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Fallout
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Posted: 7th Feb 2006 22:56
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Does anyone have any good suggestions of sources for animated particle effects (that you might apply to a billboard) or a particle effect generator? Basically to created animated gif/avi or image sequences of smoke/flame/exposion effects. Something that's in a resonable price range would good good, so not ParticleIllusion (which I think is overpriced) or something like 3DS max which is obviously expensive and overkill just for a few particle effects.

Any ideas peeps?

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Peter H
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Posted: 7th Feb 2006 23:05
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ExGen?

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Fallout
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Posted: 7th Feb 2006 23:14
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Thanks mate. I knew there was another one out there I'd seen before that I couldn't find. Looking at it now.

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Fallout
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Posted: 7th Feb 2006 23:27
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Hmmm. Nice little app, but only generates very simple particle effects. Not the complex smoke I'm after.

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David T
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Posted: 7th Feb 2006 23:55
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The 3D GameMaker has loads of cool ones.

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TDP Enterprises
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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 01:52
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need it for your project on wip im guessing?

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Xenocythe
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I guess you could make your own particles as plains that are set to rotate to the camera with a transparent texure of smoke. You could have like 30 of them at once go up and fade away, and maybe even get smaller.

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Fallout
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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 16:41
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Yep, this is for my WiP and future projects. I was toying with making my own particle generator type program and I did make a 2D and 3D fire simulator a while back, but its quite a lot of work for the time I have available, and I need to generate a few effects.

Actually I'm looking at the SE version of ParticleIllusion that I might be able to get for 50% cost as an accademic. That's still $50 for a few smoke animations. A bit steap. If anyone has any other suggestions though ...

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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 16:57
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i would use a shader myself

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Posted: 8th Feb 2006 17:48
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if you can get a decent discount on particle illusion you should really go for it. particle ilusion is stupidly powerfull when you get into the nuts and bolts of it, from waterfalls to exploding galaxy's, you can with particle illusion. using the timeline to control every aspect of emitters and super-emitters and particles. particle illusion is an addiction in itself once you get started. Add into that the compositing features and you have yourself one mean particle system indeed. everything else is pretty much a cut down version of this app and not in the same class, and it'll love your monster 'puter for realtime previews. particle illusion is something you'll love playing with, period.

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"The 3D GameMaker has loads of cool ones."
Unless tgc have changed their stance, you aren't allowed to use t3dgm media, models, textures etc in db/dbp games I was most upset when I first found that out...


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Seems as though there was a script for Texture Maker that made some pretty cool smoke animations if you have it.

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