Special Effect Contest #3 - Light and Darkness

[Thrikodius]

Here's my last SFX. I call it Sin.


I just have to add sounds to those who have none and then I'm ready to upload them all.

EDIT: Just read the rules.
I'll only upload Curse, Bless, WarpHoly(Caster and Target), WarpDark(Caster and Target) and Sin.

 

[Zack1996]

Will is truly allmighty. His SFX are AWESOME!
I'll probably try and do something for this contest, don't expect it to be epicly awesome though 0_o

 

[Sephalo]

Let's see if I can pull up some effects in this competition.

I've made this one so far.

I was thinking that it could be used as some kind of a little retribution spell or something similar.

Looks nice! Nice idea with that cross. However I would add more light!

 

[Thrikodius]

So this is prolly my final submission with a few potential updates.
All of these aren't working properly in magos (only Curse is) so to avoid confusion worse reviews due to the magos bugs, I'm sending along a little test map where you can test the SFX. Cause they all work fine in game (at least my game).
Test map: View attachment SFXContestTestMap.w3x

I know from experience that some people are too lazy to see how they work in-game and just review them in magos so by doing this I hopefully eliminate any excuse to not test them properly.

Note now that this map isn't made for actuall playing or other entertainment so don't come whining about terrain being bad or one side beeing imba cause you can test the effects anyway.

On the bright side (of life):
Bless - most properly used as a positive buff spell, cast on allied units
WarpHoly - a sacred replacement for the Blink effects (proper time settings are made in the test map, check the duration of the blink spells)

On the dark side (of the force):
Curse - could simply replace the original curse if you feel like it but can also be used for any other negative buff
WarpDark - same as the holy one but with other looks

And somewhere in between (no stupid comment):
Sin - in the test map I gave it to the Undeads, with the discription that a sin was forced upon the target. It's supposed to symbolize how the sacred purity is ruined by this unholy act. How this effect is used is all up to the interpretation and imagination of the user. If you ask me it could fit to both holy and unholy units.

EDIT: I recently agreed with myself that I should not billboard ribbons. I don't know why I have, maybe I thought it would look better but it appeared to have the opposite effect. The holy warps have been edited aswell as the ones in the test map.

 

[chilla_killa]

Very good Thrikodius! I love all your models.

 

[Deuterium]

WOW Will! Well my favorites were the 2nd and 4th in your video

EDIT:
Thrikodius your sin SFX is actually one of the SFXs I always imagined in my mind and wondered why no one's done it. I mean, attach it to the unit's chest and you've got angelic/demonic wings

 

[shamanyouranus]

shamanyouranus is steppin' it up

Hey there, I finally made a decent model for this stupid competition
(mind the lag)

 

[Devine]

shaman, that pwns.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

The lightning is... kinda iffy.

 

[Gilles]

I agree with WILL, but I still think it's a great effect overall.

 

[Thrikodius]

Hey there, I finally made a decent model for this stupid competition
(mind the lag)

It reminds me of those cartoons when a cloud appears over a guy's head and it starts raining.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

Big purple cloud puff?....
:/

 

[Slaydon]

woot, everyones fx is awesome

 

[The Panda]

I like WILLS entry the best, but i also like everyone elses too

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

DVO's looks pretty interesting.

 

[judash137]

I'm join for fun ,now I have 3 model,2 Dark and 1 Light
Dark: Shadow Ball
Hell Hole
Light: Angel Swords

 

[Thrikodius]

I'd suggest lowering the particle count on Hell Hole and Angel Swords. Especially Hell Hole.
Even for a big AoE effect, 1326 is waaaay too much.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

1326 is ridiculous. XD

 

[Pyritie]

I'm join for fun ,now I have 3 model,2 Dark and 1 Light
Dark: Shadow Ball
Hell Hole
Light: Angel Swords

Don't forget to post WIPs

 

[judash137]

Try to think, you guy. This Red circle is the range of attract effect but the Black Hole thing is the real Aoe Damage not the red circle, and in game even red circle is 500 range not 1326,if red circle is smaller then Hole attracted range is smaller than a tiny black hole, try this map you 'll see

 

[Pyritie]

We're talking about the particle count, not the range

 

[judash137]

Hell Hole : Three Particle Emitter 2
The First- Emission rate 2: 250
Speed :360
Gravity: 210
The Second- Emission rate 2: 200
Speed :0
Gravity: 0
The Third- Emission rate 2: 200
Speed :0
Gravity: 0
Angel Swords: One Ribbon and One Particle Emitter 2
The Ribbon- Emission rate: 40
The Particle Emitter 2 - Emission rate: 250
Speed :-10
Gravity: 0
Latitude: 180
Look at there, i dont see any thing look like the number 1326, then What exactly the number 1326 is???

