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Chapter 6. Playing with Fire

From a single match to a blazing inferno, fire is nature's mischievous child. Its presence is hypnotic. Its dancing flames, welcoming heat, and warm color fill you with a false sense of security. In an instant, fire can go from a life-saving instrument to a tool of destruction. Left to its own devices, fire would consume anything it came into contact with. This chapter uses fluids to build realistic fire, from a single flame to a house engulfed in flames.

Fuel

Fuel is arguably the most complex and interesting parameter of fluids. What makes it so unique is its ability to be reactive in a chemical sense. Other content methods fill containers and are modified by altering their own attributes. Fuel, however, can do nothing ...