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Removed expressions and cleaned up items that weren't working
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r3dcube committed Nov 15, 2016
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for keyFrame in sortedKeyFrameList:
pointList.append(allParticleDictionary[curveParticleId][keyFrame])

grpFolder = mc.group(em=True, n="groupOfThingsFolder" + str(inc))
grpFolder = mc.group(em=True, n="smBubbleGroup" + str(inc))

curveName = "partiCurve" + str(curveParticleId)
curveObj = mc.curve(name = curveName, p = pointList)
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#For every locator we create, make a bubble and attach that to the locator in worldspace and parent in underneath

makeBubble = mc.polyCube(name=("bubble" + str(inc)), w=.1, h=.1, d=.1, sx=5, sy=5, sz=5)
makeBubble = mc.polyCube(name=("bubble" + str(inc)), w=.1, h=.1, d=.1, sx=8, sy=8, sz=8)
mc.sculpt(makeBubble, maxDisplacement=.1)
mc.delete(makeBubble, ch=True)
getPos = mc.xform(locObj, ws=True, q=True, translation=True)
mc.xform(makeBubble[0], t=(getPos[0], getPos[1], getPos[2]))
mc.parent(makeBubble[0], locObj)
randBubbleSize = random.uniform(.2, .8)#This is what will give our bubbles the random size
randBubbleSize = random.uniform(.2, .5)#This is what will give our bubbles the random size
mc.scale(randBubbleSize, randBubbleSize, randBubbleSize, makeBubble[0])

#Create nCloth for each bubble and set the collide strength to turn on when the bubble moves, never before.
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mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".inputMeshAttract", .7)
mc.setKeyframe(bubbleNClothName, attribute='inputMeshAttract', t=[sortedKeyFrameList[0], sortedKeyFrameList[-1]+10])
mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".inputMeshAttract", .4)
mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".inputMeshAttract", .3)
mc.setKeyframe(bubbleNClothName, attribute='inputMeshAttract', t=[sortedKeyFrameList[0]+10, sortedKeyFrameList[-1]])

mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".stretchResistance", 20)
mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".compressionResistance", 80)
mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".selfCollisionFlag", 4)
mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".trappedCheck", 1)
mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".pressure", 1)
mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".pressure", 3)

mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".pointMass", .2)
mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".pointMass", .4)
mc.setAttr(bubbleNClothName + ".isDynamic", 0)


exprShpName = mc.pickWalk(bubbleNClothName, d="down")
#set the visibiliy of the LOCATORS on when it's moving and off when it has stopped
setOn = mc.setKeyframe( locObj[0], attribute='visibility', t=[sortedKeyFrameList[0], sortedKeyFrameList[-1]])
mc.setAttr(locObj[0] + ".visibility", 0)
setOff = mc.setKeyframe( locObj[0], attribute='visibility', t=[sortedKeyFrameList[0]-1, sortedKeyFrameList[-1]+1])

######################################################################
#########EXPRESSION TIME################ All examples below are not currently working but different techniques I tried to solve the problem so far
#This needs to occur because the computer can't handle this many nCloth items being alive at the same time.
#theExpression = mc.expression(name = "bubbleExp", string = "if(frame <= " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[0]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" + '" ' + str(0) + ";" + '\n' + "if(frame > " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[0]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" +'" ' + str(1) + ";" + '\n' + "if(frame > " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[-1]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" + '" ' + str(0) + ";")
#theExpression = mc.expression(name = "bubbleExp", string = "if(frame <= " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[0]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" + '" ' + str(0) + ";" + '\n' + "else if(frame > " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[0]) + " && " + "frame < " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[-1]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" +'" ' + str(1) + ";" + '\n' + "else" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" + '" ' + str(0) + ";")
#theExpression = mc.expression(name = "bubbleExp", string = "if(frame <= " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[0]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" + '" ' + str(0) + ";" + '\n' + "if(frame > " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[0]) + "&&" + "frame < " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[-1]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" +'" ' + str(1) + ";")
#theExpression = mc.expression(name = "bubbleExp", string = "if(frame <= " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[0]-5) + " || " "frame > " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[-1]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" + '" ' + str(0) + ";" + '\n' + "else if(frame >= " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[0]-4) + " && " + "frame <= " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[-1]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" +'" ' + str(1) + ";")
#theExpression = mc.expression(name = "bubbleExp", string = "if(frame >= " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[0]-4) + " && " + "frame <= " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[-1]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" + '" ' + str(1) + ";" + '\n' + "else if(frame <= " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[0]-5) + " || " "frame > " + str(sortedKeyFrameList[-1]) + ")" + '\n' + " setAttr " + '"' + exprShpName[0] + ".isDynamic" +'" ' + str(0) + ";")

######################### BUBBLE POP TIME #############################################
#pop the bubble - we know there are 152 vers in the bubble. Pick a random number in that and go up and down from that number by 35 to get random selections
getRandNum = random.randint(34,116) #this is 35 above 0 and 35 below 151 so that we don't reach higher
getRandNum = random.randint(34,300) #this is 35 above 0 and 35 below 151 so that we don't reach higher
randVertValHi = getRandNum + 35
randVertValLo = getRandNum - 35

print getRandNum
mc.select(makeBubble[0] + ".vtx[" + str(randVertValLo) + ":" + str(randVertValHi) + "]")
makeTearable = mel.eval('createNConstraint tearableSurface false;')

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else:
print("The item selected doesn't appear to be an nCloth object --> " + shapeSel + " <--")


#check to see if the nCloth is enabled and if so turn it off so the next round of bubbles isn't slow
getnClothEnabledItmes = mc.ls(type='nCloth')#this is a dumb way to grab things
if len(getnClothEnabledItmes) > 0:
for item in getnClothEnabledItmes:
print item
mc.setAttr(item + ".isDynamic", 1)
mc.currentTime(1)







'''
mc.select("nClothBub*")
'''


'''
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has all the cuts in the edges allowing for a static value
in the vert count, otherwise this wouldn't work.
'''
import maya.mel as mel
mc.select('bubble*')
bubbleToExportSet = mc.sets(n="bubblesToExport")
mc.select('bubble*')#If there are other objects in the scene that start with bubble you may be selecting it, be careful
getTheBubble = mc.ls(sl=True, tr=True)
bubbleToExportSet = mc.sets(getTheBubble ,n="bubblesToExport")
for bubble in getTheBubble:
mc.select(bubble)
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print bubble
mc.select("locatorName*")
#To delete the expressions if they're turned back on again
mc.select("bubbleExp*")
mc.delete()
'''




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