.ini" file can be deleted.
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- 1.4
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-
- Bug Fixes
- ---------
-
- ò SizeJitter now functions properly
- ò Ceiling/Floor planes now located properly
- ò Play button marks particles as up-to-date
- (avoids spurious particle rebuilds)
- ò Window behavior repaired: no longer stay-on-top,
- minimizes with trueSpace
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- Features
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-
- ò Particles Kind enhanced
- Use Lights as particles via 'Kind' = Selected Object
- Use Random for a mix of geometric objects
-
- ò Resizable window
- Auto saves position and size preferences.
-
- ò 'Power Jitter' control added
- Randomly varies Power function for each particle
- (Spray only, not Gravitation.)
-
- ò 'Hide Unborn Particles' check box added
- Makes un-animated particles invisible.
-
- ò 'Lives' control added
- Controls the number of times a particle will travel
- through its Lifespan.
-
- ò 'Emitter' controls added
- Cause particles to be 'emitted' from any polyhedron.
- Particles are randomly distributed across the
- surface of the emitter and their trajectories are
- rotated to match.
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