KY TRAILS HOW to make it work??? - Scifi-Meshes.com

nightowl253 · 03-26-2008, 12:34 AM

I'm trying to make plasma blast or something like that... Can anyone help me.
I cant get it too do anything

Melak · 03-26-2008, 01:09 AM

You need to animate an object - a point helper object is enough - and select it as the emitter. then render a frame between start and finish of the animation, and you will see the trail. In the options of the trail effect you can set color, lifetime, radius and various other aspects. Play around with them, you will see it's not hard to get nice results.

What you could also try is a particle system as emitter object for the effect, you would not need to animate any objects.

03-26-2008, 12:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
nightowl253 SFM Nugget Realname: Domini Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 29 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	KY TRAILS HOW to make it work??? I'm trying to make plasma blast or something like that... Can anyone help me. I cant get it too do anything

03-26-2008, 01:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Melak SFM Obsessed Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Realname: Leon Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berlin Age: 18 Posts: 1,198 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	You need to animate an object - a point helper object is enough - and select it as the emitter. then render a frame between start and finish of the animation, and you will see the trail. In the options of the trail effect you can set color, lifetime, radius and various other aspects. Play around with them, you will see it's not hard to get nice results. What you could also try is a particle system as emitter object for the effect, you would not need to animate any objects.
	Last edited by Melak; 03-26-2008 at 01:11 AM.

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