battle animation

[Nighthawk]

what kind of shockwave would fit more on a ship explosion?
sphere or ring?

[MLeo]

Plumes/sphere.

Some parts of the ships hull will breach/break faster than others. So the pressure seaks the path of least resistance resulting in a plume.

[RCgothic]

I'm not even sure if a ring blast is possible in space. You'd get a ring if a sphere with a weak equator exploded and failed along the hemisphere, I think, but not in any other case.

The Ring portion of explosions is derived from the ground shock of an explosion I think, where the shockwave stirs up dust at ground level and looks like an expanding ring.

[Weasel]

If I'm not mistaken, the "ground shockwave/ring effect is actually a sphere. The effect is visible as the sphere expands along the ground from the epicenter. 

[RCgothic]

That's what I meant. Thanks for clarifying.

[ACES_HIGH]

yes in zero gravity, the blast would expand out in all directions with equal force, thus resulting in a sphere

here is an example from ST: II

in order to simulate this effect in movies, the explosion is filmed from below

[Nighthawk]

thanks. I'm on the go of building the effect.

any ideas on how to apply a shaking to the camera in Max? I tried using a noise controller but I don't get it right.
is it possible to keyframe where and when the noise will affect the movement and make the shaking?

[Gdluque]

thanks. I'm on the go of building the effect.

any ideas on how to apply a shaking to the camera in Max? I tried using a noise controller but I don't get it right.
is it possible to keyframe where and when the noise will affect the movement and make the shaking?

I always thought that could bu great to add some shaking to BC cameras, not only the bridges...

[Nighthawk]

small approach......

slowly, things are starting to have shape.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ly8603

[Gdluque]

small approach......

slowly, things are starting to have shape.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ly8603

Looking good! Keep it up!

[ACES_HIGH]

nice, but why is it a .bik?

[Nighthawk]

.avi, as it came out of Max: 246MB 
.avi, after compression: 135MB 
.bik, after compression: 4MB  :shock:

[cordanilus]

Neat, awesome job there Nighthawk.

[Nighthawk]

tnx all.

just had time to make a little preview: Defiant's evasive action
you'll notice a single shot from the cruiser; actually, behind the Defiant, there's supposed to be two bugships chasing it.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/znie5v

[RhVaurek]

 Looks good on all fronts, what program do you use to view the Bik?

[Gdluque]

tnx all.

just had time to make a little preview: Defiant's evasive action
you'll notice a single shot from the cruiser; actually, behind the Defiant, there's supposed to be two bugships chasing it.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/znie5v

I think you MUST make a new intro for BC whit this technique... Looking great

Looks good on all fronts, what program do you use to view the Bik?

RAD TOOLS

[Nighthawk]

I think you MUST make a new intro for BC whit this technique... Looking great

tnx.
actually, this will be an intro. but not in a near future.

Looks good on all fronts, what program do you use to view the Bik?

http://www.radgametools.com/bnkmain.htm

or BC itself, for that matter ;D

[RhVaurek]

 Thanks, oh yeh I prefer the Sphere style explosion myself too, more accurate and also just looks really so much better.

[Nighthawk]

better to put more time on this, if I want it to be my Uni tesis for a 3D 3rd-grade course

updates this far
..sort of... storyboard....

[Bones]

WoW these are nice