Hello all of you guy and girls out
there! Today we are going to create Fireworks working with 3D Studio Max 6, Particle
Flow. Now Particle Flow is a new particle system that was introduced to us only
in Max 6, there for this tutorial can be done in Max 6 only! Well let's not waist
our time and jump right into it.
Step
1
< 1st step of course would be to create
a particle flow with following settings.
And
in Particle View you should see something like this. >
Step 2
< Now let's edit Birth Settings to following
(left image).
Step
3
Edit Speed Settings too. >
Step 4
< Here are the Rotation Settings.
Step 5
Last
one to change is Display. >
Step
6
Now add an Age Test right underneath
Display. Set "Test Value" to "75" and "Variation"
to "20" and make sure that "Is Grater Than Test Value" and
"Subframe Sampling" are both checked.
Step 7
OK now let's add Spawn.
< And here are the settings for it.
Step 8
Now add Speed and connect
it with Spawn. Make sure that both Speed and Variation are set to "0".
Set Display's Type to dots, color change to red, and make sure Visible % is set
to 100.
Step 9
Also add Delete event
right after Speed but before Display, change it to "By Particles" and
Life Span set to 15, Variation 10.
>
Step
10
Create
a camera and add Shape Facing event chouse camera in it, make sure that "In
world Space" is set to "10". >
Step
11
Add
Spawn event to your Particle Flow and connect it with Age test. Set the Display
type to Dots, 100% Visibility and change it to white color. >
<Here are the Spawn settings.
Part 2
Step 12
< Add a Speed event
to your particle view. Make sure that you set it to Random 3D, "Speed 230",
Variation "0".
Step 13
Now let's add Shape Facing set it to
Camera this time too. In World Space should be set to 1 this time. >
Step 14
< In Your scene somewhere create a gravity set it to
0.1 or 0.2 (I usually use 0.15). And show particle flow that you have gravity
in your scene by adding Force event. Make sure you lover the influence to 700%
or so...
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Step 15
Don't forget to add a Delete event,
setting it to "By Particle" and both Life Span and Variation set to
"0". >
Step 16
< Another Spawn even should be added
right after delete. Here are the setting that I use there.
Step 17
Now lets add one more
separated Speed event to our flow and link it with Spawn. Set all values exept
Seed to "0".
Step 18
Set Display color to blue
and add Delete event in between Speed and Display. Config. Delete to "By
Particle Age", Life Span "20", Variation "10".
Step 19
< Put "Shape Facing" event, Make sure "In
world Space" is "8" and set it to look at your camera again.
Step 20
Also let's add some "Force"
to it. Select same gravity we had before but make sure you change Influence %
to "100".
>
Ok now we are pretty much done with particles.
How ever if you render it it'll look something like this. Eeww! Ugly! can't live
you like this can I? Let's do some texturing!
