Darkwing Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 For Red Squad one of the things I have to do is "trash" some of the bridges. By that I mean I gotta do battle damage. So one of those things that comes with Star Trek bridge battle damage, are things like hanging electrical cables, hoses and stuff like that. Now my first instinct obviously would be to just model it, however, that'll be kind of stiff and in scenes where things explode, these cables and hoses and stuff will probably need to swing and things like that. So I kind of got to thinking about some of Robert's rope tests and stuff like that. What do you guys think is the best approach for this sort of thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted May 15, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted May 15, 2012 Cloth rope can work, but you need to experiment quite a bit with it. The problem of using cloth as rope is to make it stiff enough that it doesn't collapse like a cloth fire hose when it rests on something and yet still be flexible enough to bend like rope. For I never found that happy medium. I had to simulate with cloth rope, then make a second rope model that was not cloth but had a bone for every spline ring and constrain every bone in the second rope to its corresponding spline ring in the original simulated cloth rope. However, in less-complicated situations pure cloth may function well. Here is a simple example case to get you started. [Mod edit: the several .mov files in this thread should all be playable in a common app like VLC Media Player that plays .mp4 files.] CordDrop.mov SimpleCordTest04_simmed.prj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted May 15, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted May 15, 2012 Here's another casual cord drop: CordDropB.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkwing Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Would this type of method work in conjunction with forces? Cause when an explosion goes or something, I'd want there to be that concussive force that would cause the cable to swing in the right direction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted May 15, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted May 15, 2012 Yet another cord drop: CordDropC.mov This is fun. I could do this all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted May 15, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted May 15, 2012 Would this type of method work in conjunction with forces? Let us know when you find out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted May 15, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted May 15, 2012 Cord blown by Force: CordDropD.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Baker Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Rob you are the Bomb that's all there is to it...COOL stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted May 15, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted May 15, 2012 Here's the PRJ for the cord with Force... SimpleCordTest06_force_simmed.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnl3d Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Nicely done Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtaz Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 amazing results Robert... I definitely need to try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkwing Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 I think blowing these sets up are gonna be a fair bit of fun! Looks great Robert, very helpful as always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Looks great, Robert! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elm Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelplucker Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 way cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Thanks for the prj Rob- definitely worth a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted May 17, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted May 17, 2012 Just for fun, here's the last one with Photon Bazooka© action:: CordE.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elm Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 :lol: GREAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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