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Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

Just getting the topic ready.
Nothing to see here at the moment. Just got a hold of FumeFX v 2.1 for Max 2010. I'll be making some killer explosion animations. Stay Tuned.........

For those of you who arent familiar with what FumeFX is, it's a plugin that creates explosions, fire, smoke, etc.....

Here is a video of fume fx at work. Very Happy

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrJHn9sBAZQ&hd=1[/youtube]

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4StarGeneral · General **Joined**: 14 Sep 2006 **Location**: Limbo

But that plugin is so damn expensive...

Congrats on getting your hands on it, I am jealous #Tongue

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Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

Looks very neat.

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FD · Civilian **Joined**: 10 Nov 2011

You should check out Particle Illusion 3.0
[offtopic]Apollo, maybe you should introduce Particle Illusion to the community? Since it pretty easy to create a good looking animation with it, I think many great SHPs will be created[/offtopic]

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

@FD, Particle Illusion 3.0 wouldnt really benefit me cause I do all my work in Max2010 anyway. Why get something that requires the use of other programs. With FumeFX I have everything all in one place.

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ApolloTD · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003

FD, Mostly all in my msn modder list know of it anyway and really it isn't only tool for same purpose, many more out there that I use too and I'm personally looking forward to see what fumefx can cook-up in Cranium's hands.

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

Well, I finally got to try FumeFX today. Right now I'm learning the interface and all its functions. But I threw together a very simplified explosion. This is basically the default settings. I will have something worth showing off by tomorrow Very Happy

I'm also looking at a tutorial that shows how to add flying debris as well, "Particle debris" Razz

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Mig Eater · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:38 am Post subject:

Just got FumeFX myself, cant wait too see what we come up with #Tongue

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Orac · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:09 am Post subject:

That's... awesome.

Public pack! Public pack! Public pack! #Tongue

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

Orac wrote:

Public pack! Public pack! Public pack!

We'll see. Let me get a little more familiar with the plugin. From what I've seen already FumeFX is the shit. It can produce any, and I mean any kind of explosion. Razz

I'm working on one right now, but its a complicated one and may take a long time to render. It's like 65MB per frame right now. Laughing

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Gangster · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:24 pm Post subject:

i wonder, does it work with MAX 9?

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Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

The Plugin that I have is only for Max 10, 11, and 12. Though I do remember seeing one for Max 7, 8, and 9.

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Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

another explosion. Next one will be a little more advanced as i'm still getting used to the FumeFX controls.

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Bu7loos · Commander **Joined**: 27 Jul 2011

Awsome!!
Release ! Release ! Release ! #Tongue

ApolloTD · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003

The Explosion fades into smoke too fast, should be more smooth natural transition.

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

yeah, transition is a little off, but I'm still learning the program. I started a new one last night, but it was too intense for my comp. After it started rendering 700MB frames I knew it was gonna crash, and it did. Mad

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Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

heres as little amendment to the last one.

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:18 pm Post subject:

Still needs to be fire almost all the way through the anim IMO, I don't know why you want to see only black smoke.

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

how bout something like this?

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Bittah Commander · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:56 pm Post subject:

Looks very mystical Razz

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Krow · Commander **Joined**: 30 Jan 2010 **Location**: Malaysia

Awesome man!

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Mig Eater · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:37 am Post subject:

There is a lot of background transparency, I fear that the aliasing is going to ruin it :/

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ImP_RuLz · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:47 pm Post subject:

thought i might join in the fun Very Happy

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Krow · Commander **Joined**: 30 Jan 2010 **Location**: Malaysia

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Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

That looks awsome Imp. You use FumeFX for that?

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ImP_RuLz · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:53 pm Post subject:

yup, i used FumeFx

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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

Orac wrote:

Public pack! Public pack! Public pack! #Tongue

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

toxic plume? Very Happy

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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

Hey ImP_RuLz, any chance I can get a version of that on a black background perhaps blue. I'm thinking of using it with MadHQ's giant Allied UFO thing.

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

why not just copy the gif and generate a custom palette for it?

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ApolloTD · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003

that ion blast GIF already comes with a palette that only required slight changes to proper shp, i've taken short time to convert it as shp but yeah it can't be used in actual ion cannon style, that would require notable changes to actual animation and overall background would have been better off as solid black 0,0,0 and also have the smoke fade out/shrink at the end.

