本Houdini教程是由cmiVFX机构出品的Houdini中Flocking群集仿真系统教程，时长：2小时51分，大小：4.27 GB，MP4高清视频格式，教程使用软件：Houdini，作者：Christian Schnellhammer，官方发布日期：2011年11月22日，语言：英语。。

Houdini 是一个特效方面非常强大的软件。许多电影特效都是由它完成：指环王中“甘道夫”放的那些“魔法礼花”，还有“水马”冲垮“戒灵”的场面，后天中的龙卷风等等，a52的汽车广告，反正只要是涉及DD公司制作的好莱坞一线大片，几乎都会有Houdini参与和应用。

cmiVFX Houdini Flocking Systems

Take particle animation to a new level by integrating proven mathematical formulas to better simulate nature. Imagine thousands of birds renrencg.cn in the air, an army of orcs marching on the ground or a school of fish fleeing from a predator. This training will teach the viewer the basic principles of a multi-agent system and how to create crowd simulations in Houdini.

This training focuses on a basic concept of flocking simulations: steering behaviors. The algorithms created by Craig Reynolds can be used to simulate the movements seen in flocks of birds or fish.

This step-by-step training video introduces how steering behaviors work and how one can create complex simulations just by combining simple behaviors. The viewer will learn the common behaviors like “separation” or “cohesion” and how they interact with the agent’s mind.

As a bonus this tutorial comes with a powerful library of a multi-agent system which you can use to create flocking and crowd simulations.