 

[Pyritie]

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Try changing the visibility to a shorter duration.

Also deadline is REALLY SOON.

 

[judash137]

How many particle is enough??

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

600 should be about your maximum, so try splitting that in half. The best SFX use few particles to make even more elaborate results.

 

[Vincent]

how does particle count effect in-game results? just a worthless question, trying to model but can't seem to get it right.

 

[Pyritie]

It makes it lag

 

[Vincent]

oh... ok.... thats bad.

 

[s4nji]

My Entry, Includes :

● 3 Dark
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- Dark Shield
- Dark Shield Aura
- Dark Heal

● 3 Light
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- Blessed Sword
- Holy Blessing
- Heal

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● Click Here to Download ●
============================

You can download from attachment if you want to...
And there is a Screenshot on the attachment...

 

[judash137]

Hey Pyritie!! I already fix that particle count in my model and I post some simple spell can use with my model at my old Reply below.Can you check it???

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Here's a darkness effect from me.

I decided to make this a one-shot effect that will corrupt a target victim. Thus I call this effect Corruption.

 

[Vincent]

looks great in the picture! which means it would be epic when in motion! good work umm dan

 

[Lord_T]

my nuby WIP.

Pretty much a pimp-slap from the paladin in the sky.

 

[s4nji]

my nuby WIP.

Pretty much a pimp-slap from the paladin in the sky.

Hey, the deadline is 25 August, you must be fast.

 

[D a w n]

omg I completely forgot about time D:
Count me as dropped out :/

 

[Lord_T]

Hey, the deadline is 25 August, you must be fast.

Pretty much finished one, and that was just under 3-4 hours. I think I can do the rest in 3 days. :3

 

[Pyritie]

I'll try to get an extension for this

 

[Lord_T]

How come?

 

[Pyritie]

Because there aren't very many entries

 

[Lord_T]

..makes sense. :3

 

[s4nji]

I'll try to get an extension for this

Extension? What did you mean by extension? I don't understand

 

[Gilles]

Totally giving an extension. Couple more weeks perhaps?

 

[Sephalo]

Because there aren't very many entries

They saw the pretty fast made imbaness from WTA and didn't want to join anymore

 

[s4nji]

They saw the pretty fast made imbaness from WTA and didn't want to join anymore

I bet WTA will be the First Winner. His models are AWESOME.
But Anyways, the less entrants, the bigger chance to win!
Muhahahahahah!

 

[judash137]

More SFX from me, by the way i already fix particle count in my old SFX too.Here are:
Dark: Hell Roots (Entangling Roots Buff)
Hell Hole (Effect) -old SFX
Shadow Ball (Effect) -old SFX
Light: Falling Light (Effect)
Angel Swords (Effect) -old SFX

 

[Thrikodius]

Because there aren't very many entries

There are four atm and there will probably be one more from DvO before the deadline.

Personally I don't like extensions.
I think it should be in every contestants interest to finish before the original deadline. And if they join shortly before the deadline they should know that they'll have to work harder to make it in time.
It feels pretty rotten when you join in time and post your contribution before the deadline, only to see that it's extended so that someone who joined a week before the deadline can have time to finish.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

When is the new deadline, then? You can't just say "a couple more weeks".

 

[Sephalo]

solution:
just end it now and start a new special effect contest in 2 weeks

 

[Rising_Dusk]

You can't just add 2-3 weeks to a deadline and hope for more entries, you only do extensions of like 1 week for people who are already working on their stuff to finish up. You might as well just be milking the community for entries at this point. Just extend for like a week for DvO and that other dude, then close it.

Also, contests existing should depend on the number of completed entries for previous contests of the same type. If only a few people enter special effects contests, then it is obvious that in the future the contest isn't really worth existing, since it'll just feed the same people rep over and over and over again. It's okay if something isn't popular, really; if the community truly wanted this kind of contest, there'd be more entries by now.