A Fire Propagation Algorithm for Demonstrating Natural Fire Spreading Behaviors

Figure 1: Fire Drills. a) Guarayú b) Chacobó (Métraux, Redrawn from Nordenskiöld, 1924)

Figure 2: Annual intentional burning of old grass on savanna - aerial point of view (photograph by Clark Erickson).

Figure 3: Anthropogenic dry grass fire on the savanna. (photograph by Clark Erickson).

Figure 4: Annual intentional burning of old grass on savanna - perspective view (photograph by Clark Erickson).

Figure 5: : Post-burning color desaturation used to aid the design of post-burning grass and land coloration (photograph by Clark Erickson).

Figure 6: Model of a generic landscape with low polygon count to quickly test the algorithm.

Figure 7: Foliage object and collision sphere.

Figure 8: Unreal preset fire particle effect.

Figure 9: Blueprint showing the flammable tags indicating that an object can be set on fire.

Figure 10-11: Blueprint used to initiate the fire. SpreadFire is the routine name.