dirt dust when feet contacts ground

[stevenfila7]

Good day all,

 Is there a quick way to show dust when a character's feet are walking or hitting the ground?  I saw only one quick tutorial on youtube and it does not explain things clearly.

Any ideas?  If so, please supply screen shots or a quick video tutorial because I do not understand dynamics or text in explanations.  Thank you!

Please advise and best-

[sean.heasley]

Hi @stevenfila7

There's no quick and easy way to do this in Maya and/or a game engine.

This would need a particle effect to be made for the dust and then it would need to be linked to generate each time a characters foot lands.

Are you trying to do this only in Maya or in another program?

[stevenfila7]

Hey Sean,

Absolutely, I wanted to do this in Maya but the only thing that I found is constant expressions.  There was only one video tutorial showing this and it is painstakingly hard to understand.  

Any ideas?  I know the video tut shows it but I was looking for an easier approach then writing many expressions in which I have no experience with.

Thanks for getting back

[sean.heasley]

Hi @stevenfila7

It's a bit old, but I would recommend this tutorial and then simply change the effect, timing to match a characters feet.

[sean.heasley]

Hi @stevenfila7

I'm just checking in again to see if you need more help with this. Did the suggestion I provided yesterday work for you?

If so, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

[stevenfila7]

Hi Sean,

Sorry for the delayed response.  Apologies.

Anyhow, it help somewhat but would I have to make an emitter for every foot when the character is walking (animated).  If so that would be intense.

Is there a way to make the feet collide with the ground and create dust?  I only found that one tutorial and it was difficult to understand due to a large amount of expression writing.

Please advise and best-

Steve

[sean.heasley · Accepted solution]

Hi @stevenfila7

 It may be tough to understand due to language barriers but this tutorial should help!

[stevenfila7]

yup that's the one that I found! hahaha.  thanks.

lots of expressions but I guess this is my best option.

thank you Sean!