Maya: Mash - Flight and Flocking

MASH (by Ian Waters) is a wonderful tool for creating complex animations of basically the same objects. In this laid back tutorial which I did on a lazy Sunday afternoon I give you an introduction to MASH Flight, a node which creates flocking and swarming behaviour.
"Flight" has lots of parameters which we don't cover here. However, we create an "Attractor", attach it to a curve in order to make it circle around the center of the scene. I guarantee that the 300 cones find eht attractor highly attractive ;-) Enjoy!

[@azimkhan9997]

Great tutorial

[@sebasavalos2884]

Exchelente video maquina

[@Ajaxsuz]

Thanks

[@salazar665]

how can i make them collide on a wall during the flight.? if i add dynamics it just falls down right.?

[@Uhr24]

this is a good question of the facebook MAYA groups. i don‘t have time for support, but i appreciate your comment.

[@pixeltricks8928]

Thanks for the tutorial. I get a Unitconversion node when I create an attractor object. Do you know why this is please? Also the flocking objects don't seem to flock to the locator.

[@Uhr24]

sorry, i cannot help you with this. the tutorial is from a while ago, and i‘m looking forward only.

[@arnauddelbauve4743]

I cant find out how to edit the attractor speed. someone ?

[@TylerMatthewHarris]

MASH_FlightShape --> Attractor Controls, also under the Main Controls is a Min and Max speed.

[@grahamhiggins1816]

mine just explode out.

[@Uhr24]

i know. the flocking motion is a dynamic system…