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The Trail Controller can be used to affect a series of bones in a hierarchy.
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Trail |
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Trail Bone |
Reference to the active bone in the hierarchy to modify. |
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Chain Length |
Number of bones above the active one in the hierarcy to modify. Chain Length should be at least 2. |
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Chain Bone Axis |
Axis of the Bones to point along trail. |
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Invert Chain Bone Axis |
Whether or not to invert the direction specified in Chain Bone Axis . |
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Trail Relaxation Speed |
How quickly we "relax" the bones to their animated positions. Time 0 will map to top root joint, time 1 will map to the bottom joint. |
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Limit |
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Limit Stretch |
Limit the amount that a bone can stretch from its ref-pose length. |
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Stretch Limit |
If Limit Stretch is true, this indicates how long a bone can stretch beyond its length in the ref-pose. |
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Velocity |
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Fake Velocity |
The "fake" velocity applied to bones. |
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Actor Space Fake Vel |
If "fake" velocity should be applied in Actor or World Space. |
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Base Joint |
Base Joint to calculate velocity from. If none, it will use Component's World Transform. |
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Description |
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Input Pins |
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Component Pose |
The incoming pose. |
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Alpha |
The current strength of the control. |
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Trail Controller nodes are also affected by the LOD Threshold system introduced in 4.11. You can find the setting for this in the Details Panel for the Trail Controller node.
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LOD Threshold |
This is the max Level of Detail (LOD) that this node is permitted to run on. For example: if you have LOD Threshold set to 2, it will run until LOD 2, but disable itself once the component's LOD becomes 3. |