Thread: Gravity v/s FPS
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# 5 09-04-2011 , 07:49 PM
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Still playing around with Maya's Gravity. I did some tests.

Gravity: 9.8
Expected distance an object should fall in 5 seconds=~122meters.

1:1 scale (cm): Sphere falls 124cm or 1.24 meters.
1:1 scale (inch): Sphere falls 47.5in or 1.21 meters.
1:1 scale (meter): Sphere falls 1.21 meters.

According to my findings, it looks like the gravity scale is off by a factor of 100. So to have a realistic animation, all my objects would need to be 100:1 scale which to me sounds pretty crazy.

Can anyone confirm this or is Maya just not working correctly for me?


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