Particle Test Render

#1

Here’s a file based on one of Tarons which was supplied to the beta team, I played around with it and came up with this. I’m not happy with the blobbyness and even fade out at the edges of the smoke but it’s a starting point.

#2

Wes,

I never used particles in messiah, but thought I’d give a try since they said it had been enhanced. Of course, the realtime feedback is great.

I do not see anything in the docs, or in the blocks themselves, about setting size of the particles themselves. Does there have to be a material or such assigned?

Thanks,
Rick

#3

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=330595The thread in the news forum has some screengrabs of the particle interface.

#4

Select the Particles in the Animate item list and there’s a Size and an Age Scale setting on the Random block. Hope this helps :slight_smile:

#5

Thanks, Wes. Guess when I looked thru the blocks, I must have skimmed…and also not expected size to be in the Random block, but in the main parameters.

Best,
Rick

#6

Wes,

thanks for posting the project file, looks quite good.:thumbsup:

I tried myself to create some kind of fire and ended up with a simple, cartoonish kind of fire. Feel free to dissect the attached project file and video (QT Sorensen3).

#7

A test, still impossible for me to get some random 2d orientation on sprites ( face to cam ).

http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=test8pl.jpg

#8

The smoke on the left looks pretty good. Nice and soft edges.

#9

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