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Offline blk69

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How to get a spinner to spin????
« on: November 13, 2016, 04:18:06 PM »
What effect(s) do you use to get a spinner to spin?  Also start in the center with one color and radiate out other colors.

Know these are probably easy ones, just having a little finding them.

Thanks

Offline Phrog30

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Re: How to get a spinner to spin????
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2016, 04:33:21 PM »
What effect(s) do you use to get a spinner to spin?  Also start in the center with one color and radiate out other colors.

Know these are probably easy ones, just having a little finding them.

Thanks
It depends, what model are you using. I use a custom model. I can send you an example if that's what you are using. If using the spinner model, I can't help you but others might.

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Re: How to get a spinner to spin????
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2016, 06:09:37 PM »
Try playing with the buffer settings.

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Re: How to get a spinner to spin????
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2016, 06:33:21 PM »
In the models: Set # of strings to the number of arms, and set arms/string to 1.

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Re: How to get a spinner to spin????
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2016, 03:54:00 PM »
In the models: Set # of strings to the number of arms, and set arms/string to 1.

That was the fix.  Thank you.

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Re: How to get a spinner to spin????
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2016, 06:38:38 PM »
So which effect actually makes it spin?  Can you tell me which one you used?

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Rob

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Re: How to get a spinner to spin????
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2016, 09:46:51 PM »
I second the question of how to do anything interesting with the built-in spinner model.

I've tried all the effects, but most of them just look random. Even the single strand effect lights up 2 arms of the spinner at a time and then flips to the other side instead of chasing.

From reading I see that I can use a matrix, but that defeats the purpose of this newly added model.


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Re: How to get a spinner to spin????
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2016, 10:23:02 AM »
I believe there is a bug in the spinner default model but this won't change until after Christmas. Use a shadow matrix model to make it spin.

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Re: How to get a spinner to spin????
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2016, 09:16:05 PM »
I use custom models for my spinners. My spinners have a center node, so I couldn't use the spinner model if I wanted. I can post some examples if interested, but keep in mind they will be for custom models.

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