Bullet chain belt

Support Particles and Physics Simulations
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People, how can I make this bullet_chain_belt

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animate so that it flows alongside that deformed waterfall like plane, to get results like
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I’m aware this could be done manually and It wouldn’t be really time consuming, but still I’m very curious to see a better way. And yes, I know array modifier with a curve could be used, but it creates intolerable deformities.

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I think you can achieve this with rigid body constraints…

I tried hard but could not solve the problem completely; although the chain is now falling the way you want, I encountered some weird wobbles and the viewport slowed down extremely during simulation…
But maybe my modifications help you in some way:bullet_chain_belt_modified.blend (886 KB)

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Actually, I’ve found the best way to do this would be to manually rotate link by link. It maybe time consuming to an extent but it gets the job done fairly good.

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I know this is a bit old but have you tried this method:

Basically making a curve, making a plane and then scaling it to the same total length of the curve and then adding a curve modifier.Parent the bullet to the plane and then turn on “face” dupliverts and then add loopcuts to the plane to change the distance between bullets.

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Oooohhhh, never tried that. I just might give it chance even though I already finished it with manual hand work. Too bad I didn’t see this post earlier. Talking about getting late.