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FAQ       Search       Memberlist       Usergroups       Register       Profile       Check private messages       Log in      Laser weapon          Houdini Forum Index -> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message midorime Talkative Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 31 Location: London Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:08 am GMT    Post subject: Laser weapon Hi everybody, I've just finished another personal project and I'd like to share it with you. http://www.vimeo.com/9153952 This time I took the idea from an RnD called "Electricity Weapon" by Brandon Riza and I tried to improve it and make it fully procedural through the use of CHOPs. I created a digital asset that controls how a laser weapon looks and behaves. This HDA controls: The starting and ending positions which are taken from its inputs (two nulls), the starting radius, the shoot's starting frame and its velocity, the shoot's ending frame and its velocity, the velocity and the number of turns around the main straight line, the number of frames of gap between the collision and the explosion, the constant material's attributes and the width of the lines. In this example there are three lasers (those use the same HDA with different parameters) around an unique straight line. Their animation, the column's explosion (with debris and dust) and the fluid from the lasers are controlled by a bunch of CHOPs. In this way I've been able to achieve a whole procedural workflow. As soon as possible I'll make a technical video to show you how the controls work and some other rough examples. Cheers, Emanuele _________________ www.leleberti.com Lead Crowd TD @ DNeg London ________________ Back to top circusmonkey Houdini Guru Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 1804 Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:06 pm GMT    Post subject: Very impressive _________________ www.circusmonkey.com.au Back to top Phunt Talkative Joined: 19 Nov 2009 Posts: 47 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:34 pm GMT    Post subject: I had to make a laser gun very much like this one once. Where were you and your asset when I needed you?!?! _________________ Peter "Phunt" Hunt bumbling Houdini newbie Back to top midorime Talkative Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 31 Location: London Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:40 am GMT    Post subject: Thanks guys... @Phunt: sorry about that... I was learning how to do it... _________________ www.leleberti.com Lead Crowd TD @ DNeg London ________________ Back to top Phunt Talkative Joined: 19 Nov 2009 Posts: 47 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:28 pm GMT    Post subject: midorime wrote: @Phunt: sorry about that... I was learning how to do it... Truth be told it was about 10 years ago, but still this could have helped! So now that you're done the laser, get that time machine working. I just found a picture of them internets. Not wide enough to clearly see it, but it's a very similar effect. Cheers guzies.jpg  Description: laser  Filesize:  8.93 KB  Viewed:  4091 Time(s) _________________ Peter "Phunt" Hunt bumbling Houdini newbie Back to top midorime Talkative Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 31 Location: London Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:32 am GMT    Post subject: Quote: So now that you're done the laser, get that time machine working. Let me think which node I have to use... and I'll be back in time !!! _________________ www.leleberti.com Lead Crowd TD @ DNeg London ________________ Back to top Eulenspiegel Lurker Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 3 Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:41 am GMT    Post subject: Looks pretty good, your other stuff on vimeo too (especially the green ball) Back to top midorime Talkative Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 31 Location: London Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:21 pm GMT    Post subject: Thanks Eulenspiegel, and welcome into this forum. Emanuele _________________ www.leleberti.com Lead Crowd TD @ DNeg London ________________ Back to top midorime Talkative Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 31 Location: London Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:41 am GMT    Post subject: Hi All, I've just published the "Laser weapon - Making of": http://www.vimeo.com/9401127 I'm looking forward to receive your critics and comments. 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