Fountain VDL doesn’t match

[Pyro_7100000]

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I’m trying to create a fountain using:

40mm 15.0m 3.00s Blue Fountain

 

But what it creates is a 6 second silver fountain. I’m guessing at the moment fountains can only be silver or gold? but why doesn’t the time match?

[Neil]

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Hi Pyro_7100000,

 

You’re correct that you can only create fountains that are gold or silver through VDL currently. However, I think the 6s fountain you’re seeing is actually a 3s fountain even though the timeline indicator shows the overall effect being closer to 6 seconds in duration. The reason is because the timeline indicator is also showing the fade out/wind down part of the effect, when sparks are still visible and falling but are no longer being emitted by the fountain.

 

If you look closely, you’ll notice that the sparks stop at 3 seconds. The rest of the timeline indicator is just there so you know that the effect isn’t truly “finished” yet, despite no more particles being emitted.

 

[Pyro_7100000]

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Hi Neil,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I get what’s causing it, more specifically it’s finale’s understanding of fountain vs gerb.
But my point is, at least with all the pro suppliers we’ve ever used, the time it’s described as is the time the effect finishes.

Using 3s Jet instead of a 3s fountain is much more accurate, with the downside that it doesn’t burn down to the ground.
I’m guessing that’s why it appears most of the sims built in catalogues use gerbs for their fountains as well.

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