How to resize special effects?

[ShadowHunter]

I have had some trouble with some imported special effects in my map, they are too big. Is there a way to resize them to a desired scale?

The only way I can come to think of is to make a dummy unit with the effect and then scale the dummy, but that would mean I would have to make a trigger that moves it on the triggering unit.

Would be much appreciated with info.

 

[PurplePoot]

Attach them to a resized unit. They take on the scale of a unit if attached to one.

 

[ShadowHunter]

Aha, I've heard that before. So I just change the size of the unit for a very short time, add the effect and then I resize him back to normal and the special effect should be smaller?

 

[gavdaman88]

If it isn't involving attatchments I usually just summon a unit with the special effect for their model with an expiration timer of the length of the effect.

 

[PurplePoot]

Maybe, ShadowHunter, but I think that it will scale back with the unit.

 

[Need_O2]

so it would be very usefull if gameitself has a non-modelled BUT has origin etc points kind unit ... so we could attach the models on it and vertexcolor-scale it

 

[Just call me Js]

so it would be very usefull if gameitself has a non-modelled BUT has origin etc points kind unit ... so we could attach the models on it and vertexcolor-scale it

you can change the colour of the effect indiviualy without changing the units colour?

 

[ShadowHunter]

Hm, I recently came up with another question. Are there any ways of resizing a point effect? 'cause when you attach a special effect to a point it used the 1.00 scale, annoying as it is I was wondering if there were any ways to resize that one as well?

By the way, thanks for teh help

 

[Just_Spectating]

you could use it as a dummy unit

 

[ShadowHunter]

PurplePoot, when I try to attach a special effect to a certain dummy that I resized, it shows no special effects at all. Is that because of the model I'm using?

 

[Taur]

Possibly, which one is it. Infrane's (which is used in caster system) dummy unit should work for all special effects.