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Senior VFX Artist Viktor Ikkes delivers part one of an in-depth three-part Master Class presentation demonstrating the particle effects system in CRYENGINE.

Contents:

• 0:00:00 - Introduction & course overview
• 0:01:08 - Using GameSDK sample assets for learning
• 0:01:34 - tool palette layout (single monitor)
• 0:01:59 - Opening the Woodland sample level
• 0:02:29 -The live particle building workflow
• 0:02:53 - Creating a new particle and adding it to a level
• 0:03:12 - Adding a particle by dragging from particle editor vs. building components
• 0:03:58 - Default properties of a particle emitter component
• 0:04:14 - Methods of accessing the particle editor tool
• 0:04:31 - Particle editor tool panel layout
• 0:05:43 - Overview of particle editor tool panels
• 0:06:11 - Interface - Effect Tree
• 0:06:44 - Navigation in the Effect Graph panel
• 0:06:48 - Customizing mouse behavior
• 0:07:04 - Toolbar buttons in Effect Graph
• 0:07:25 - Converting PFX1 effects to PFX2
• 0:07:39 - Adding components to the Effect Graph
• 0:07:51 - Using effect presets
• 0:08:27 - Understanding components and features
• 0:08:34 - Inserting and arranging features
• 0:08:57 - Impact of feature order
• 0:09:17 - Copying features across component
• 0:09:31 - Copying feature settings across components
• 0:10:00 - Enabling/disabling multiple versions of a feature for testing
• 0:10:40 - Disabling, hiding, and soloing component
• 0:11:42 - Adding features to a component
• 0:12:44 - When feature order affects the result
• 0:14:17 - Linking components in parent/child hierarchy
• 0:17:25 - Summary of feature categories
• 0:17:38 - Spawning and distribution overview
• 0:18:09 - Movement after spawning overview
• 0:18:28 - Projecting onto terrain or water overview
• 0:18:39 - Initial velocity overview
• 0:18:51 - Alignment and rotation overview
• 0:19:13 - Rendering overview
• 0:19:42 - Auxiliary features overview
• 0:20:34 - 5 ways of particle rendering
• 0:21:25 - Ribbons
• 0:22:08 - Decals
• 0:22:21 - GPU vs. CPU sprites
• 0:24:01 - Location:Appearance features
• 0:24:14 - Field features
• 0:24:42 - Field:Color
• 0:25:09 - Field:Size
• 0:25:19 - Field:Size modifiers
• 0:28:59 - Domain Scale and Domain Bias
• 0:34:40 - Field:Color modifiers
• 0:35:24 - Appearance modifiers
• 0:36:16 - Appearance:Lighting
• 0:38:06 - Appearance:Lighting - Diffuse
• 0:38:38 - Appearance:Lighting - BackLight
• 0:40:56 - Appearance:Lighting - Curvature
• 0:41:41 - Appearance:Lighting - Receive Shadows
• 0:43:16 - Appearance:Opacity - Blend Mode
• 0:46:36 - Creating particle textures
• 0:50:31 - Appearance:TextureTiling
• 0:58:41 - normal maps for particles
• 0:59:17 - Materials for particle normal maps
• 1:01:43 - Particle glow maps