Effects pack contest

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

ORLY?!?! BRING IT!

I swore I'd never brag about it but I recall you saying "That's it, I can't make better SFX than you anymore I give up" after I released one of my FX packs...

Once Wc3c goes back up, I'll bring proof!

*whistles happily while waiting*

 

[JetFangInferno]

Oh well, I guess I'm the best now.

^ Proof. Anyway, I'm terribly rusty as I haven't made shit in who knows how long. You on the other hand, have been releasing awesome stuff one after another. Who knows, you probably are the best fx maker now. You even know how to animate bones and stuff. I still don't. Anyway, I'll still give it my best and good luck to all who participate Oh and btw, If you included custom textures, I'd own everyone ^^

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Thing is, the SFX business such a small business... just like animating.

 

[JetFangInferno]

as but true, hardly anyone makes fx these days. everyone prefers geoset merges and other models instead of sfx. People who DO make fx are people who are new and have just started playing around with particles. Hopefully more people will enjoy the field as much as you and I do once they make more sfx. I just hope this contest starts soon =)

 

[Pyritie]

as but true, hardly anyone makes fx these days. everyone prefers geoset merges and other models instead of sfx. People who DO make fx are people who are new and have just started playing around with particles. Hopefully more people will enjoy the field as much as you and I do once they make more sfx. I just hope this contest starts soon =)

Like me? I like particles.

I just never release anything.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Thing is, the SFX business such a small business... just like animating.

Too true, but the animating contest surprised me, so perhaps this one will as well. I'll host it tomorrow if we can think of a theme and rules. Perhaps WILL could copy the format from one of the prior contests and fill in all the rules and info, and once we decide on a theme I'll gladly host it asap.

My suggestion: Winter Wonderland. Any effects that have to do with frost, ice or snow.

 

[Elenai]

Any good tutorials for sfx making?

And how do you animate the bones WILL?

 

[Fulla]

Sounds like a good theme Chris.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Bones are easy to animate... I'll try and whip a tutorial soon.
Though making them rotate correctly in Magos is near impossible.

Though you can easily make them rotate around a certain point (like orbit) with a certain type of translation.

EDIT: And there's already a set of rules and a tutorial. Look on the first page.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Okay then we're set. Like my theme? Or any other ideas?

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Sounds fine. Should be easy to think of something.

Just have to remember SFX isn't always particles and planes. Geometry works too. The point is to NOT make an entire unit.

 

[Pyritie]

That'd be fun for the next contest. Make a unit or building completely out of particles.

So how many sfx should we make? One? Three? More?

 

[Deleted member 126647]

As many as you want, it'll be a pack.

And WILL and Py, I'll need your help making sure the entries follow the rules, I don't know enough about particles to do it on my own.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

I look forward to this contest, and I hope it gets approved.

 

[Pyritie]

Wait - Instead of just ice/frost, could we do elemental instead? Cold stuff isn't much of a wide area, and it's hard to think of sfx blizzard already hasn't made.

So if it was elemental there'd be a lot more freedom.

Oh, and would this be judged based on how it looks ingame, or how it looks in Magos? I'd say it should be the former, obviously.

And is it just using ingame textures?

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Wait - Instead of just ice/frost, could we do elemental instead? Cold stuff isn't much of a wide area, and it's hard to think of sfx blizzard already hasn't made.

So if it was elemental there'd be a lot more freedom.

I just thought frost/ice would be good for Wintertime. Also, it'll make it easier to determine who's is the best because it would be easier to compare them. But it's up to the public.

Oh, and would this be judged based on how it looks ingame, or how it looks in Magos? I'd say it should be the former, obviously.

Whatever the voter decides, it will be a public poll.

And is it just using ingame textures?

Yes.

 

[Fulla]

Oh nice, should all be low filesize then, right? (Within reason).

 

[Pyritie]

They're SFX. Of course they won't have a large file size.

 

[donut3.5]

You should probably limit limit particles to 2000 at any time (at most if you're feeling generous, as that is 4000 tris)
--donut3.5--

 

[Pyritie]

RULES:
-Particle cap is set to 1000, which is still huge (this rule is subject to change).

1000, 2000... which should it be?

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Here are the rules:

-Particles should be capped to 1000. 1000 is huge anyway, and it also makes it so people understand bigger isn't better.
-An SFX isn't only particles. You can use geometry, just don't make it an entire unit with attack and spell anims.
-Also, the SFX shouldn't be any bigger than a yellow grid square in the WE (512 by 512).
-Ingame textures only.
-Feel free to base yourself on an already made Blizzard Effect, but the model must be considerably different from the original.
-You need at least 2 effects in your pack.

Filesize can't possibly be a problem. Particle effects range from 1 to 20 KBs, but it can get slightly bigger with geometry.
And Elements theme could be better than ice/snow, and this includes the "Dark" and "Light" elements.

As for rewards, I'll let the mods decide...

 

[Pyritie]

And remember: The SFX is an SFX not a unit.

That's for the next SFX competition. Make a unit/building out of particles only. (HINT: use the ParticleEmitters not ParticleEmitter2s!)

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Why Particle Emmitters1? The 2's are so much more customizable and easy to use...

ParticleEmmitter1 don't use particles, they just use model pieces and fling them around.

 

[Pyritie]

Exactly. So we can use other models as part of our sfx, like other missiles.

For example a rock golem's death anim could have rock missles fly out.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

But the rocks won't explode, which is a bit annoying.

 

[Pyritie]

True. Forgot about that part.

 

[JetFangInferno]

SFX categories are easy to come up with:
- Darkness
- Fire
- Nature
- Buffs
- Explosions
- and the list goes on etc.