rocket exhaust

[themaxxer]

hi all

does anybody know a good tutorial for a rocket exhaust? important for me is the particle setup, the rest does afterburn...

best regards
themaxxer

[jujubee]

If you're using Afterburn, there should be a good example in the Afterburn Help files.

[Syclone1]

I think there was a tutorial like that for particleflow that had exhaust coming from missles.

-dave

[Da_elf]

or maybe your refering to the rocket exhaust of a large space shuttle on take off.

[themaxxer]

exately da_elf...! this is what I need.

thanks for your help

[Morbid Angel]

I think aura does it better then any afterburn...imho

[Da_elf]

ok. since i seem to be good at clarifying things (sory i dont actually know how to help maxxer) but what he needs to know is how to do a particle system setup for the exhaust of a rocket on the takeoff pad when it goes outwards in rolling smoke across the ground etc. he knows already that he shall be usinf AB for the smoke shading and just needs to know about the particle setup. I would point to alan mcay who hangs out in #3dsmax on efnet of mirc and also wrote and recorded the tuts on particle systems on www.3dluvr.com he is known as machette on #3dsmax

[percydaman]

seriously though, theres a decent particle flow tutorial involving some goofy yellow planes shooting teapots at each other found with max 6. Im just not sure if Afterburn will render particle flow particles.

[Da_elf]

that might not simulate rocket exhause on take off. basically i think he is trying to recreate a shot like the two space ships taking off in armagedon. i think thats the one that used AB or deep impact. one of them did

[themaxxer]

I will show you what I'm looking for... da_elf is right.
I need this for a job I'm working on. Where I work I only have the scanline renderer, so the setup for lighting will be difficult.



best regards
themaxxer

[Pixelperfectg]

At it's simplest, you could use a blizzard particle system with a "mesh" deflector for the launch pad and of course a wind space warp or two and a negative gravity space warp never hurt anyone....

Here's a quick and dirty test scene of the blizard system (max7 file):
http://www.jeffpatton.net/cg-post/blizard-blast-off.zip

Then of course if this simple type system wont work out for you...There's PFlow that you can really get fancy with.

[DaForce]

Man, i did something like this ages ago, back when I did a 2 year 3d course.

Was also in scanline, basically using particles from the bottom fo the rocket, with a particle age map so that near the rocket it was orangy/yellowy/white kinda look then it went to gray for the exhaust, using particle ages we then put a gradiant map in for the white so that we were able to get a effects ID channel setup to add glow to the final render.
Was kind of convincing....back in the days of 3dsmax3 i think.
Hmm let me see if i can find the render... LOL

well i cant find the anim, but here is a render of it.
its "ok" hehehe