xpInherit causes a particle to inherit certain parameters from particles from another emitter.

The particles which provide the parameters to be inherited are called the 'provider' particles in this manual.


General tab

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xpInherit General tab.

Enabled

Checking this box enables the xpInherit modifier.

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This first scene shows the particles from the target xpEmitter.

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In this animation, a second xpEmitter has been added, with particles from the inherit emitter.

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Finally, you can see the effect when xpInherit is enabled, with particles from the second emitter inheriting the defined parameters from the first.

Mode

Set at Independent, by default.

You can change this to Action-Controlled.

Independent Mode

In this mode, particles will be affected if they come into the field of effect of the modifier.

Action-Controlled Mode

When in the Action-Controlled setting, the modifier will only act on a particle when told to do so by an action.

Until that point, the particle will not be affected, but once activated for a particular particle, the modifier will influence the particle - that is, it will play back the history.

Target Emitter