[General] "Glowing Rune" special effect at base of feet

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Hey Hivers,

I want to create a "glowing rune" at the base of a unit's feet (origin) but I'm finding that the rune has a minimum height of about 65. Do I have to edit the model to get around this? Anyone familiar with this doodad?

Thanks!

 

[Ramza]

In the editor, you can move down doodads by holding Ctrl and pressing Page Down.

If you need to do it in game, you better create a dummy unit with the rune model, the Locust ability, and a negative flying height.

 

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In the editor, you can move down doodads by holding Ctrl and pressing Page Down.

If you need to do it in game, you better create a dummy unit with the rune model, the Locust ability, and a negative flying height.

Would a periodic trigger be necessary in the latter case, to keep the dummy in the right position? I wish I had better modelling skills; it would be so nice to just attach a special effect @ origin.

 

[Ramza]

You can attach special effects to units with the Sphere ability (check the Blood Mage), but then it would still have the flying height, because you can't edit effects in-game.

If you don't know how to edit models, then yeah, I suggest you use a periodic trigger. Just move the dummy unit to the hero every 0.1 seconds.

Though I might be able to edit the model myself. Which glowing rune is it exactly?

 

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Actually I'm using one of each type of the glowing runes except the white one, so that would mean a lot of editing (though I would be super grateful if you were feeling generous - I am a composer so I would be happy to write you a little music in return!).

Since then I've decided to make the rune smaller and have it float above the head of the unit (which changes nothing - I still need them not to be floating so high off the ground), and rotate slowly in place. Tried it using a periodic trigger and a dummy unit but I can't get them to rotate quite right (they are lopsided).

I tried to find the "glowing rune" variations in Magos' model editor but I could only find 3 base runes with no FX or colour (strange), and I would have big trouble moving them around and adding an animation since I have little model editing experience and zero experience with animations (and no program).

If you'd like to see what I'm doing, PM me and I'll send you a copy of the map so you can have a look at my "makeshift" method.

BTW, thanks a ton for your comments/helpfulness, bro!