Embergen Beginner Tutorial: Create Cinematic Fire & Smoke Effects

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What This Video Covers

  • Opening a new Embergen project and removing all default nodes
  • Importing a character model through the Import menu
  • Expanding the simulation Domain to 300 × 300 × 100
  • Adjusting Force → T-Force → Bon C = 0
  • Working with the Emitter Volume and configuring Burst Duration = 3.9
  • Using the timeline at the bottom to add keyframes for fire control
  • Camera navigation controls:
  • Left-click rotate
  • Right-click + WASD movement
  • B to hide the bounding box
  • Setting fire and smoke values:
  • Beginning: Fuel = 0
  • Fire peak: 0 to 800
  • Smoke rate: 125
  • Playing the simulation and observing behavior
  • Adding forces to control the movement:
  • Force Drag
  • Force Line
  • Tweaking random values to learn their impact
  • Increasing the downward force to create the fire illusion
  • Adjusting strength settings to finalize the effect
  • Showing the final simulation result
  • Mentioning downloadable project files available on Patreon