Another superb tutorial packed with wisdom! Thank you thank you. To do all your tutorials is the ultimate way to learn Animation Nodes and get excited about them.
I don't think the tutorial is outdated, or at least it's still possible to follow as Animation Nodes are maintained and not many breaking changes are made. I can also confirm the file on the gumroad works still. However I also need to warn you that this effect can be done better nowadays with Geometry Nodes with or without simulation zone.
This was an awesome tutorial and thank you very much for making it!Is there a way to make it so the strings have a decay time so that when the controller leaves the string it has a decreasing amplitude over a set period of time? Thanks again!
My short answer is "no". Currently it can only give you a sense of decay, as you move the falloff away from the string. Indeed it's not an actual decay. The actual decay can not be done easily. The reason for "no" is that what you want to achieve requires a memories "across the frame". It may require store various information of each frame in the system. For example, which frame does your falloff actually leave the string? How to calculate the decay after that? What if falloff again touches the string during the decay? These may be possible if you know coding, but I have no idea in reality. and I can think it will be very stressful to machine to deal with all these information in realtime. Since I don't think current system allows you bake these stored information.
Hi, Thank you so much for the tutorial, I have a question about the Loop output preset part , when the invoke subprogram shows up there are no "iterations" column show up, may i know why?
I assume around 10:04 you linked to "Iterator" instead of "Parameter". It would be better if you can show your screenshot in the discord server: discord.gg/TzuN6sPxQU Also just a kind reminder that this effect should be possible in geometry nodes now.
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