Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Watch the final episode of our comprehensive particle effects Master Class hosted by Senior VFX Artist Viktor Ikkes.

0:00 Introduction to material effects surface types
1:15 Behavior defined in surface type settings
2:09 Defining surface types in SurfaceTypes.xml
3:44 Defining collision surface pairs in MaterialEffects.xml using Excel
5:15 Importance of item order in MaterialEffects.xml
5:31 Defining special surface types in code and referencing in MaterialEffects.xml
6:09 Surface type pair collision behavior in depth
7:19 Particle attributes and material effects
7:28 Exposing particle properties using Attributes
11:16 Target feature
13:39 Using t_scale to see issues and adjust parameters
14:20 Particle debugging cVars

In this episode, Viktor presents advanced particle design techniques.
Learn how to define surface types and create material effects, ensuring that collisions between any two material types produce the desired reactions.
Those reactions include generating particle effects, spawning decals, playing audio cues, and responses that produce the correct friction and elasticity, damage accumulation, breakages and piercings, and more.
Viktor also demonstrates how to expose particle properties to the sandbox editor using attributes and how to send particles between a source and target to create effects like lighting bolts.
The debugging process for particle effects is also covered.
New to this Master Class? Catch up here
Episode One:
youtube.com/watch?v=npPlJ0npfVQ
Episode Two:
youtube.com/watch?v=-t5YkZPc_4g
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This Master Class is aimed at users with some experience of game development and CRYENGINE.
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