Ben Dansie

About 23 seconds a frame in Blender 2.49 (I know, I know...) on a quadcore with an optimised build, including compositing. Original render size of the file is '50' percent HD in the Blender render settings.

Hence me going on about how 'quick' the whole thing is.

Cheers Matt.

Was getting to the point where I was going in circles a bit with various texture nodes and settings. V2 - 5 is using the minimal settings possible to get a result and be manageable. From here I can add more textures back on and add more depth to the effect overall.

Part of the issue with V2 - 3 was some of the tips seemed to be getting 'stuck' or seeming to withdraw back into the fire a bit. Shouldn't be too hard to get the best of both though.

Keen to try some volumetric / smoke sim based fire soon anyway.