hey chaps, been a while since i was on here but i've been keeping myself busy!
i'm having a little problem with my setup... i've got a tree (modelled in speedtree) and i've brought it into houdini. I've done a pre transform fracture to get 'splintery' pieces.
I've set it up so a ball hits it (its a dragon in my scene but its quite heavy geo so dont want to include it!).
now overall it 'works' ...as in the ball fractures the tree on impact.
But its just lacking that splintery 'connected bendy' feel... eg if you load the sim and play it you'll see the lower half just kinda crumbles away... It would be nice for that to bend in the direction of the impact as if the tree itself is bendy - right now it feels like crumbling chunks of brick that all break apart - it would be nice to get some kind of bendyness in any branches that stay together?
another thing is the pieces seem to lack some sort of 'inherit velocity' from the impact.
I've followed a heap of tuts online but i just cant figure anything out - is anyone able to take a look at my scene (attached) and see if anything is possible?
ta!
ant
scene included below - tree alembic also included.... i will shower you in MAOAMS sweetys if you can help me with this scene because i'm really lost
tree_destruction.zip