The Slow operator allows you to dampen particle forces. It should be used instead of a Drag spacewarp to slow particles down within a flow.
The Slow operator should usually be placed above any other operators that apply forces to particles within an event. Since operators are evaluated in order, this will dampen forces when the next time step is evaluated, without damping forces added to particles in the current time step.
Values greater than zero: a velocity value along a particular axis will only be dampened if it is above zero.
Values less than zero: a velocity value along a particular axis will only be dampened if it is below zero.
All values: all velocities values will be dampened.
Sometimes you might only want to dampen particle velocities in a certain direction. For example, you might want to dampen particle velocities as particles move upwards, but not as they move downwards with gravity (to prevent unwanted bouncing). Use the appropriate “only affect” type to precisely control which values will be dampened.
The relative property multiplier will adjust values based on the ratio between the value of a particle property and the specified threshold value.
Property type: the particle property to which the threshold value will be compared.
Threshold: the target value to which the selected property value of a particle will be compared.
Min multiplier: the minimum value of the resulting multiplier.
Max multiplier: the maximum value of the resulting multiplier.
Exponent: the exponent to which the ratio between the particle property and the selected property will be raised.
Slow by surface proximity: controls whether the affect of the operator will be relative to a particle’s proximity to nearby objects.
Slow if inside volume: controls whether the proximity effect will be applied to particles inside a surface.
Object list: the list of input objects whose proximity will be tested.
The proximity influence extends outwards from the surface of nearby obstacles.
Distance: particles within this distance will be fully affected.
Falloff: the effect on particles beyond the base distance, but within this falloff distance, will diminish according to the inverse-square law.