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Re: How to draw this contrail?

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:06 pm
by Germanunkol
Not quite sure, but these trail meshes by Spyro might also be of use...

Re: How to draw this contrail?

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:24 pm
by Ref
Depending on effect desired, you could use the old mouse tail approach.

Re: How to draw this contrail?

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:25 pm
by appleide
In the game, the angle of the contrail follows that of the spaceship. You could almost use a static image to model it, except it is constantly in flux, in a constant state of motion. Just like Uradamus' demo.
Uradamus wrote:Here is my take on that particle effect. I am using two particle systems, one in the background for the smoke like effect, then another on top for the flames. Feel free to do whatever you want with the script or the images.
It's not exact but its quite close! Thanks! I'll keep tweaking it.

Re: How to draw this contrail?

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 1:51 pm
by Uradamus
Np, glad it's been of some use.

Re: How to draw this contrail?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 10:20 pm
by Helvecta
Don't mind me, just need the practice :)

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Re: How to draw this contrail?

Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 4:31 pm
by Tanner
Wow, that looks great. Drawing the side thrust effect twice looks much better than I would have imagined.

Re: How to draw this contrail?

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 11:13 pm
by shatterblast
Helvecta wrote:Don't mind me, just need the practice :)
Wow! Good job, Helvecta. :awesome: