4. Making the First Firework Explosion

Create the colorful explosion at the end of the firework by adding a circular shape to the particles that imitate how fireworks look when they explode.

Create the colorful explosion at the end of the firework by adding a circular shape to the particles that imitate how fireworks look when they explode.

1. Select the first empty emitter stack and right-click.
2. Select Copy from the dropdown menu.
3. Right-click in the System Editor and select Paste from the dropdown menu.
4. Double-click the emitter name and change to Explosion.

Particle Spawn

These settings determine how the particles behave when they spawn.

1. Click Initialize Particle to open the Initialize Particle settings in the Details panel.

2. Change the Lifetime Min value to 3.0.

3. Change the Lifetime Max value to 2.0.

4. Set Color Mode to Unset. You will set the color of the explosion in Particle Update.

   

5. Click Sprite under Initialize Particle to open the Sprite Attribute settings.

6. Set the Sprite Size Mode to Uniform.

7. Change the Uniform Sprite Size to 20.0. This sets the size of the sprites that spawn.