UV mapping a Particle System ?

[martin walker]

Anyone know how I face map a particle system with textures and alpha map ?

I cant seem to get any UV info onto the particles

 

cheers

[Koper]

are you using pf source, then create a seperate plane with the material applied to it and in the 'particle view' window select the plane with the material as a shape instance

[martin walker]

thanks Adrian,

 

I was using super-spray...is that not the way to go ?

[Koper]

oh, i think you can just apply the material to it then, but make sure the particle type is facing. I am not that comfortable with super spray, pf source give you much more control!

 

in your case i would create the pf source, a torus and a plane with the material, then use the torus as the position object(lock on emitter, volume), and use the shape instance with the plane object.

 

check out pf source in the help files! one of the best things about pf source is that you can cache the whole particle system so that it runs smoothe and take less resources!

 

hope this helps

[martin walker]

excellent...thanks