light & spells (making an obscure/dark map)

[Har]

hi there!

i am looking forward to creating a very dark map and thus chose a very small transparency. as a matter od fact, the spells are also kinda dark... is it possible that i make everything dark (including units, buildings and stuff) except for the spells that have the same color like before? you see that i like the contrast very much

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

When you edit a unit there are three colours. Red, blue, green. Set them all from 255 to 0 then the unit is completly dark

 

[Avator]

Setting them all to 0 will cause them to be completely black. People will be unable to see their skins at all, which is annoying. Just set the colours to <50. To give them a little tint (like purple, which is a general dark look), just keep some colours higher then others (for purple, keep red and blue higher then green)

 

[Har]

yeah, thanks, works great...

furthermore i'd like the environment to be very dark too... the trees, the ground and so on... is there a way to make really everything except the spells darker?

 

[Squiggy]

Use a dark tileset.

 

[Avator]

Set the map time to Midnight (don't remember where again) and pause the time of day, so it's always midnight. This will make everything darker.

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

The thing with the 3 different color channels works with trees too...
Just set them all to ~50 and the tree is very dark

 

[Avator]

But grass and other stuff that can't be edited in the Object Editor can't change colour, so then you'd only have half a dark map.

 

[Har]

maybe i could set a lighting to the place where the spell-effect is... guess that would work

thanks anyways

 

[[K40$]-Spectre]

if you want, i can change the terrain tilesets for you so they will be darker and fit into your map.