Sprites NOT aiming towards the camera

[ljilekor]

Hi everybody.

I need to spawn sprites and align them on the surface of a geometry.
Each sprite has it's own image sequence assigned spriteNumPP = (spriteNumPP + 1) %FrameCount.

Can maya particle sprites be oriented so that they DO NOT aim towards the camera?

Thanks

[chartt]

Not really. Nope. You can do it with instanced planar objects. You'd have to create instance plane objects that are your "sprites" and orient them on your surface.

[bjohnston]

One could also have all the planes  "look at" a locator or two, as the xlate and locator weighting are animated.