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Off This Normal—
When on, lets you set an
approach v ector to specify the angle at which the
final approach occurs. Default=off.
X/Y /Z—Use these settings to specify the final
approach vector in world coordinates. For
example, the vector specified by the default
settings of X=0, Y=0, Z=1 means that the delegates
w ill approach the target along the vertical world
axis.
Seed—Affectstherandomnumbersusedto
calculate the Deviation settings.
For similar randomization among different Surface
Arr ive behaviors, use the same Seed value.
Co lor Swat ch—Shows the color used to draw the
target icon. Default=dark blue.
Display Ta rget—Enables display of the target icon,
which appears during the solution when a new
interim goal is calculated for the delegate. Interim
goals are created when using the A pproach group
settings. Default=on.
Target Scale—Specifies the overall size of the target
icon. Default=5.0.
Surface Follow Behavior
Create panel > Helpers > Object Type rollout > Crowd >
Setup rollout > New button > Surface Follow Be havior
Select a Crowd object. > Mod ify panel > Setup rollout >
New button > Surface Follow Behavior
The Surface Follow b ehavior moves delegates
with respect to object surfaces, which can be
stilloranimated. Forexample,youcanapply
an animated Noise modifier to a patch grid to
simulate a choppy water surface, and objects
guidedbySurfaceFollowwillstayontop.
Note: By default, a delegate influenced by Surface
Follow picks a direction to move in at any given
frame based on its current facing and the plane of
thefaceit’scurrentlyover.Thusobjectsmoving
up a hill, while seeking a point at the bottom of
the other side of the hill, tend to turn lef t or right
to skirt the hill, rather than following the upward
slope. You can override this with the Projection
Vector option.
Interfa ce
None (la bel)—Specifies a single "target" object to
use as a surface. Click this button, and then click
the target object in the view port. The target name
then appears on the button.
If you’ve selected multiple targets using Multiple
Selection (see next item), the word Multiple
appears on the button. To see which objects are
designated as targets, click the Multiple Selection
button. The Select dialog appears with designated
targets hig hli ghted.
Multiple Selection—Opens the Select dialog to let
you designate multiple targets.