Realtime Aura Fx Pack V2
For using the Assets first make sure you have an Asset Library folder set up in Edit -> Preferences -> File Paths
Then in that folder just extract the provided .rar file and you are good to go!

If there's already a .cats file there then just copy these lines from the given .cats file -

and paste it in the available .cats file -

Now you should be able to see the Assets in the Asset Browser :

For using the assets -
In the pack there are two types of Assets : Object & Collection :

For using Collection Assets,
just make sure the Instance Checkbox is turned off after dropping the Asset. ( for blender versions below 5.0 )

In Blender version 5.0 and above for using collection Assets :
In Preferences -> File Paths just set the Import method to Append and then save preferences :


You can set this in Asset manager as well :

In all the Aura Assets there's an Emitter option with suzanne as placeholder so you just need to replace it with your desired mesh to make the Aura work



Here in Aura Fire asset the emitter needs to be changed in Aura Surface, Aura Wisps & Sparks which are the three elements making up the effect,
Point Ainferno is just a point light used by Sparks for emitting some extra light.

You can check the Collection based option too for setting multiple objects at once as emitters:

Fire Controls is for Changing the overall settings for all the elements of the fx:


The same functionality applies to the rest assets too.
The Use UVs option is for animated meshes, sticking the fire cards to the surface of the mesh with respect to the corresponding Uv coordinates,
Disabling it will make the Fire Cards stick to the nearest surface which will lead to sliding motion of fire cards for non static ( animated ) meshes,
so you just need to make sure that there is a valid non overlapping Uvmap set up for your mesh, if your mesh is static then you can just turn off this option.

Hope this quick guide helped you getting the things started with the Aura assets,
Some in depth explainer videos will be uploaded soon too,
till then~
