Positioning Particles in Animator (FIXED)

[CreativeOcclusion]

[1] When running in the Animate Scene mode and trying to position particles, the Gizmo is giant sized...This can be fixed by reducing the size of the Gizmo in the scene settings...But, the Gizmo has to be resized again when back in the editor...

[2] When in animate scene mode and trying to position particles, The X and the Z movements are backwards on the Gizmo...The Y is correct...This really takes some getting used to...

If at all possible, please add these 2 items to the Need to be Fixed List....Thanks...

[SolarPortal]

Which type of entity is this? Model type with a particle action( skyParticle or PU ), or is this is the older particle entity that doesn't use an entity?

Does it happen all the time or a one off?

[CreativeOcclusion]

I right click...Model...Empty Node...Then Add action...Effect...Effect Sky Particle...Then I add my skyParticle in this action...Is this the wrong way to do it?...There is not much info on particles except for particle universe...It is weird that the direction is reversed on the Gizmo though...

It does happen all the time with this process...

[SolarPortal]

I have tried to replicate but do not get the same results. This is on the dev version so i will try it on the public version soon.

Empty Particles are ok to use, but they cannot be duplicated atm. We tend to use a Model emitter and set an invisible material, not the most ideal, but it works very well

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[SolarPortal]

yes, thats right

[CreativeOcclusion]

Thanks

[CreativeOcclusion]

In a new scene, both methods work properly...But in Tunnels of Tarkus, the X and Z are backwards...Crazy ...I guess it's on my end and not a bug....I will just work with the backward controls...It's a challenge..HaHa

[TattieBoJangle]

I also gave it a test and could not duplicate the error but I did a video to see if we are missing any steps.

[SolarPortal]

Thanks for the input tattie.

I wonder what is causing it. Gizmo scales are stored in the scene and the gizmo itself never flips or reverses direction
Are you using the 3 Way gizmo or the 1 Way gizmo?

[CreativeOcclusion]

Here is a video I made...This is a new scene...I am using a prefab with a particle attached to a empty node model...I have tried the non prefab with empty node and with default model...I get same results with all...I have found no way to change gizmo or see what type of gizmo I am using...I assume it is the 3-way...

In the video the Y works correct, but X and Z are backwards...The gizmo is huge...If I use the defaault scene with the green grass everything works perfect...The only difference would be the lighting...

[SolarPortal]

I see now, you are animating while you have the FPS camera active. I believe when the FPS is added into the scene, the FPCamera takes over and the gizmo is made for the editorcamera to track.

I might be able to replicate this

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[SolarPortal]

seeing what i can do about it

Edit: I believe it happens because the FPCamera is attached to the entity creating a different axis of rotation.
I don't think this is fixable very quickly.

When building particles for large levels with second cameras, we tend to save a scene that we can work on the effects with and add them to the scene later

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[SolarPortal]

I haven't given up on fixing it yet, but it will take a small rewrite of the gizmo class to get to work effectively with all cameras
As you say it is odd and you shouldn't have to deal with it lol

[SolarPortal]

It appears disabling the action actually does work.

Click on the FPS Player > goto properties > First Person Camera > Set "FPC Enabled" to unchecked or false.

Then you can position a particle, be careful though as i have discovered a bug that causes a crash if you select the FPS character while in animate mode... which is weird...

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