PFlow Particleage Question

No particle age is generated if i use an "Agetest(Event)" and then 
"Delete(all)". Is there a workaround for this?

Thanks

if you set up an age test for say 30 frames;
AND you have a Delete by Particle Age set to
30 frames in the same event; rest assured particle
age will be generated.

Delete All does exactly that-delete all!



On 6/25/2006 8:52:02 AM, Thomas Kaiser wrote:
>No particle age is generated
>if i use an "Agetest(Event)"
>and then "Delete(all)". Is
>there a workaround for this?
>
>Thanks

The problem is i can´t use a "Delete by Age" Operator in this case.
Example: 
Event 1 - generates a particlecloud, if any particle collides with a animated 
deflector -> next event
Event 2 - sends out the particles to the next event after a specific "Event

age" is reached
Event 3 - deletes all particles

I think thats a very simple flow and there is no particle age generated!?
That sounds very incomplete to me, every particle has a lifespan and its easy 
to calculate the age. Plugins like Pyrocluster or Afterburn won´t work 
without a particle age!!

Looking at your PFlow graph I would think it would work, could you attach the 
PFlow part of your scene?  Age does transfer from wire to wire, unless you 
state "restart particle age" on some operators.

Also, you can test to see if its being sent to the next event by 
de-activating the delete operator and seeing if they change color.

Also if you are caching that could prevent deleting if events were added but 
I'm not seeing any of that in your flow

Also sometimes the wires seem to "break" to make sure you can
disconnect and 
re-connect the wires

Thanks, but i already tried to fix the problem on this ways.
I´ve attached a new pflow testfile with a particle age material, it should 
change the color from blue to white.