Tried to render a big scene with Karma XPU. Got inspired by the movie Fifth Wave where a big tidal wave destroys the Tower Bridge.
Read more about how I approached the shot and the difficulties in the render engine on my blog. Link in description or go here: https://berkerdag.medium.com/experiment-testing-houdini-karma-xpu-in-a-big-scene-57da531f7972
Everything done inside Houdini with RBDs, FLIP Fluids, POPs.
Highest count approximately 27 million particles for all the whitewater effects. (All rendered as vdb volumes)
Bridge, house, plant and pier models are free assets from various marketplaces.
Render time: 6.5 minutes per frame (without motion blur) everything with MaterialX shaders.
Comp in Houdini, Fusion and After Effects
Tsunami vs Bridge