On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:43:48 -0500, Mike Williams wrote:

> The project I am working on is an animation that has molten metal
> falling to the ground and splashing into the shape of a manhole cover.
> The liquid would stop flowing and the man hole cover would change from
> glowing metal to the dull gray at completion.
> 
> Any ideas or should I just use brute force?

I would just write a custom particle system...the liquid spray include
is too general, it is designed for just liquid sprays, and my particle
system patch wouldn't be much more useful. The glowing metal would be
taken care of by animating the ambient value. However, molten metal isn't
transparent, I don't know what you intend to get by putting lights in it.
If you want the glow of the metal to be cast on surrounding surfaces,
radiosity would be a much better solution.


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