Agents penetrating terrain

[andrew]

Hi there

i recently created my own agent, and i just realized i had made an mistake.

my original agent is centered right in the middle of the grid, not above it as the normal agents are. And that seems to cause my agents to be placed slightly underneath my terrain.

is there a way to adjust the center of the original agent ?
i would hate to recreate the Original agent again

And by the way, i am no longer able to adjust all the dynamic joints anymore, if i select them all, only one of the dynamic joints gets affected.

i hope you guys will look into it

kind regards
Andrew

[Yeah YANG]

Hi Andrew,

1.
if the agent is underneath the ground at start time, please make the ground logic a little bit higher;

normal: (-inf, 0] and [0, +inf)

change to: (-inf, -10] and [-10, +inf)

2. we'll check the dynamic joint right away,
Would you please upload a screen shot picture or sample files.

Best,
--Yeah

Dec 12, 2012 17:19:27 GMT -5 andrew said:

Hi there

i recently created my own agent, and i just realized i had made an mistake.

my original agent is centered right in the middle of the grid, not above it as the normal agents are. And that seems to cause my agents to be placed slightly underneath my terrain.

is there a way to adjust the center of the original agent ?
i would hate to recreate the Original agent again

And by the way, i am no longer able to adjust all the dynamic joints anymore, if i select them all, only one of the dynamic joints gets affected.

i hope you guys will look into it

kind regards
Andrew

[andrew]

Hi Yeah

thank you for the quick reply

it worked great by adjusting the ground logic, thanks

And i am sharing my agent scene file with you guys too
I'm currently working with maya 2011.

ps. why is the meshdrive 2.0 very very slow in maya 2011 ?
are you going to fix it, or is it just some 2011 limitations in maya ?

kind regards
Andrew

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[Yeah YANG]

Thank you!

1.
I'll check that immediately.

2.
The mesh drive 3.0 will be 3~5 times faster!! with more powerful data transfer method. Will be released after Xmas (And maybe 10 times faster than 2011 mesh drive 2.0)

at that time, no matter 2011 ~ 2013, all will be fast:)

The mesh drive 2.0 will be killed then.

Thank you!

Dec 13, 2012 10:03:38 GMT -5 andrew said:

Hi Yeah

thank you for the quick reply

it worked great by adjusting the ground logic, thanks

And i am sharing my agent scene file with you guys too
I'm currently working with maya 2011.

ps. why is the meshdrive 2.0 very very slow in maya 2011 ?
are you going to fix it, or is it just some 2011 limitations in maya ?

kind regards
Andrew

[Yeah YANG]

hi, Andrew,

I think the dyn joint is correct,
and I attached an image there.

would you please describe the problem more in details.

Or please download the new version and re-test it??
we changed the dyn joint pipeline totally, please refer the:

Video 73:
www.basefount.com/download/video-menu


Thank you.

Dec 13, 2012 10:03:38 GMT -5 andrew said:

Hi Yeah

thank you for the quick reply

it worked great by adjusting the ground logic, thanks

And i am sharing my agent scene file with you guys too
I'm currently working with maya 2011.

ps. why is the meshdrive 2.0 very very slow in maya 2011 ?
are you going to fix it, or is it just some 2011 limitations in maya ?

kind regards
Andrew

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[andrew]

Hi yeah

perhaps i din't explain it well enough

what i was asking about was, if i select all the dynamic limit manipulators, i would normally be able to change the joint type on all of the joints. for example to hinge, but if i select all of them, only the first one gets changed.

So right now, i am forced to manually change the joint type on each one.

i hope you guys understand my problem now

Anyway, the plugin still rocks !

kind regards
Andrew

[Yeah YANG]

Oh Thank you , it's a little bit strange, it's OK at my machine =_=|| I'm not sure what's wrong~~ Sorry about this inconvenience~~

Dec 14, 2012 9:48:39 GMT -5 andrew said:

Hi yeah

perhaps i din't explain it well enough

what i was asking about was, if i select all the dynamic limit manipulators, i would normally be able to change the joint type on all of the joints. for example to hinge, but if i select all of them, only the first one gets changed.

So right now, i am forced to manually change the joint type on each one.

i hope you guys understand my problem now

Anyway, the plugin still rocks !

kind regards
Andrew

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[andrew]

Hi yeah

i did some research myself, apparently i am able to adjust the swing and twist on all of the joint limit manipulators at once.

Another thing i learned, is that it seems to be a maya 2011 bug, that i am having.
it all works in maya 2012.

i hope this new information will make it easier to figure out what is causing this bug.

kind regards
andrew

[Yeah YANG]

Thank you so much for your feedback! I'll check it in 2011 later, hope can solve that

And also thank you for your testing!!
We'll work hard and provide another cool version soon~~

Best,
--Yeah

Dec 15, 2012 9:42:19 GMT -5 andrew said:

Hi yeah

i did some research myself, apparently i am able to adjust the swing and twist on all of the joint limit manipulators at once.

Another thing i learned, is that it seems to be a maya 2011 bug, that i am having.
it all works in maya 2012.

i hope this new information will make it easier to figure out what is causing this bug.

kind regards
andrew