Exploding Spacecraft Help.

[WeirdScience]

Hey there.
I have Blender and I've spent a long time trying to get all my space battle animations to look as good as stuff made with Lightwave and 3ds Max but there is one thing that is baffeling me. How do I get my spacecraft to explode into thousands of pieces. I've seen it done in other applications so is there a way to do it in Blender or do I need some kinda plug in or what...I need all the help I can get!!!!!

C.Y.C.O. Animation Studios

[Sastrei]

Run a search over on elysiun.com, you'll probably be able to find at least a few things. A lot of it though, I think, comes down to pre-breaking an object, setting up a particle system, and then running from there. Also, remember that your models right now are probably only hollow shells, so when you blow them up you're gonna want the guts and innards of the ships too.

Hth.

-Stefan-