basic jitter particle patch

johno's icon

I'm trying to get my head around the jit.p.shiva help patch. I understand the basic concept of it. What I want to do is copy one of the example techniques (the one where the particles flow in a straight line) into my own patch and this is where I'm completely stuck. The 'control' patcher seems to do a whole lot within this patch but its very hard to break down whats doing what, especially when I'm a jitter novice. Does anyone know of any PDF's that begin explaining particle systems in Jitter from the ground up or something similar? I basically need a little more help than the help file is giving me.

Cheers, john

Zachary Seldess's icon

Hi johno,

Here's a simplification of the help patch which might get you going. It's set up to emit in a straight line. Maybe this will be a little easier to break down.

best,
Zachary

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

Zachary Seldess's icon

Disregard the last one, look at this one instead.

Zachary

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

johno's icon

Thanks very much, man, you're a legend. That patch is really helpful. I can actually start to deconstruct it without wanting to pop my eye balls out. I was really beginning to lose the plot yesterday.

Thanks Again,

Johno