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The Conditions, Style, Region, and Settings tabs are common to all Particle nodes, so their descriptions can be found in “The Common Controls” section at the end of this chapter.
pMerge [pMg]
The pMerge node
pMerge Node Introduction
This node has no controls whatsoever. It serves to combine particles from two streams. Any nodes downstream of the pMerge node will treat the two streams as one.
The combined particles will preserve any sets assigned to them when they were created, making it possible for nodes downstream of the pMerge to isolate specific particles when necessary.
Inputs
The pMerge node has two identical inputs, one orange and one green. These two inputs accept only other particle nodes.
— Particle 1 and 2 Input: The two inputs accept two streams of particles and merge them.
Basic Node Setup
The pMerge node connects two pEmitter nodes. The output of the pMerge can go on to feed other particle nodes or to a pRender.
A pMerge node combining two pEmitter nodes.