Educational Volcano Animation

An animated short on volcanoes.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Bournemouth
• University
• Animation
• Karl
• Foster
• Volcano
• Eruption
• 3D
• Pyroclastic flow
• island
• lava
• tectonic
• explosion
• magma
• mantle

[action9000]

Hi!

I'm an amateur game designer working on an adventure game with a small team.

We've been trying to figure out how we could ever pull off some sort of flowing lava effect, where the lava gradually covers the surface like in your animation.

I was wondering: Would you mind explaining what sort of object(s) you used to make that lava? Is it a 2d texture? Is it a 3d object? What sort of object could possibly create an effect like that? We're all stuck. :P

Thanks for anything! =D

[Reepah]

Hi,

A particle system was used for the lava using collision on a proxy mesh at roughly the same shape as the volcano's surface.

Once the particle his the proxy it projects new particles forward and the UVW mapping, used to control the dry/wet blend position, travels with this leading particle (causing the glow effect to stay towards the front). The particles are used as control points for a blobmesh geometry to wrap around.

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[Reepah]

Depending on the engine you're using it likely that approach wouldnt really help.

In a game environment I would suggest animated 3d geometry hand adjusted to fill the surface area you need, assign material ids to the leading edges to ensure that they use some sort of wet material.

Hope this helps in some way, and good luck!

[thekindone]

This is so good

How did you get the animations.

I like the commentary

[Reepah]

The animation was done entirely in 3D Studio Max - Including the rubble, camera shake, lava flow, smoke and clouds.

[jrodwwe94]

awsome

great commentary

sweet animation

5\5

[fredefalk]

the smoke looks like bubbles lol

[nnyo033]

it's look like krakatau-Indonesia

[Anatamize]

@action9000 Smoke Particle, And Fluid Particle systems would work for the smoke and lava. (:

[zadhytia]

great you are the Number 1st!!!

[Anilise79]

@IXDakkonXI hahahahhahahaha this is funny

[gaskan666]

looks like a big zit lol

[action9000]

Great details, thank you very much! I will keep these concepts in mind as inspiration.

I'd just like to say, great work on your volcano and your help is very much appreciated!