Particles

[gamedesign]

Hi All

Does LightWave Octane support particle rendering? I need to create an animated scene of an energy trail coming off of a flying orb.

Thanks

[juanjgon]

You can use an instancer to instance any object over the particles (from a simple sphere to any other complex object).

Thanks,
-Juanjo

[gamedesign]

Ok cool, thanks for your help
Is it not possible to render animated volumetrics in LightWave Octane at this point?

[juanjgon]

Yes, you can add the "$F" token in the OpenVDB file to insert the frame number. It uses the #### numbering format, for example, the file "fire_$F.vbd" is expanded as "fire_0023.vdb" in the frame 23.

Thanks,
-Juanjo

[gamedesign]

Ah ok, I've never used VDB, so I should go learn about that then. Do you recommend any tutorials working with VDB in LightWave? Don't worry if not, I will have a hunt around.