Crowds in Houdini 15
In this course, we will learn how to setup a complex crowd simulation in Houdini with ragdoll effects. Software required: Houdini 15.
Course info
Rating
Level
Advanced
Updated
Jan 29, 2016
Duration
4h 9m
Table of contents
Introduction and Project Overview
Crowds in Houdini 15
Character Setup for Crowds
12m
Baking the Agents and the Animations as Clips
4m
Scene Overview and Setup
9m
Creating Procedural Placement of the Boats
12m
Additional Animation for the Boats
4m
Setting up the Agents Using Crowd Source
12m
Creating the Crowd Simulation Network
10m
Moving the Agents with the Boats
9m
Discovering Steer Forces
11m
Creating a Third State
4m
Optimizing the Performance
7m
Setting up Obstacles
8m
Creating the Taking Cover Behavior
10m
Switching to the Crouch State
12m
Setting up a Custom Life Attribute
12m
Freezing the Animation Within a State
8m
Adding Ragdoll Effects
13m
Breaking Constrains of the Ragdoll Agents
11m
Inheriting the Velocity
15m
Setting up the Defenders
7m
Creating the Grenade Throw Behavior
11m
Adding Procedural Explosions
9m
Using the Explosion to Trigger the Ragdoll Effects
11m
Finalizing the Ragdoll Explosions
8m
Reviewing All Agents and Some Final Tweaks
8m
Using Stylesheets for More Variety
12m
Description
Course info
Rating
Level
Advanced
Updated
Jan 29, 2016
Duration
4h 9m
Description
In this course we, will learn how to setup a complex crowd simulation in Houdini with ragdoll effects. We will begin with setting up our agents and begin to use custom animations. Along the way we will create several behaviors for our crowd and setup states, triggers, and transitions. By the end of this course, you will have a fully working crowd scene with hundreds of agents, ragdoll effects, and customizations at render time using stylesheets. Software required: Houdini 15.
About the author
About the author
Today, Andreas works as a FX Supervisor at RISE | Visual Effects Studios in Berlin and is managing FX teams on shows like Captain America: Civil War. Andreas also works as a visual effects instructor at different film schools in Berlin.