tips on fire?

#1

hello everyone, i am in the process of making a sci-fi shuttle like craft and the model is pretty much finished. I want to now incorporate fire as a blast from one or more of the thrusters i have. I am using 3ds max 2009 and am able to emulate this using the fire effect (default with max), but i must say looks aweful! The Gizmo also is sooo limited as far as changing the shape of the blast goes. Unfortunately I dont have Fume FX. Is there something better I can do without having fume FX? any tips would be very appreciated. I have attached an image of what I have so far so you get an idea of what I mean. also I notice the fire effect illuminates the craft but not the ground, and doesn’t seem to effect the shadows at all… can this be fixed?

Thanks!

#2

fumeFX is a bit overweight just for this imo.
http://www.arildwiro.com/tutorials/effects/rocketfume/flame.html

also I notice the fire effect illuminates the craft but not the ground, and doesn’t seem to effect the shadows at all… can this be fixed?
Create additional lights, exclude everything that is already affected.

#3

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