Staggered Ground Shockwaves shelf tool

Creates a medium scale multi-shockwave simulation with staggered start frames.

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This shelf tool sets up a sparse pyro simulation of multiple medium scale shockwaves that expand out from points scattered around world origin. These shockwaves have staggered start frames, creating an interesting effect.

Pyro simulation in the viewport. Color space: ACES, Voxels Size: 0.035.

Pyro simulation rendered with Karma. Color space: ACES, Voxels Size: 0.035.

Important Nodes ¶

pyroburst_shockwaves1

The pyroburst_shockwaves1 creates the source points for the shockwave simulation.

pressure_disturbs1

The pressure_disturbs1 inside the pyrosolver1 node is responsible for breaking up bulbous shapes. You can use Strength parameter on this node to create stronger breakups. To change where the breakup happens, use the Control Range parameter on the Control tab.

Learning from this example ¶

To...	Do this
Create more shockwaves	Increase the Force Total Count parameter on scatter1 node to spread the shockwaves further apart.
Change shockwave timing	Adjust the Min Value and Max Value parameters on the `attribnoise1` node to control the timing of each shockwave.

Staggered Ground Shockwaves shelf tool

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