How to change Lightning Effect color?

[GangSpear]

Is this possible?How can i change the lightning effect color(Drain,Drain Life,Drain Mana)?
I want change the color of Drain into red color,possible or impossible?
If you want me use finger of death,sorry,i don't want it.
+REP for helpers.

 

[Mr_Bean]

You probably have to edit the model or something. Don't think you can change it from triggers.

 

[GangSpear]

Yea...the Drain model where can i find it LOL!
It just a lightning effect,only can found on trigger and object editor?

 

[Erkki2]

There is a file called lightningdata.slk. It can be extracted from war3.mpq, but I added it as an attachment. There's one line for every lightning, and by modifying that file you can easily create new lightnings, just copy one line and then modify its values. Note: every new lightning must be based on some existing lightning. To use those lightnings you have to import lightning.slk with a path Splats\lightningdata.slk. In object editor you shift-click the field "art-lightning", and write the lightning id (name) there (4 characters, for example AFOD for finger of death). You must have a different name for each lightning.

 

[WaterKnight]

The category of actions for lightnings in GUI is quite assessable with only 4 actions, one being:

• Lightning - Set Lightning Effect Color

For triggered lightnings of course.

 

[GangSpear]

But the red colour very light,i want it deeper,what should i do of next step?

• Lightning - Change color of (My Lightning Effect) to (100.00 0.00 0.00) with 50.00 alpha

 

[Mr_Bean]

If I may ask, what is alpha?

 

[WaterKnight]

If you want it darker, reduce the percentage. But you should keep in mind that these values multiply with the standard colorization of the graphic. For example, if it's full blue, there is no red part, so changing red factor won't have an effect. A white/grayscale base color is the most flexible but the result will also be very monotone in color hue. Alpha is opacity.

 

[TheWhiteWolf]

Alpha is like transparency, but for lightning effects.
If you think it is too light, then change alpha and it will look darker. If you still think it is too light, then you can try using another lightning effect (try Aerial Shackles, or you can make a skin and import it to overwrite one of the existing skins.

 

[GangSpear]

If you want it darker, reduce the percentage. But you should keep in mind that these values multiply with the standard colorization of the graphic. For example, if it's full blue, there is no red part, so changing red factor won't have an effect. A white/grayscale base color is the most flexible but the result will also be very monotone in color hue. Alpha is opacity.

Can give me a trigger example?
I don't know set the red colour more deeper.(It quite light,going invisibility soon )

 

[WaterKnight]

The ranges are between 0 and 1, not 0 and 100. So tested a bit. Decreasing the color factors does not turn the graphic black but filters more out the respective color, so it's kind of like a selective alpha-setting and the alpha value is another overall factor.

 

[GangSpear]

Can you give me a trigger example? ==

 

[WaterKnight]

Assume the lightning's base graphic is bare green.

Now you adjust color with mentioned action:
R:1 G:1 B:1 A:1 --> still bare green and solid
R:0 G:1 B:0 A:1 --> still bare green and solid since there are no red or blue parts
R:0 G:0.5 B:0 A:1 --> bare green but with less intensity, like 50% transparency
R:0 G:0 B:0 A:1 --> full transparent
R:0 G:0.5 B:0 A:0.5 --> 75% transparency/25% visible (0.5*0.5=0.25)

If the graphic would be bare white, canceling out one color (R:0 G:1 B:1 A:1 for example) would result in 2/3 visibility since 1/3 of white was made out of the now missing color.

 

[GangSpear]

Hmm,i know it,but the red colour not solid eh?

• Lightning - Change color of DR_LightningEffect1[DR_TempInt] to (1.00 0.00 0.00) with 1.00 alpha

 

[WaterKnight]

Drain Life/Drain Mana are more green/blue, so killing green and blue off, not much survives that could be red and, as said, the original white parts of the picture lose up to 2/3 visibility. You would only get a thin red line hardly visible.

 

[KaiZen7th]

There is a file called lightningdata.slk. It can be extracted from war3.mpq, but I added it as an attachment. There's one line for every lightning, and by modifying that file you can easily create new lightnings, just copy one line and then modify its values. Note: every new lightning must be based on some existing lightning. To use those lightnings you have to import lightning.slk with a path Splats\lightningdata.slk. In object editor you shift-click the field "art-lightning", and write the lightning id (name) there (4 characters, for example AFOD for finger of death). You must have a different name for each lightning.

Excuse me! What do you mean by just copy one line? Copy then Paste somewhere?

I'm using your lightningdata.slk file.
I modified the RGB Value in the .slk file of the Chain Lightning - Primary one and saved that file.
I imported the .slk file into my map and change its path to Splats\lightningdata.slk.
I also Shilft + doubleclick the field "art-lightning" and write its Code name "CLPB" and click OK.

But there is no Lightning in my custom spell when I test my map, other functions of my spell work just fine.

 

[Nichilus]

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