Simulating fire effect with max4.. a test

[ghengisjim]

Hey man I was hoping to check out your fire and learn a little about how you did it, but the link didnt work.

thanks

[whyabadi]

I think it works now .. try and tell me..

http://www.uae-arts.host.sk/fire.avi

[Jed]

yep, doesn't work for me neither. Says I'm not allowed to display the page.

[PIXAR]

hey man, i liked it, looks like a cloth moving around or how did you do it?? please share it to save my rendertime!!!

[whyabadi]

you can download the .max file

http://www.uae-arts.host.sk/fire.max

[PIXAR]

thx man, nice work:beer:

[Ronski]

if you copy & paste the link into another browser it seems to work.

Hey nice look to it, little too cloth like perhaps?

Have you tried a couple going at the same time? The bottom of it looks a little too solid/wide, have you tried breaking it up a little, also how does it behave if you move the emitter point around?

Cheers,
Kieron

[whyabadi]

It's not a particle system , it's a geometric object ( GeoSphere to be specific ) ..
The method I used has many disadvantages .
You can check the scene
http://www.uae-arts.host.sk/fire.max

sorry, bad English.

[PIXAR]

why many disadvantages?

[Knut]

Nice one!

It looks like the Phoenix plugin, but without the plug. Good job man!

[Anton Andriesh]

Vrey realistic shape. Do you animate it with morphing?

With a good material and some lightning effects it will look photorealistic. :buttrock:

[whyabadi]

No, I didn't use Morphing. I used various modifiers ( noise, displace , mesh select for soft selection .. )
thnx
I think I should make my signature " http://www.uae-arts.host.sk/fire.max " :drool:

[whyabadi]

sorry I didn't read your reply PIXAR ..
Disadvanatges , when you try to make it move, it will not look good .. try it and see ..

sorry bad Eng.

[Biohazard]

Interesting !

Hmm, to keep following on that logic of poly flammes, just put a flex on it to simulate the "inerit parent's velocity" style. :)

The only thing which disturbs me is that no little flammes are generated at the top (and vanishing quickly). Perhaps adding a part emitter based on your object may fit as well....

[xyth]

Hiya,

Yee, fiyaaa! :) Sorry, I just like this warm thing. I used to play with big bangs and booms and smoketrails.

I've made this kind of geometric smoke. To have those little curly things I suggest to use not only a falloff transparency but add some noise or smoke transparency, animate it, and move it upward. I think that's all.

This fire is really-really nice!

-xyth

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