Spline Follower Stuck

How-To
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Hello Notchers,

I used spline node and some nulls for a spline and then used that for the spline follower.

However, when the camera passes each of the null points, it would slow down and stuck for a bit which makes the camera movement really not smooth.

Any idea how to fix it? is there any way to import a curve to Notch?

Thanks

2

Hi!,
In the node “spline” option change spline time mode to “length”.
And yes you can import spline from Cinema 4D. just convert the spline in editable spline before saving.

Regards

Adrien.

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Hello Adrien,

Thanks for reply me.

But, I did change the mode to ‘length’, but it is the same.

I’m not sure, it’s a bug or not.

I might try the c4d way you mentioned.

Thanks again.

4

Hi Adrien,

I think it is because my model is big so I need to scale the null to like 100 in xyz.

5

on import you can scale the import size - I’d suggest doing that instead of scaling the node a lot.

If you have time, send the file into support so we can have a look at it.

Thanks,

Ryan

6

Hey @WalkingSheep did this end up working for you?

I’ve been playing around with it today and I’m dealing with a scale of 200 in length.

The path nodes are like 0 - 150 - 175 - 185 - 200 and it really ramps up towards the end and has slight in and out smoothing to each node while move along it.

Spline Time Mode = Length

and Tested both

Normalize Spline Time on and off

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Thought I would mention that I solved this behavior by using the Tween Null to help smooth thing out.