Reverse Mouse Tracking

[leticiassouza]

Hey, I am trying to make a reverse mouse tracking, I want to repel a SOP translate parameter so that when the mouse moves closer to the object, the further the object goes, kinda as it is repelling when it gets near. I am new to touchdesigner, and I don’t really know where to find something like this. I have been looking at mouse tracking and particle system tutorials but I can’t seem to figure out this repel way when the mouse is near the SOP. Thank you so much!

[FaustoB]

Hi Leticia, welcome to the forum!
I would look into the object chop… And perhaps starting in a 2d space just to get the general vibe.
Matthew Ragan @raganmd wrote an amazing post / tutorial here in the forum some time ago, search for “object chop techniques”.

[raganmd]

Object CHOP Techniques

The Object CHOP has long been one of the most challenging CHOPs for me to really wrap my head around. Following along with some conversations on the Facebook Help Group, it’s clear that I’m not the only one who has bumped their head against how to take advantage of this operator. With that in mind, here are a few tricks and techniques that you might find helpful when working with the object CHOP. Distance Between Many Objects Part 1 At first glance, it seems like the object CHOP can only perf…

Here’s that post!

[leticiassouza]

Thank you so much I will check that out!

[leticiassouza]

Thank you! I will look more into the Object Chop!

[yidaann]

Hi there! I was just wondering if you managed to execute this? And how did you go about doing it?