Black Hole "black effect"

[baassee]

I need an answer and I need it now.

For those of you who played DOTA might be more familiar with this.

When casting Enigma's Black Hole ability (ultimate), it creates a hole right. BUT the ground also turns black and I have no clue what that is, terrain changes or special effect?

 

[defskull]

Dummy unit with shadow ?
OR, it is a custom-made effect, attaches to a dummy unit

 

[Kala]

It's special effect for sure. Its too round to be terrain

 

[baassee]

Have no idea.

 

[defskull]

Well, THAT'S the idea, what else ?

 

[baassee]

I guess it's some kind of special effect. But still, what effect.

 

[defskull]

Why don't you try out our solution @.@

 

[baassee]

Because it's darker than shadow of a unit.

 

[defskull]

Custom-made SFX by IceFrog Team

 

[baassee]

Probably. I'll figure it out somehow.

 

[defskull]

Closed ?

 

[baassee]

Nah I'll post my solution here when I find it. Also in the spell section.

 

[-Kobas-]

Resize unit shadow, add locust and create few units there!

 

[chobibo]

It's an ubersplat or image, you use the boundary texture and draw it on the terrain. I don't know the details though.

 

[baassee]

Oh no not ubersplats.

 

[-Kobas-]

I just translated shadow from unit a little and edited it's size: Check image
Remove model and edit shadow position and with only 3 unit's create anything you want!

 

[baassee]

I'll play with some dummies. Thanks.

 

[-Kobas-]

Np anytime

note: shadow above is 500x500, footman scale is default

 

[baassee]

I'm thinking about working out a 50x50 shadow so it will be more customizeable with a 50 range interval. I meant the scale of the shadow

 

[wolfman]

You probly already figured this out, but if you change the Shadow Image (unit) to Flyer, then it makes a more circular shadow. And the shadow image center x/y should be 1/2 of the shadow image height/width.

 

[defskull]

Told you so, baassee...
Dummy Unit's Shadow