Ep7 - Importing Meshes for Debris - Learn with Us: First Playable Grenade Explosion | BFX-U
Start adding to your explosion effect with these tips!
The Process Continues
Here it is, Episode 7 of our BFX-U | Learn with Us course, and today we’ll be looking at upgrading that effect to bring the realism and add the intensity. Beyond-FX’s General Manager and Founder Keith Guerrette, and Director of Marketing & Content Julian Bahmani are back for more, as they get into the nitty-gritty of putting together an effect that brings a quality, polished finish to your game.
Episode 7 is available as of this moment, alongside the rest of the series. Like and subscribe on our YouTube channel and keep an eye on the Beyond-FX blog to stay up to date with the latest developments, future courses, news, and series like Level-Up and Quick Tips. Be sure to return to old episodes of this BFX-U | Learn with Us course to ensure you have a complete understanding of the fundamentals you’ll be using here.
Episode 7 - Adding Polish & Debris
This episode is all about giving your explosion effect a glow-up, and the team will be encouraging you to experiment and trial new techniques to add a bit of life to the explosion. They’ll start with the addition of dirt, rocks, and debris, showing you how to create a different kind of particle component.
As part of that process, you’ll be interacting with 3D meshes, and learning about modelling tools like Maya, Blender, and the use of the FBX file format. You’ll also see how these function alongside those programs you’ve already become so familiar with, like Niagara.
Movement is also a vital component to consider, with the importance of collisions discussed, alongside the use of scaling, fading, lighting, rotating and removing to avoid objects popping.
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Your effects should be starting to really come together, but we know that there will be challenges still to face. Continue to trial new ideas and if something isn’t quite working, then reach out and let us know about it. We might be able to help you and the rest of the community through one simple interaction.
Show us what you’ve been working on so that we can celebrate your successes alongside you by tagging us on Twitter @Beyond_FX. Episode 8 of BFX-U | Learn With Us: First Playable Grenade Explosion is available right now, so you can continue this course immediately.
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