3DS Max and the Meteor Crash tutorial

[ken7795]

Please forgive me if this is not the appropriate place to post a question that I have, or rather, a problem in my attempts to follow Andrew's tutorial. Nonetheless, I am getting more and more frustrated and I am hoping that you can provide some guidance.

While attempting to follow Andrew's direction and to create a particle system consisting of 1 particle starting and ending at Frame 0, I cannot see the particle in my perspective view (which is the view containing the crash site image). It appears in the front and left viewports, so I know it is there. One of the other board members (sig) posted that he was experiencing the same problem. He was able to work around the issue by producing 3 particles, rather than the 1 that Andrew instructed. This is great and all. However, I would like to know why I am unable to follow Andrew's work in the same fashion that HE is doing it in Max.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Ken Sirkin

[johnnyAE]

are you using 3ds Max 2009 or 3ds Max 9?

[ken7795]

3DS Max 2009

[johnnyAE]

i had the same problem with 2009 i went back to 9 and it worked...

[rangiz]

Hello!
I have another problem ,I use Blender to make this tutorial all best ,i have stones etc ,than i go to the phase two of the tutorial and i stock in place ,when we create a partikular fire starter and apply position from the null object ,i haven't Z position its only XY ,so please help me to find Z position ,cheers .
P.s sry for my english

[ken7795]

Unfortunately, I don't have 9 - only 2009. Please help Andrew!

[johnnyAE]

Hello!
I have another problem ,I use Blender to make this tutorial all best ,i have stones etc ,than i go to the phase two of the tutorial and i stock in place ,when we create a partikular fire starter and apply position from the null object ,i haven't Z position its only XY ,so please help me to find Z position ,cheers .
P.s sry for my english

I believe you need to turn the null to a 3d in after effects

[JorritSchulte]

try installing 3ds max sp1

[rangiz]

Hello!
I have another problem ,I use Blender to make this tutorial all best ,i have stones etc ,than i go to the phase two of the tutorial and i stock in place ,when we create a partikular fire starter and apply position from the null object ,i haven't Z position its only XY ,so please help me to find Z position ,cheers .
P.s sry for my english

I believe you need to turn the null to a 3d in after effects

Many thank's

[ken7795]

I was so hopeful and felt so stupid when Jorrit made his suggestion. Nevertheless, the same thing happens in the perspective viewport where the background image is shown. I can only see the particles when I increase the count to a minimum of 3. If I set the particle amount to 1 or 2, it doesn't appear.

Is it possibly my settings? I'm getting really frustrated with this and I am ready to pack the whole damn thing in!

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[mad max]

why worry about it? it's there doing its job just continue the tutorial. use the other viewports to line-it-up

but i think the problem is in the display settings for particle system change it to dots or something change the color like AK said
if you really need to see it...
I did this having your same problem


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