Creating the simulation

Now that all the objects in the scene are here, we can create the simulation. But before we do that though, there are a couple of things to do first:

1. Select the rope and the flag. Then, press Ctrl/Cmd + J or go to Object | Join; this will join those two objects together as one so that our simulation will work properly.
2. Next, let’s add a Wind force field to the scene. To do this, press Shift + A | Force Field | Wind.
3. Head over to the Physics panel and set Strength to 5000. We need quite a high strength for the cloth to move around. Next, set Flow to 0 and Noise Amount to 5, which will give us more variation in the wind!

Figure 9.17 – Wind wettings

4. Place the wind force field on the left side of the flag.

Now, let’s create the cloth simulation!

5. Select your flag and head over to the Physics panel.
6. Now, select Cloth. We are going to start at the top and work our way down...