Houdini Guided RBD test + Kitbash Warzone Model Fixing

Hip files: gum.co/FElfn
Project time: 2 days
I still don't understand how this guided thing works lol..

[@LightArchitect]

Love it! Destruction is awesome!

[@franktseng2425]

That ist Insane!!!!!

[@romainleguillerm1913]

look nice ! :)

[@axe_fx]

awesome, I am doing another one from the same warzone pack

[@ELiang-ru1hb]

Insane work! Were the pieces fractured using voronoi or boolean fracture?

[@HangYuriYangFX]

I used material fracture with custom points. I think it uses voronoi inside!

[@avtpro]

Hi Friend. Again Thank you. I have smashing results ;-) Is this in Hou 18 or 17.5. I am still using the latter. 17.5. Thanks.

[@olegkotsar4513]

cool!

[@user-sl309jd90]

In the hip file on the Gumroad page, is it possible to see how you managed to make surface only building parts into extruded ones? I have a Kitbash3D building and it's all made of surfaces and I want to know how you solved the issue

[@HangYuriYangFX]

It’s mostly just polyextrude!

[@maikeliRAIWALUI]

I envision hearing shattering windows and crumbling concrete

[@fxguruofficial]

Hello your work and effort really great.. Can you tell me have you add debris if yes how? And then how to add dust?

[@HangYuriYangFX]

No debris in the clips. The basics of debris adding: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4Gbn3ePdt9_r6c

[@fxguruofficial]

@@HangYuriYangFX what about dust

[@HangYuriYangFX]

@@fxguruofficial it is the same concept..

[@fxguruofficial]

@@HangYuriYangFX thanks

[@9meili863]

Where did you buy the building model? Which model is it?

[@HangYuriYangFX]

9 meili it is a paid model pack... you would have to pay by yourself

[@jonasmortensen1252]

Did you use vorionoi fracture or rbd, if rbd how did you make the fracturing so small?

[@HangYuriYangFX]

I used the rbd material fracture with custom points(which basically means using a regular voronoi fracture... if you click into the SOP, it is the same). Not sure what so small means? I have different groups so that I can fracture them separately.. maybe that’s why?

[@jonasmortensen1252]

@@HangYuriYangFX Yes, btw do you plan on making a tutorial on building destruction soon, I'm a beginner

[@HangYuriYangFX]

Jonas Mortensen I do not have a plan unfortunately :(

[@jonasmortensen1252]

@@HangYuriYangFX Oh okay, do you have any tips on learning Houdini better then?

[@HangYuriYangFX]

Jonas Mortensen don’t try to learn everything. Pick one FX you like the most and focus on that(typically I won’t suggest destructions... you need to take care points and primitives, it is too much). You will learn a lot of the rest during the learning. Go through the documentation of the solvers a few times and all the vex functions as well.

[@Honguito785]

Hey, so Kitbash building are destruction ready? i have the free one and it is just planes

[@HangYuriYangFX]

man, it is totally not! I had to fix everything

[@5150Amrit]

@@HangYuriYangFX Suppose that I have made a building object in maya with textures, then if I import that .obj or .fbx file in Houdini, how can I convert that normal .obj file with the planes into destruction ready geometry in Houdini? Could you suggest any video tutorial or course from you or from anyone else to help on this?

[@HangYuriYangFX]

@@5150Amrit I am not sure if there is any tutorial showing how to fix models for FX... I learned that from work initially.. Overall, I use polyextrude and polycap to get rid of planes and fill out missing surfaces respectively.. the goal is to make everything a closed volume (no open surface)

[@5150Amrit]

@@HangYuriYangFX Oh, I'll try these. Thanks.

[@HangYuriYangFX]

@@5150Amrit It shouldn't be too difficult if the model is simple. You can just sort of doing them one by one, or one kind by one kind.. A much more complicated model might need some automated detecting stuff..

[@Lukes3D]

It shatters too easily. Its almost completely shattered before it even hits the ground.

[@HangYuriYangFX]

correct! I got the reason why after that.. but was long after it..

[@jonasmortensen1252]

How did you model the tower?

[@HangYuriYangFX]

I did not... it is an actual model

[@jonasmortensen1252]

@@HangYuriYangFX Wait, so you got it somewhere else?

[@HangYuriYangFX]

Jonas Mortensen yeah.. I have it in the title...

[@jonasmortensen1252]

Hang Yuri Yang Sorry haha didn’t read that part

[@HangYuriYangFX]

Jonas Mortensen 😁😁

[@n7creative]

Tutorial please

[@HangYuriYangFX]

Unfortunately I don’t make tutorials... plus I was just lucky to get this result... I still don’t understand how it works

[@PaulCarouge6]

@@HangYuriYangFX scene file perhaps so we can learn from it? Would love to dig around your setup if you are ok with it of course ^^ (just installed houdini 18!)

[@HangYuriYangFX]

@@PaulCarouge6 Sure! I have put that in the description. the rbd test itself is free to download :)

[@PaulCarouge6]

@@HangYuriYangFXyour the best! I paid for it to show support!

[@HangYuriYangFX]

Man! You can totally just get the free test file! Thank you very much