Special Effect Competition #1 - Winter Wonderland

[Pyritie]

Recolour of the flamestrike will propably look lame..

Not if it's done well.

 

[JetFangInferno]

I've tried a dark version of flame strike and it looked like shit in the end =/

 

[Pyritie]

That nether one? It doesn't look that bad...

And this isn't really a dark version, just a blue version. Light blue.

 

[Daelin]

Okie ladies and gentlemen, here is my first entry. A bit extravagant, I agree, but what can I say, I guess I got carried on by the details. Therefore it may be a bit too detailed for warcraft 3. Here are some stats:

Polycount: 240.
Filesize: ~10kB
Animations: Stand (most auras don't present other animations)

Let the comments flow! And if you know any freeware good programs to capture the animation, let me know

-Daelin

 

[Pyritie]

<3's everywhere! XD

Seriously though, that looks sick.

 

[Fulla]

Woa very nice.

One thing thou, I noticed that in some custom auras they get screwed up badly on varying height terrain, whilst Blizzard auras dont.
I hope you guys are able to get around this.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

By far the best entry so far Daelin.

 

[Daelin]

Haha Pyritie, you should see the animation... The bottom has two planes with varying visibility. In the screenshot they are both at 100% visibility.

Oh no Fulla, that won't be a problem. I need to check it though again, cuz I must've forgot about it for this model. Thanks for reminding me btw.

And yeah, the model is scratch! All my SFX models are scratch. If inspired from other Blizzard models that's different. But I don't "take" stuff from other models.

Edit: And here is a preview of a new buff effect, Frozen Mana. Still needs Birth and Death animations.

Edit2: Preview removed because full version of model done!

-Daelin

 

[frostwhisper]

Loving the crystal-like feeling you got there.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Okay, now I have to bring out the big weapons...

 

[frostwhisper]

Giant ice laser of mass destruction, Will? ^^

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Nah, that's for another project.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Okay, now I have to bring out the big weapons...

Same here =) I've been making big weapons from the start

 

[Daelin]

Good... Cuz when I sleep, I get some crazy ideas. And last night, this fabulous effect came into my mind. Can't tell you more, but you'll see it when it's done. And it will take me quite a while to make. Hopefully I won't mess it greatly, cuz it is indeed a bit complex and maybe bit atop my skill.

-Daelin

 

[Pyritie]

Okay, now I have to bring out the big weapons...

Yeah same goes for me too. First I thought I might get first or second, now it looks like I'll be lucky if I could pull off with third.

 

[Daelin]

Here is Frozen Mana, fully completed, with birth, stand and death animations. Though it's true that a static image is not so impressive, I hope you'll like the animated versions once you'll see them.

Model stats:
Polycount (for Stand): ~40 (has emmiter which makes it vary between 38 and 44 or so).
File size: ~8 kB
Animations: Birth, Stand, Death

Feel free to leave your comments!

-Daelin

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Looks great Daelin, you are the king of fully custom special effects.

 

[Pyritie]

Pickle model done.

Yes I know it's random.

 

[Herman]

Haha

What does pickles have to do with christmas?

 

[Pyritie]

New one: Cone of Cold.

However I'm having a problem with this one. Whenever I select it from the imported models list (in WE), then it crashes. The problem might be the ribbons but...

 

[Elenai]

Wasnt I the one who suggested a Frozen Pickle Py?

Nice work to all so far.

 

[Pyritie]

Wasnt I the one who suggested a Frozen Pickle Py?

It was my idea to make a pickle. It was your idea to make it frozen, which I didn't do.

 

[Elenai]

I remember now...

Its a nice model

 

[Pyritie]

But nobody knows why my Cone of Cold model won't work in WE or Wc3?

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Check the geoset animations. If one has "None" as their geoset setting, it's definitly the problem, if the game crashes.

 

[Pyritie]

Nope. There's only one geoset anim and it's pointing to the only geoset.

I'll try removing the ribbons, see if that makes a difference.

EDIT: Yep, 'twas the ribbons. Removed them, and now it works ingame.

 

[Daelin]

Okie guys and gals, time for my third submission. Can you guess what it is? [...] Come on, anybody?! Well, not something very biggy, but a nice addition to any ice pack: Frozen Orb missile! Inspired from Diablo II with some upgrades. Additions include twinkling shine, ice-like vibrating rings and last but not least, comet-like frost tail. Any gadgets a Frozen Orb could ask for.

Model Stats:
Polycount - Around 200 (what can I say, quite a lot of emmiters around there ). Model body polycount: 86 (includes the orb glow)
File size: ~13 kB
Animations: Birth, Death, Stand (everything a missile model needs)

Comments of course are welcome and encouraged. Meeery Christmas everybody!

-Daelin

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

That's was I was searching for a project!All 3 effects rock!

 

[Herman]

Three Cheers For Comet-tail!!!

Hip Hip
Hoorah!

Hip Hip
Hoorah!!

Hip Hip
Hoorah!!!

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Hip Hip
Hoorah!

Hip Hip
Hoorah!!

Hip Hip
Hoorah!!!

What was this for??

 

[JetFangInferno]

wow Daelin sure is owning us =/

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Yeah no one can make something better!

 

[Daelin]

Well, had quite some time today so started pulling a new model. Here is a nice preview. Can you guess what it is?

-Daelin

 

[frostwhisper]

It is the aura that won this contest for you, sir.

 

[Daelin]

Wrong guess
Tip: model is non-looping

-Daelin

 

[frostwhisper]

Well... beats me.
Frozen.. flame strike?

 

[Herman]

Comet-Tail

Any sfx that has anything to do with comet-tails are fucking awesome

Thats the three hoorahs

 

[Daelin]

Okay, Frost Flame Strike was pretty close, but not close enough. I would like to present you Frost Nova effect. Initially I wanted it to be useable for frost nova spells just like in Diablo, but unfortunately particles are not scalable (or I don't seem to be able to scale them). But the effect shall prove extremely useful for effects similar to Battle Roar, but with an ice thematic.

Model Stats:
Polycount: ~100-105 or so (many particle emmiters so greatly varies)
File size: ~4 kB
Animations: Stand (it's a one-shot effect)

Enjoy and leave comments!

-Daelin

 

[frostwhisper]

I should have seen this coming. Great job, can't wait to try it in-game.

 

[Fulla]

Looking fantastic as always!

Another potential sfx:
- Frozen Incinerate, the explosion caused when a unit dies via the incinerate ability, with a frost makeover.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Shit..How can you make them so awesome?

 

[Daelin]

Special effects are not so complicated. You just need to experiment a bit with 3dsmax. They are easier than they seem. I can mostly tell by examining Blizzard effects how they were made, and some are quite simple might I add.

Thanks everybody! Time to get the surprise model started!

-Daelin

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Can't wait!

 

[Herman]

O I got a good one

Ok, If you've ever played Zelda, and got frozen, it doesn't happen all at once
I already said that


The hard part though, is after the effect happens, it explodes shards all over the place

Could one of you make one similar to that?

So when we destroy the effect, it has a really good death animation???

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

It's hard, because it's based on another model's geometry...

 

[Herman]

I ment "similar"

Like, it's not exactly that

Just has the same type of effect (slow freeze, and then explodes into many pieces)

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

I think we've all made our own frozen variations.

 

[Herman]

Eh

I don't think your understanding me....

O well

 

[JetFangInferno]

a fun ice aura i made... looks gay in the screenshot but looks better in game =)

 

[Herman]

Ooo Shinyyy

That actually doesn't look half bad