Demo with ground smashed

I am trying to have a character getting up off the ground. The ground under has been smashed like that one super strength power where you kick/punch the ground.

I can't seem to get the effect to be there without the power. I tried putting a puddle there to do the mov but it didnt work.

Any idea how I can make it work?

yeah. Tried it all.

Unfortunately the Super Strength glowing effect is part of the entire animation that includes the shattered ground so you cannot have one without the other.

The best you can get is if you take a character and enter:
PARTSNAME none none none 000000 000000
for each line code which will produce an invisible character that will have the FX attached to it.

You then drop the character you want shown getting up onto the same POS(this might take a little adjusting to get the proper spot) as the now invisible character. There are a few frames where the glowing effect stops and the cracked ground remains so you will have to time the animations just right to catch the shot you're after.

Cool. I did that but when its time to take the pic, the ground isn't smashed...

I went ahead and just had to take the screen shots the old way with the print screen button and many tries.

Thank you for the help sparks. You need to make those origin stories already. I really want to know the origin of all your guys, especially sparky. :P