Magic Destruction FX | HIP File ✔️

🔗 Vimeo HD – https://vimeo.com/1062901663

🔗 Brief explanation (YT) - https://youtu.be/wuApXOm8gtI

🚀 Learned some exciting things while working on this project using Houdini 20.5 & 20:

• RBD Procedural in Solaris instead of transform pieces from SOPs for handling heavy simulations.
• Karma XPU’s lightning-fast render speeds – had to convert matnet (VEX) shaders into MaterialX for compatibility.
• MPM nodes – amazing for achieving realistic results quickly.
• ACES workflow – helped maintain consistent and visually appealing results.

🕒 Building Simulation Time: 14 hours

⚡ (Only lightning rendered in Karma CPU as flat ribbons for curves are currently CPU-supported.)

🔗 LinkedIn Profile: Pranay Mundada

📂 Project Files Available for Download!

✅ Included:

• .hip files with detailed notes , organized and optimised (ready to use).
• HDRI, gobo lights, and basic caches, etc.
• Bgeo caches (for main building & road asset) – required for fracture & sim.
• Two versions available:
  • With Textures (for main assets: Building & Road).
  • Without Textures.
• Nuke files for final project (Nuke v13+ advised).

⚠ Not Included:

• Sim caches (as they are heavy – you need to cache them for further use).

📌 Instructions:

• Open H20.5 files in Houdini 20.5 and H20 files in Houdini 20 (versions are mentioned in file names).
• Copy the OTL files into your Houdini installed OTL directory.
• All textures are ACES compatible and ready to render.

📩 Need Help?
If you have any questions regarding the project or need textures, feel free to reach out at pranaymundada@gmail.com – I’d be happy to assist! 😊

🎨 Credits: Assets & textures from KitBash3D.