Split Amount Test

The Split Amount test lets you send a specific number of particles to the next event, keeping all remaining particles in the current event. You can split the particle stream by a specific number or percentage, or by every Nth particle. With a specific number of particles, the splitting takes place once per event, but you can animate the percentage and “every Nth” values to vary the amount of split-off particles over time.

• Particle View > Click Split Amount in an event or add Split Amount to the particle system and then select it.

Interface

The user interface appears in the parameters panel, on the right side of the Particle View dialog.

Test True For group

Lets you choose how to split the particle stream.

• Fraction Of Particles (The default.) Split the particle stream on a percentage basis, specified with the Ratio value. With Ratio greater than 0.0, whether a particular particle is split off depends on a randomization factor; change this with the Uniqueness Seed value.

  Ratio Specify the percentage of particles that will test True. Animatable. Default=50.0 percent.

  Available only with the Fraction Of Particles option.

• Every Nth Particle Splits off a regular sample of particles.

  N Specify how often to split off a particle. Animatable. Default=3.

  For example, enter 8 to split off every eighth particle.

  Available only with the Every Nth Particle option.

• First N Particles

  Splits off the number of particles specified as the N value (below), starting with the first particle to enter the event, and retains the rest.

• Particles After N First

  Splits off all particles starting with the first one after N particles, as specified with the N parameter (below). All particles starting with the first to enter the event up to N are retained in the event.

  N Specify the number of particles to split off, with First N Particles, or to retain in the event, with Particles After N First.

  Available only with the First N Particles or the Particles After N First option.

Per Emission Source

When on, Particle Flow applies the N value for the options First N Particles and Particles After N First separately for each emission source.

Use this option with multiple Particle Flow sources converging into a single Split Amount test.

Uniqueness group

The Uniqueness setting enables randomization of particle retention with the Fraction Of Particles option.

Seed

Specifies a randomization value.

New

Calculates a new seed using a randomization formula.