Realtime Laser Fx V1

AAA in Simulations & Effects

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,

The .cats file is for organizing the assets.

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 :

Now for using Laser Fx ( Collection Asset ) :

For Blender versions below 5.0 just make sure the Instance Checkbox is turned off after dropping the Asset :

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 :

Using the assets is quite straightforward,

in Laser curve you can edit the NurbsPath as you like or select any custom curve here:

For Laser Fx, you just need to move the Beam object for moving the Laser,

If the Laser Beam is not pointing at any colliders in the setted Colliders Collection then the laser won't show up so just make sure the collider objects are properly placed in the scene and also are in the Colliders Collection:

The Laser Fx is using simulation nodes so it generates simulation cache indicated by a purple line below the timeline whenever you play the animation -

if you feel like the fx is frozen or not updating with the changes made in the modifiers then the cache is probably baked already indicated by a solid purple line :

to fix this just go to the physics properties of the fx and delete the bake :

Finally, when you are happy with the look of the fx and want to render it out, just make sure to bake all the fx components - For Laser Fx: Debris & Dust, Ground Debris, Spark Hit

for avoiding any render artifacts especially with motion blur on,