Creating Explosions

Creating Explosions

Creating a Material for the Laser Blast

 

Autodesk 3ds Max Tutorials > Animation Tutorials > Creating Explosions > 

Animating the Laser Blast

You'll find the files for this tutorial in the \tutorials\space directory.

Animate the laser blast:

1. Open exploding_asteroid1.max.

   This scene already has an asteroid as well as a thin box object named laserblast.

2. Press H on the keyboard to Select By Name. Highlight laserblast in the list and click Select.

   Now the laserblast object is selected. It's not very easy to see it in the viewport.

3. Turn on Auto Key and move the time slider to frame 10.
4. In the Top viewport, move the laserblast along the Y axis until it comes in contact with the asteroid.
5. Turn off Auto Key.

   A dotted line in the viewport shows the laser blast’s trajectory.

   

   Move the time slider to frame 0, then play the animation in the camera viewport.

   The laserblast moves to the asteroid and stops.