is there a way to make particles stop at a certan point? like have them all fall down then stop on a plane?
Probably your best hope of achieving a fine degree of control over particles is to install the Dynamica script, which is listed in the top thread in Python and Plugins.
thanks modron 
You best hope is to use a Lattice to control the flow of the particles. By squashing a couple of rows of CV together (of the lattice), it will effectivly stop the particle where they reach that.
Martin
thanks, I’ll try that cuz i didn’t get the dynamica script to work… it says that the blender210 module couldn’t be found… is there something that I have to do to fix that?
I found out yesterday you have to have a py 2.1 install to run dynamica.
<edit> btw I just put up a .blend you might want to check out. the thread right next to this one.
how would you find out what version of python is installed on a linux machine? (I’m a 56k’er and I dunno if I’m ready to download it)
I am completely ignorant of Linux, but I know the standard install for Blender 2.3, is Python 2.2.
The easiest way is to open a term and type “python -V” (that’s an upper-case V)
I’ve got version 2.2.3+ so why doesn’t it work?
(I think everyone can tell that I’m a newbie)
Blender uses 2.2, not 2.3.
<edit> i made the same mistake myself when reinstalling python recently.
but I’ve gotten other python plugins to work, like the fiber plugin works great… I’ll play around with it more… thanks for all your help
No problem,…btw, I thought the fibre plugin needed Dynamica to run, lol. I am so confused. Good luck.
I think Dynamica only works with Blender Version 2.23? 
Ken
dynamica does NOT work on 2.3… for sure! you can try it. but I guess you wont have any success.
best way is with a lattice as teeth allready mentioned.
I’m using blender 2.28… should i be using the old version 2.25 or something?
@ Modron: Fibre uses the DYNOISE .dll and not dynamica… stop confusing the newbies :<
@ Ben Force: Any version of Blender will allow you to use a lattice which, as you’ve been told, is the way to go.
Dynamica, if you want to use it, works with Blender 2.23 and Python 2.0.1
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Hi,
Maybe someone knows…
Are there any plans to updat the dynamica script so I would function under later versions of blender (2.30 or 2.28 ) ? The animations show some real power. The particles in blender could use some extra’s/update (meaning a lot of work?) Maybe it would be easier to updat dynamica until the rewrite for particles
oh well, … keep blending
greets
Modron: Fibre uses the DYNOISE .dll and not dynamica… stop confusing the newbies
my bad! 
with the lattice, i should just make it the parent of the emmiter right?