Ground Explosion
Film/TV

This HIP file showcases how to achieve a basic ground explosion simulation using the latest Pyro Burst and Pyro Trails Tools in Houdini 18.5. This file also includes a basic shading and rendering setup, using the new Pyro Bake Volume SOP.

Note: You can decrease voxel size for higher resolution results. Please GO HERE to learn how to set up the ACES workflow used in this example.

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  • pbowmar 4 years, 1 month ago  | 

    Works well, very cool. one warning, the /obj/TOPNET/sim_ground_explosion TOP needs to have "ROP Fetch->All Frames in One Batch" turned on, otherwise, you'll get 63 (or however many CPUs you have) Pyro sims running simultaneously which unless you have a massive amount of RAM will take your machine down :)

    • Ronit1996 4 years, 1 month ago  | 

      I guess if you turn off the RAM caching from the dopnet it won't fill up your RAM and it will work fine, haven't tried it though.

    • Ranadeep Mandal 4 years, 1 month ago  | 

      Hi Peter. Actually all the files have that issue. That was the first thing I changed.

  • ati 4 years, 1 month ago  | 

    Who would not like 63 sexy explosions all at once? :)
    Thanks for noticing it! The files will be updated.

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