Create a Mesh Based Projectile Particle

Overview

4 tutorials focusing on making a texture, create meshes, build materials and the particle itself. How to model some meshes in 3dsmax, setting up the materials and how to combine the materials and meshes in the particle editor to get a decent result.

Particle Sample Result

http://i.gyazo.com/3ff2258106fa503b22f9735e269d5502.gif

Softwares

-Photoshop

-3ds Max

-UE4

Samples:

You can download the project, meshes and textures used in the tutorials here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n883y0b2g4ckflt/UE4ParticleTutorial01.zip

Tutorials Videos:

- How to create textures in photoshop:

<youtube>http://youtu.be/FRXg4ewWi7k</youtube>

- Create particle 3d meshes in 3ds max:

<youtube>http://youtu.be/jkemzLEpsuw</youtube>

- Build the particle material inside UE4:

<youtube>http://youtu.be/-X505BCS530</youtube>

- Build a mesh based particle inside UE4:

<youtube>http://youtu.be/qHcZCYJUXjE</youtube>

Credits

All tutorials created by Yoeri Luos.