Halos

[Ardnived]

When I was looking at some models in the Previewer, I was trying out some of the different adjustments you can make for viewing the units, like Team Colour, and Cloaking, and I saw one which is called Halo.

It puts a glowing white outline around the unit.

Anyways, I was hoping that I could make halos appear around units in game, as I have great need of something of that sort, so far I have been unable to find any triggers or other methods that refer to it.

Does anyone know if this can be done? And how?

Or really anything else about Halos...

 

[Dr Super Good]

Try messing with the light source when everything is on ultra. I have done stuff ranging from making the world black and white to everything blury or grey scale. With the illumination direction controls, you might be able to achieve what you are after.

 

[Ardnived]

Hmm,

well what I am trying to achieve is a kind of targeting visor, so preferably it should highlight enemy units. Though something that brightens your vision might work to a lesser extent (Since the game will take place in a low light setting).

Anyways, I will mess around with it a bit and see what I can do, though my hopes aren't high, thanks

 

[Rising Evil]

If you go to "Events+" under an actors and add a new event to run on "ActorCreation" you can set the action to "Halo Start".
It's a bit buggy though... It only seems to appear on parts of the unit and then cuts off, a marine will only be halo'd below the feet and only while moving.

 

[Ardnived]

Well I did that, and it works, but it isn't showing up in game

It is set up exactly like in that image but with a marine instead of BC

In Editor

In Game

Ignore the error, it was there before and is unrelated

 

[Rising Evil]

Like I said, it seems to be buggy and not work very well. My units just turn pale instead of halo'ing in the editor.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Do not rely of visual or lighting effects. They will only work correctly on ultra (maxed settings) as they are intended for use there. For people running on low or medium a lot of lighting effects will be missing and as such might make the map impossibly hard to play (eg that screen shot).

 

[Ardnived]

Oh yeah forgot I run my GE on Ultra, but I don't in game

Which would explain the Halos.

Is it possible to change people's graphic settings via triggers? Cause if so I could force high shader settings but allow low everything else. But either way it isn't unplayable I have worked out a night vision alternative, which I don't think will be too much of a problem even at low settings.

Night Vision

 

[Dr Super Good]

Again that uses the HDR and bloom lighting effects ( I think )... Low shader settings will not see that I believe.

The fact people run them on low means they have to run them on low. On ultra they will not be able to play. Thus no triggers can change graphics.

The only safe effects are the standard light emiters (not the glow and stuff but the directional shading) as they are probably the most simple and thus least demanding lighting system that games have used and thats probably it. All other effects should be optional if you want everyone to play the map.

 

[Rising Evil]

Makes sense >_<

 

[Ardnived]

I tested it on each setting, the vision on low settings is acceptable, though I will recommend to people to increase their settings.

The only thing required for it to look like that is at least a High setting for Shaders.

 

[JakeCake]

There is a trigger to type in Console messages. But I hope it ain't possible to change the graphic settings with it, sorry.. Anyway, you could take the effect in a third party-program and probably change the effects showed at each level of graphic settings.

 

[Ardnived]

Well it's lighting effects, I don't really see how you could do that.

 

[Dr Super Good]

SC2 aint out yet even and you are looking in to third party programs.... He just has to not rely on these effects. In 4 years time he can as everyone should have a decent computer by then.