Help with Reactor PLEASE

TomorowsMemory · 17-06-2004, 08:58 AM

Hi I have been looking through the forums and searching the internet, I have found many tutorials on water and how to animate it but I want to create water in Reactor. I have already done most of it and everything but the water works. I created a hollow box with the Reactor water in it, as in I went to the space warps modifier and chose water under the reactor drop down menu, the water almost fills the box but there is a little room so it wont overflow. I set the box and the floor as a rigid body selection and left the water as is, I also created a ball and set that as a rigid body selection and gave it a mass of 16, when i preveiw the animation in max the ball falls and stops on the water surface and wont sink in the water and the water does not move or deform at all.... what is wrong? some one please help and if anyone has any links to Reactor tutorials it would be great. Thank you.

the_solidshadow · 17-06-2004, 10:53 AM

have you checked the density of the water? maybe its too high...

MariusvZyl · 18-06-2004, 06:33 AM

Under the utility properties, Is your container collision set to concave mesh?

TomorowsMemory · 18-06-2004, 09:37 AM

Ok well I got the water to work now, now I have another question, when I make water it only comes out in a rectangle of course and I can add depth but is there a way I can make water fill an object? or change the shape of the water when it is created? I would prefer giving a seperate mesh the attributes of water but whatever works.... Thanks, and I would love to do something with realistic water like water pouring into a glass... Thanks

MariusvZyl · 18-06-2004, 11:58 PM

Sorry, Reactor doesn't do that. Check out Realflow.

http://www.nextlimit.com/

TomorowsMemory · 19-06-2004, 08:21 PM

Yeah i actually just saw that a little after, i was looking for water plugins. I am trying to decide between that one and this other one called glu 3D, i dunno if youve heard of it but here is a link Glu 3D check that out, they both have demos so i guess ill try both, thanks for your help and if anyone knows of any free plugins for liquid simulation that would be awsome. thanks

17-06-2004, 08:58 AM	#1
TomorowsMemory Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: California Posts: 149 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Help with Reactor PLEASE Hi I have been looking through the forums and searching the internet, I have found many tutorials on water and how to animate it but I want to create water in Reactor. I have already done most of it and everything but the water works. I created a hollow box with the Reactor water in it, as in I went to the space warps modifier and chose water under the reactor drop down menu, the water almost fills the box but there is a little room so it wont overflow. I set the box and the floor as a rigid body selection and left the water as is, I also created a ball and set that as a rigid body selection and gave it a mass of 16, when i preveiw the animation in max the ball falls and stops on the water surface and wont sink in the water and the water does not move or deform at all.... what is wrong? some one please help and if anyone has any links to Reactor tutorials it would be great. Thank you.

17-06-2004, 10:53 AM	#2
the_solidshadow Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: London, UK Posts: 809 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	have you checked the density of the water? maybe its too high... __________________ I have a very short attention spa- Hey, whats that? THE ULTIMATE PWN4GE VIDEO!! http://card.mygamercard.net/sig/agon+t3h+l3et.jpg

18-06-2004, 06:33 AM	#3
MariusvZyl Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: D'Afrique Du Sud Posts: 310 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Under the utility properties, Is your container collision set to concave mesh? __________________ Eagles may SOAR, but weasels dont get sucked into JET ENGINES

18-06-2004, 11:58 PM	#5
MariusvZyl Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: D'Afrique Du Sud Posts: 310 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sorry, Reactor doesn't do that. Check out Realflow. http://www.nextlimit.com/ __________________ Eagles may SOAR, but weasels dont get sucked into JET ENGINES

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18-06-2004, 09:37 AM	#4
TomorowsMemory Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: California Posts: 149 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ok well I got the water to work now, now I have another question, when I make water it only comes out in a rectangle of course and I can add depth but is there a way I can make water fill an object? or change the shape of the water when it is created? I would prefer giving a seperate mesh the attributes of water but whatever works.... Thanks, and I would love to do something with realistic water like water pouring into a glass... Thanks

19-06-2004, 08:21 PM	#6
TomorowsMemory Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: California Posts: 149 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah i actually just saw that a little after, i was looking for water plugins. I am trying to decide between that one and this other one called glu 3D, i dunno if youve heard of it but here is a link Glu 3D check that out, they both have demos so i guess ill try both, thanks for your help and if anyone knows of any free plugins for liquid simulation that would be awsome. thanks

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