Some days ago I posted a video about boids. Today I upload the video scene. Thanks to Jan C.-Frischmuth for his great work. It’s based on the Boids-AI of Craig Reynolds. Three behaves for the agents (seperation, alignment, coherence) are implemented. Take a look at the following video and download the scene. To use this script, you need Thinking Particles.
[Download] the file.
The makers of ‘Smart Outline’ are back and released their new plugin called ‘Smart Tween’. The plugin ‘Smart Tween’ was prototyped in Py4D and is a node that allows to tween/ease any value based on various curves/ramp types. By using the node it is possible to create dynamic motions fast and easy – no need to draw complex curves within the timeline. The ten curve types…: Quadratic, Cubic, Quartic, Quintic, Sinusoidal, Exponential, Circular Specials – (Elastic, Back, Bounce) … can be combined with the following four ramp types: In, Out, InOut, OutIn.
Smart Tween can also be used as effect when working with particles. Further features are limited, delayed looping, pingpong and a curve preview.
Check out this cool library. It contains several Py4D nodes which are very easy to use and might be helpful.
To get the package, follow the installation guide in the zip file.
Download: [zip]
The following animation was created with ‘Py4D’ and ‘Cactus Dan Tools’ in ‘CINEMA 4D’. Jan-C. Frischmuth, who is famous for several Flash projects, has written an AI fish swarm in Python. The project will be available next time. Just press play and enjoy.
