ParticleSOP without life or death of particles

General TouchDesigner Discussion
1

Is it possible to use the ParticleSOP so that it does not emit particles?

I would like to create a static particle system like I can create with the ConvertSOP, but use the forces, attractors etc available in the ParticleSOP.

I saw a few posts that mention with no normals and “modify source geometry” selected in the ParticleSOP, we can remove the initial motion, but not how I can avoid the life and birth of particles.

Any ideas?

2

You might consider the Spring SOP. It’s not cheap, but does have some similar behaviors to the Particle SOP.

spring-tox.tox (2.8 KB)

3

Wow fantastic!

Is there some way to accelerate particles towards a surface/meta ball, like the surface attraction on the ParticleSOP? The Magnet SOP seems to displaces particles.

Thanks for the help!