Simple fire effect...

[Pixel_Outlaw]

Here is a little effect I thought I'd share. It is just some simple particles using lightblend mode in bmax to produce some interesting fire. I was asked to figure out the old demoscene fire effect and this is about the closest I could get...

[rbz]

Looks nice

You can also try some pixel buffer effect, check out this tutorial by Hugo Elias.

I would like to do this fluid fire someday

[benny!]

Looks very nice indeed. Good work, PO!

[spitfire]

Just like the classic water effect, this effect is really just an animated blur filter. Theres probably alot of effects that are based on a blur filter.

[hellfire]

That's a nice effect, Pixel_Outlaw.
You could add a bit of sine to the x-coordinates to simulate some sort of heat haze.

[Voltage]

Looks great PO.

I just finished a fire effect for the c64 last night.  Its part of a demo due at the end of the month so I can't show you right now.  If I remember I'll post it here when the party is finito.

[zawran]

Great fire effect you got there, and also nice to see such clean code too.

[Shockwave]

If you want to do it pixel-wise, the Hugo-Elias link posted above explains it in a very straight-forward way I even did this flowfire technique in Blitz Basic myself, it was fast enough to run at only 320 * 240 in Blitz.. Bmax may well do a better job.

Your version gives a similar kind of effect actually and I really like it a lot. It does look quite like fire with little sparks drifting upwards.

[Clyde]

Great Job Pixel Outlaw

[Pixel_Outlaw]

Thanks for the tips!

I like to sometimes try to reinvent the wheel before looking at the answers. Just getting a feel for blending modes right now. I really wonder how the stencil mode is for bmax?