mesh instance swarm

DJM · Oct 31, 2022

how can i make a meshinstance of insects swarm like in this gif >

DJM · Oct 31, 2022

Megalomaniak · Oct 31, 2022

Never experimented with that but maybe particles?

DJM · Nov 1, 2022

Megalomaniak i tried particles, didnt work well tbh. the particle system is lacking in godot.

ZZ3R0PTR · Nov 10, 2022

Maybe this ones from the docs could be helpful

With Particles: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/performance/vertex_animation/controlling_thousands_of_fish.html

With MultiMeshInstance: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/performance/vertex_animation/animating_thousands_of_fish.html

DJM · Nov 10, 2022

Z3R0PTR ive seen those, my meshes dont need vertex animation , they are basicly a plane. they should be swarming on a flat 3d surface in a looping way(in one area). sadly my brain isnt into coding shaders.

i used curves in blender to animate them.

Jummit · Nov 11, 2022

I guess a boids setup would work, where the bugs avoid each other and the screen edge.
They could change their direction, but not their speed.

DJM · Nov 11, 2022

Jummit
yes that seems the way to go, using a simple plane as decal and apply a boid shader

found this on shadertoy >https://www.shadertoy.com/view/ldd3DB

seems like exactly what i need without the the interactive behaviour, they should randomly swarm