Master Class: In-Depth Guide to Working with Particle Effects in CRYENGINE - Part 2
68Watch part two of our indispensable particle effects Master Class hosted by Senior VFX Artist Viktor Ikkes.
Viktor takes you on a hands-on tour of the Particle Editor, building a detailed explosion effect from start to finish, including spawning flying debris that starts fires wherever it lands.
Viktor is one of the leading experts in this field, and throughout the presentation, you'll be shown practical techniques and workflows that you can apply to your own projects.
Watch part one of this Master Class to get up to speed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npPlJ0npfVQ
00:00 Building an explosion effect
00:31 Spawn:Rate vs. Spawn:Count
00:58 Spawn:Count - Amount, Delay, Duration, Restart
02:02 Curve modifier to modify particle size over time (age)
02:33 Appearance:Lighting - making explosion glow
02:49 Appearance:Material - setting the glow material
03:36 Appearance:Opacity - additive blend mode
04:08 Appearance:Opacity - Soft Intersect - blending particle with meshes
05:37 Render:Sprites - Camera Offset - moving glow towards camera on spawn
07:01 Adding fire to the explosion
09:26 Timing of components firing within particles
10:37 Angles:Rotate2D
11:29 Velocity features and timing
12:21 Adding an animated fireball texture
12:54 Naming animated textures strategically
13:06 Working with animated sprite sheets
14:04 Adding randomization to Life:Time
14:20 Understanding random Life Time values
15:35 Animation settings for tiled (animated) textures
16:57 Making lighting emissive
17:07 Adding smoke to the explosion
18:36 Sort order when rendering particles
19:35 Sort Bias
20:42 Location:Sphere - moving the smoke outward
22:30 Adding a second layer of thin smoke in front of the fireball
23:12 Techniques for larger explosion with slow-dissipating smoke
24:18 Adding sparks to the explosion
25:33 Adding light to the explosion
26:26 Controlling light over time
26:45 Controlling the radius of light feature
27:37 Affecting volumetric fog with light
28:11 Animating light intensity over time
29:07 Field:Size with a light component
30:04 Adding audio to a particle effect
30:40 Spawning ribbons to add streaks
36:29 Spawn Fraction
40:19 Particles and wind
40:49 Modifying or disabling wind's effect on particles
41:06 Adding turbulence to motion
41:23 Motion:Physics - Local Effectors - Turbulence (Simplex)
43:05 Adding noise to smoke movement
45:30 Motion:Collisions - making particles aware of proxies
47:24 Motion:Collisions options
50:01 Making flying debris start fires when colliding with objects
51:38 Detecting collisions with Motion:CryPhysics
53:12 Particles and synchronization
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