# Falling particles that settle into a pile

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/falling-particles-that-settle-into-a-pile/311371>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 5, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/falling-particles-that-settle-into-a-pile/311371 "2010-07-05T00:17:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![CaptainCarrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CaptainCarrot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CaptainCarrot)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/falling-particles-that-settle-into-a-pile/311371/1 "2010-07-05T00:17:57Z")

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I’m animating a torn sack that will deflate as the beans inside of it spill out and pile on the ground. The sack I’m animating frame-by-frame, so the problem is the beans-- I can’t imagine animating them one by one, but I know nothing about actionscript and the few tutorials I’ve found online don’t address what I need to do; worse, they seem hopelessly complex.

If anyone has any suggestions, I’d be much obliged.