geometry nodes bird flock using fake shapekeys (pls let us have 'set shapekey' node)

I made a script that converts shape key attributes to point/vector attributes for use in geo nodes But, looking forward to when that’s not needed

Birbs

borbs

god i remember doing something like this for some fish a while ago i really just wish there was a good way to access bones or shape keys

i get iffy around workflows that rely on consistent index topology but hey if it works it works

it feels weird to do and i dont rlly like it tbh. wish we had a node for shapekeys

this is so cool af i want to start learning some time

where do u start if u wanna learn geometry nodes. Any tips? it seems so daunting....what is the 'donut tutorial' of geometry nodes

ugh you're so talented

amazing stuff

About 80% of what I just watched was black magic and I have no idea what a shapekey is or why it’s fake but I’m all for it! Why not, give us a shapekey node!

my PC would go up in flames

This is some black magic level stuff

No experience with geo nodes but with RT birdflocks. Try stopping the anim when their direction points down, ez but makes a big difference.

That’s smooth

Now slow it down pls

i do feel like a 'time offset' and frame playback related nodes would be better in this case, no? like making only one object w one animation then instancing that object with random offsets and speeds or am i missing something?

well what i had to do here was duplicate the mesh and pose the various versions to different keyframe positions then interpolate the positions in geometry nodes. it would be a lot easier if i could set a shapekey and then use the shapekey system

yea i get that, im just saying that if we were to get new nodes, i feel like time offset/frame playback nodes for instanced animated objects would unlock a wider range of workflows compared to shapekey nodes. either way, im all for any new nodes we can get tbh

geometry nodes are not real, dont make things up

im not real either, take your meds

Whaaat? Can you show slower only shapes as key frames? It’s awesome 🔥🔥🔥