TACTICAL missile explosion using flipbook to create the mushroom cloud and dust, launched by a laser guided satellite weapon
create actor Blueprint for satellite weapon, and add the satellite mesh
using line trace to create laser beam guided satellite weapon, here I am using my previous laser beam as my guiding laser
remove the laser and launch a projectile, the projectile is another blueprint, will get to that later
Adding halo ring of muzzle flash and shock wave when launching the missile
halo ring of muzzle flash and shock wave niagara system
The overview of satellite launcher blueprint
Final result
create actor Blueprint for Tactical Missile with the projectile Movement
Spawn Explosion VFX after hitting a target
Explosion VFX niagara system
Spawn Decal on the surface. Once again, I am recycling the decal from my laser beam
flipbook to create the mushroom cloud and dust
Shock wave and SFX
The overview of Tactical Missile Weapon blueprint
A quick and easy way to create high quality Flipbook at any size and scale
create a fluid sim using unreal niagara fluid plug-in
Bake it into flipbook with the build-in baking function
Mushroom cloud explosion, 16X16, 8K
Dust explosion, 16X16, 8K
Ground Dust explosion, 16X16, 8K
Final result
Final result