MASH Dynamics No 13: Shell Dynamics

[@JamesMauger]

Brilliant new series of videos as usual, Ian. Killer job with all the new features, dynamics with MASH really makes it feel "complete" now. Thanks for all the hard work!

[@ianwaters6035]

Thanks! :)

[@AmitKumar-te6vw]

This was fun.

[@alexandrasidorova8017]

Can you bake Shell Dynamcs in any way?

[@DimejiAjibola]

Great work, Ian. Can you do a tutorial on how to use mash for destruction in maya? I see the possibility with this new dynamic node.

[@ianwaters6035]

I'd love to see this too, but I think destruction falls outside of our motion graphics remit and more into the VFX side of things....

[@Zer7raX]

Hey thanks a lot for the tut! I have a trouble here, i'm trying to export the first text animation to a game engine without success I'm using the Shell Dynamics, but that dosnt creates an instancer, i tried a couple workarounds but didnt work. Any idea if its possible? thanks!

[@ianwaters6035]

So to do this you'll need to get the type. 1. Separate it. 2. Centre pivots on each letter. 3. Bake pivots on each letter. 4. Add them to a MASH network. 5. Use Initial State on the Distribute node. 6. Add an ID node. 7. Add dynamics. Shell dynamics are deformer based, and I don't think that's what you're after here :)

[@Zer7raX]

Sir you're my hero! It worked perfectly, thank you so much. I tried to use the Shell dynamic to keep all shells in 1 object and reduce draw calls on mobile, probably not possible but this will do the job!

[@jameswilkinson150]

Hey Ian, is it possible to use dynamics with Maya 2016 at all?

[@ianwaters6035]

Hey James, it's a brand new feature in Maya 2018. In 2016 you can use MASH with nParticles for spherical collisions, but that's all I'm afraid.

[@jameswilkinson150]

Ian Waters thank you Sir! :) That's kind of bad news, you need a mortgage for Maya these days! ;)

[@jameswilkinson150]

Ian Waters thank you Ian, appreciate your response. :) MASH is amazing! That's kind of bad news though, you need a mortgage for Maya these days! ;)

[@ianwaters6035]

I'm biased of course, but the pay monthly rate isn't bad (that's how we pay for it at Mainframe).

[@jameswilkinson150]

Ian Waters ;)