Shield Effects

[Korken]

Hi all!

 

I have made some spaceships that I have made shields for.

And I need an effect when something hits the shield.

Any ideas on how it should look? I have thought on a "rings on water" effect. But more ideas would be great!

 

Thanks!

[johnl3d]

Here is something similar both are older projects

 

 

protect.mov

 

project.zip

 

Older project

 

fireball85.mov

 

fireball85.zip

[Korken]

Hmm, thats getting closer.

 

But, is there a way to make a "rings on water" effect?

Maybe with a material?

 

Edit: I mean; my shield looks abit like glass and when something hits it I want it to look like rings on water. Like when you throw a stone in water.

 

Thanks!

[frosteternal]

Hmm, thats getting closer.

 

But, is there a way to make a "rings on water" effect?

Maybe with a material?

 

Edit: I mean; my shield looks abit like glass and when something hits it I want it to look like rings on water. Like when you throw a stone in water.

 

Thanks!

Use a material effector with the "ripple" material in the Hash plugins material type. Anything the effector touches will have ripples on its surface.

[johnl3d]

You could just add a material as a displacemment material and animate its its displacement % to simulate waves

 

 

shield.mov

 

 

It a little slow on recovery but then I just set it up and rendered without any testing

 

 

 

shield.zip