Particle Dog Fight Sequence

[little-buddha]

dear friends,

I have been entitled for a project, which requires me to make a dog fight sequence. It has to be completely procedural starting from 4 fighter planes for each sides. I am kind of stuck with couple of road blocks.

following are the points which are giving me a hard time.. please help me on these points.

1. can i have a particle be a source to 2 different particles which are not emitted from the same point(the parent particle) but from 2 distinct points.
   2.Particles(instanced objects) follow each other when they come in a certain range. range should be controlled with ease just by changing i number. acceleration and velocity should be controlled with ease.
   3.if a goal particle is shot down. the other particle should on its own acquire a new target and start following it.
2. any plane can deploy flare which would tackle the incoming missile.

I know i am asking too much, but i know with your help this project wont be a up hill task for me,rather a good learning experience.

please help me...

thanks and regards to all

[rfx74]

why do you want to use particles? In my opinion it would be much easier to do using real objects and a mel script to drive them.

[joojaa]

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1. can i have a particle be a source to 2 different particles which are not emitted from the same point(the parent particle) but from 2 distinct points.

yes

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2.Particles(instanced objects) follow each other when they come in a certain range. range should be controlled with ease just by changing i number. acceleration and velocity should be controlled with ease.

look for the brainbugs plug.

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3.if a goal particle is shot down. the other particle should on its own acquire a new target and start following it.

well this would be a side effect of 2
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4. any plane can deploy flare which would tackle the incoming missile.

Just emit one.

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In my opinion it would be much easier to do using real objects and a mel script to drive them.

Not really itd be hader to manage and slower to work with.