Value node info and requests

[Maximus geekus]

Hi,

 

I am trying to animate a fairly complicated tree growth and i have some questions about the value node.
I understand the use for float and integer values but what do Universe and time values do ? I can't find anything in the help or online.
 

I would like to animate my tree with a single parameter (age) going from 0 to 100%. It would be nice to have some clamp and curve fonctions so that a single value node can be used to give different numbers to other nodes. For exemple, the trunk would only grom from 0% to 80% of the original value node (thanks to a remap done with a curve) and the main braches would go from 10% to 100% all while only animating the first value node.

I know some of this is already possible with the Affect node but i would like something that doen't need a parameter input to work properly.

 

I have used growfx on a few projects now but i am far from being a pro so maybe all this is already possible.

Thanks for your time

[Eduard]

Hi Maximus geekus,

 

19 hours ago, Maximus geekus said:

I understand the use for float and integer values but what do Universe and time values do ?

 

Universe is when the value is presented in the current units:

 

Time is units of time, some parameters have this format:

 

 

 

20 hours ago, Maximus geekus said:

I would like to animate my tree with a single parameter (age) going from 0 to 100%. It would be nice to have some clamp and curve fonctions so that a single value node can be used to give different numbers to other nodes. For exemple, the trunk would only grom from 0% to 80% of the original value node (thanks to a remap done with a curve) and the main braches would go from 10% to 100% all while only animating the first value node.

I know some of this is already possible with the Affect node but i would like something that doen't need a parameter input to work properly.

 

I have used growfx on a few projects now but i am far from being a pro so maybe all this is already possible.

 

Ok, we'll figure out how to implement it.

 

Thanks!

[Maximus geekus]

Thank you!

[Haluk]

@Eduard any news on the Age variable? I also ran into the same issue in the original comment. Having an Age variable per Line is crucial for a tree growth animation. Right now I can animate the lenght and radius of a path but it affects the whole tree, and does not consider the birth time of each line. 

 

This causes all of the branches/leaves to grow at once.