The Day 24 challenge is the Crowd Motion Path node. This is the last node of character week! SideFX Labs week starts tomorrow!



Here is a scene file [media.sidefx.com] with some examples from the video.

I just understood how to use it!

Crowd Motion Path

Tried few hours with this node but still can't work it out.. here is my WIP..
Thanks for SideFX content library for the Erik Rig.

Day 24 - Crowd Motion Path

Day24_Crowd_Motion_Path_SOP

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Day 24 - Crowd Motion Path

Day24 - Crowd MotionPath SOP

Asset:
https://booth.pm/ja/items/4360118 [booth.pm]

AM 24 Crowd Motion Path

Much fun, got some wonky normals when I tried to use upward going curve as a motion path, but found a way to hack it somehow.

Day24 :: Crowd Motion Path
i have an issue with rendering idk why.

Power of RGB

Day 24

Day 24 - Crowd Motion Path

This was such an interesting day and node

While I'm starting to be familiar with KineFX, I never had the opportunity to learn these agents and crowd stuff. Always too scary! So this was the opportunity, no more excuses.

I must thank and recommend this Youtube serie from Juanjo Martínez which made my day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhQdrXqHeNc&list=PLyzn6-dYuCbFby6Ynlk5ziOM-YsTRw68K&index=1 [www.youtube.com]

So I ended up configuring the correct ground collisions (feet that stick to the ground and not slide) and some offsets (the dancing is not fully sync), some motion randomization and avoidance for my little dancing band. Also took some time to discover how to import agents into Solaris for Karma shading (thanks to SideFX documentation). Preview animation attached.

Anyways, basics learned thanks to Mardini; I'm not scared by crowds anymore (I still do IRL) and now curious to progress into character animations. What a week!

Day 24 - Crowd Motion Path

Day 24 : Crowd Motion Path -- DUNE !

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Day 24 Crowd Motion Path

This was fun! (but I hadn't enough time,even fewer than in the last days)
Anyway: 'To infinity and beyond!'