The Group Operator offers you the ability to change or
transfer particles from one group to another. And, since it’s an operator,
you can easily set up a rule when this particle transfer should occur.
This is one of the most powerful features of thinkingParticles since the
effective use of particle groups is a key to successfully manipulating
a particle system's behavior.
ON - (Bool) This input data
stream determines whether the operator is considered 'on' or 'off'. You
can connect other operators to this input channel such as a Bool
Helper to activate/deactivate the whole operator.
Time - (Time) This input data stream is used to define the local
time for the operator when the user wants to override the default system
time.
Particle - (Particle) This input data stream reads in the currently
selected particle group that is to be used as the source for the particle
transfer. This data stream MUST be connected and will be highlighted yellow
if it is not.
Group - (Group) This input data stream is used to override the
dropdown list within the rollout to choose the new group to transfer the
particles to.
No Operator Outputs.
Group - From the drop down list, choose any particle group that
you want the particles transferred to. As soon as the Group input data
stream's ON port receives a “true" value, the particles attached
to the Particle input data stream will be transferred to the selected
particle group.