special effects

I fell like this HAS to already exist, but I just can't find it. Essentially I need something like a red crosshair that you can attatch to a unit's overhead or head to show that it is being targeted. Something like the original hunter's mark icon from wow Hunter's Mark If you know of one that...

Hello guys can anyone make me a trigger of how to add a permanent special effect of a unit once a specific upgrade is finished. For example i want the my footman to have the special effect of bloodlust when the "Defend" upgrade is finished.

Hi, I am trying to a simple re-color of an ability's effect (Breath of Fire) where the ability instead of being the default orange-ish red color, would instead be a bluish-purple color. I have set up a trigger in the GUI that I assumed would change the color as the name suggests, but the effect...

I see there are ways to change the rgb tint of units and doodads, but not spell effects? Is there a way to accomplish this with triggers that I'm maybe missing? I feel like this is possible.. I found an action for "set special effect color" for "last created effect", but it's not working for...

Hello hiveworkshoparians, how may I create a special effect as a unit's self model? Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Last created unit)) using units\creeps\OgreOneHeadedArmored\OgreOneHeadedArmored.mdl like this, except that I wouldn't need to specify the exact name...

I was translating my map, and for that porpose i imported all objects data to an old version of WC3 in english i found, im not pretty sure if that was the reason, i have to blame something, the matter is that now some special effects in abilities and triggers are not displaying in the game...

Hello, I'd like to start working with special effects. However I have no idea of how to browse them, to find the ones I am interested in and set them as a dummy ability on a dummy unit. Is there a way with the map editor ? Or maybe with Warcraft III Viewer ? I installed it but I have no...

Hello there, I am trying to make a spell effect that loops on a unit until the buff is removed from him. The spell I am using is inner fire and the effect appears on the unit. Now I am running into a issue with this and the issue is as soon as I cast another spell from any unit on any unit the...

Hello, I'm trying to rework a lot of old systems in my map, mainly by rewriting everything in vJASS to catch and mitigate memory leaks. One system has been particularly difficult for me to find a suitable solution for. When a unit is killed by a certain player's unit, a permanent corpse is...

Hi guys! So I'm making a spell for my map then I used the "Abilities\Spells\Items\StaffOfPurification\PurificationCaster" as an effect to my custom thunderclap. But it won't show up in the game when I tried it. I used JNGP and I don't know what's the problem. I tried also another hidden models...

Special Effect Competition #2 Nature Deadline: 11th April 2008 (0:00 AM, GMT) - with possible extension. Winner(s) will be decided by the final votes of a public poll. This contest is about making Special Effects, but since only one SFX is rather simple and small, we'll be making...