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Orac · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:06 am Post subject:

ImP_RuLz wrote:

thought i might join in the fun Very Happy

The first thing I thought was
"Wait... Isn't that blast from that Nazi space laser?"

ImP_RuLz · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:19 am Post subject:

Orac wrote:

that Nazi space laser?

wut?

and Darkstorm, your blue blast though you cant see the smoke

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Mig Eater · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:26 am Post subject:

Orac wrote:

Wait... Isn't that blast from that Nazi space laser?

It is now! yay new anim for my Sonnengewehr Very Happy

I'm working on a nuke anim atm, but I'm still learning what all the millions of buttons do >.>

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ImP_RuLz · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:22 pm Post subject:

this thing is really interesting, i have two ion beam and two ion ring animations

oh and can somebody please tell me how i can decrease the time for the disappearing of smoke? currently it takes too long

Edit: sorry for hijacking your thread Cranium #Tongue

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Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

Imp_Rulz wrote:

sorry for hijacking your thread Cranium

Not a problem at all. Razz

But I dont like the ion rings. I like the beams, just not the rings. And I dont thnk those beams will work ingame. The game itself makes the beams pulsate like that by the tag Tiled=yes. But I could be wrong. It would be interesting to see those ingame. Razz

for the smoke, I cant help ya right now, I'm still learning the ropes on this stuff Confused

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Mig Eater · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:42 pm Post subject:

I basically just spent the whole day trying to make the smoke fade away quicker #Tongue

I found the best way was to change the smokes Low Threshold (in the render tab) to a higher number.

PS: Currently waiting for a 100 frame simulation to finish, should be done in an hour... >.>

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ArvinCool · Tiberian Beast **Joined**: 01 Jun 2008

great stuff in this thread.

Imp_Rulz: your beam wont work ingame(using Tiled=yes). Well of course it will work, but it wont look right:
http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/2543/errorsj.png

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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

ImP_RuLz wrote:

Orac wrote:

that Nazi space laser?

wut?

and Darkstorm, your blue blast though you cant see the smoke

I wanted a black background for conversion purposes which I had issues with when it had a grey background.

Also, I was looking for something more Allied blue rather then darkish blue. I'm currently switching the red and blue colors on the palette above but it probably be better without the smoke. (seeing as it is an energy blast versus the previous fire blast)

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

Maybe an IonRing like this?

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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

Looks great for a ground animation but I would still need the descended beam since I was planning to use it for this voxel:

Mig Eater · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:54 pm Post subject:

Hear are my efforts with FumeFX, took a day to make & half a day to simulate & then render >.> I really cant be assed to work on it any more, next time I'll try something smaller...

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:16 pm Post subject:

Would be amazing except it's all smoke again. #Cussing out

Could do a neat recolour though. This available for the public?

Mig Eater · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:51 pm Post subject:

Feel free to do what you like to it, I've already started another (& hopefully better) one from scratch XP

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Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

this is a nice explosion. I forgot to raise the opacity of the fire, other wise it would look even better.

@Mig, I like the Nuke, except for the mushroom cloud. Kinda reminds me of burnt marshmellows. Razz

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Mig Eater · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:38 am Post subject:

I don't think my computer is up to this challenge, it just doesn't have the power to cope with such high memory demands. That nuke took over an hour to simulate the 50 frames needed & on low settings etc. If I try anything higher Max will cash >.>

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Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

Indeed. FumeFX rendering requires a large amount of ram. Do you use the Default setting for Spacing, or do you lower it? The lower the Spacing setting and a higher quality setting, the way more ram it will require.

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ImP_RuLz · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:05 pm Post subject:

okay i found something about this,
higher temperature settings make the smoke rise faster
higher dissipation strength in smoke properties makes the smoke disappear quickly
higher heat production means higher temperature which means the smoke will rise higher
burn rate, obviously, is how quickly the fuel will be burnt per frame/voxel (as the program calls it)
separation level 1 gives the best simulation result but requires more than 100 GB of memory to process the simulation and it always crashes my max Very Happy

for further assistance visit http://www.community.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45:fumefx-properties&catid=34:fume-fx&Itemid=50

oh and Darkstorm, i couldn't find the original scene of the animation so i just made a new one
and i also fixed the ion beam, I hope #Tongue

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