Project 5 (4/2/19)

Rube Goldberg Machine

Original story board that I didn’t really stick to because Maya was fighting me.

Moving Objects

  • The ball that starts the animation
  • EACH AND EVERY DOMINO SHOULD COUNT AS ONE BECAUSE THAT’S PROBABLY WHAT SLOWED EVERYTHING DOWN AND GAVE ME SO MUCH TROUBLE
  • The three dominoes that get bigger that were separate from the ones created by the snapshot
  • The second ball that the domino hits that goes down the wedge
  • The plank/cube thing that spun around on the hinge
  • The third ball that gets hit by the plank thing, goes down the little slide and into the red solo cup

Issues I Had

I ran into a lot of issues with Maya running in general. I discovered that the more objects that had gravity the more Maya was going to fight me and make my computer sound like an airplane taking off. So with all the dominoes it was really bogging my system down and was even having issues just playblasting the animation. Eventually I just rendered all the images out and by SOME MIRACLE it actually worked. I also had issues with the speed and gravity since apparently 9.8 isn’t actually a realistic gravity magnitude in Maya. Upping it to about 80 made it pretty reasonable. Doing this might also be what made Maya scream. Who’s to say. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Imported object link: https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/household/kitchenware/plastic-cup-b6bb194e-6a67-464a-a1c3-ac0f119ca068

The Animation (Updated)

I added more of a setting so it’s on a table and better lighting. I couldn’t really get the quality to be any better though.

The Animation (Old)

I’m sorry it’s so long. I couldn’t actually see what was happening for the most part so I kind of just rendered it out blind and hoped for the best lol.

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