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was duplicated and animated at the object level to mimic the character level motion. Figure 14.8 shows the
dummy object that was used to drive the fl uid simulation as an Obstacle .

Figure 14.8 The dummy object used as an obstacle

The simulation itself is stored in a directory that is des-
ignated at the bottom of the Domain object's Fluid
Simulation panel, as shown in Figure 14.9. When
you hit the Bake button, Blender creates a fi le for each
frame of the simulation and places it in the specifi ed
directory. So, if you plan to move your BLEND fi les
to another computer or a render farm for rendering,
you will need to make sure that those fi les go along for
the ride and that the path is relative. We'll talk more
about collecting fi les like this for rendering in Chapter
15, Rendering and Compositing.

Common Methods of
Faking Water and Fluids

Figure 14.9 Setting the path for the simulation fi les

To create a large-scale water effect, like a river or ocean, you can use a combination of the Wave modifi er and
texturing. For things such as fountains and sprays, particle systems work well.