Special Effect Competition #1 - Winter Wonderland

[TKF]

To late to join this contest??

Meteor
Falling...
Impact!

Frost Sphere
Freezing Ball

sry for interruption...

 

[Daelin]

Hon... did you even check the theme of the contest? It's SFX in terms of MODELLING! Not spellmaking. It would be nice to first read the rules.

-Daelin

 

[JetFangInferno]

Lol. I'm pretty much done, I have exhausted all of my imagination and I can't come up with any more "icy" sfx to make.

 

[Pyritie]

Daelin makes good SFX with actual geometry.

JetFang makes good one-shot SFX with lots of particle "tails".

And I rarely use anything else than particles in any of my SFX.

We've got all bases covered, really.

Don't forget me using actual models with sfx added. You may not have seen much of me yet but I promise you I've got a list of like 30 or so possible ideas.

By the way do doodads or attachments count as SFX? I was thinking of making some ski attachments.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Pyritie is the underdog I doubt skis count as effects. Anything that has to do with particles or ribbons or even geometry combined with particles and or ribbons is considered sfx. I have seen the stuff you made and they are really nice. But dang, 30 ideas? lol that's incredible. I'm stuck with like 15. Doodads as in an ice pillar poking out of the ground with some particles then disappearing can be considered sfx. Skis however, are completely out of the picture.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Sure... but they have to use particles, ribbons or whatever to be an SFX. Using only geometry would make it a model...

Well, if you use geometry only it could be a buff, so that would be an SFX... but not skis...

Doodads can be SFX though, like fire models or that magical wall door thing.

EDIT: Oh, I still have ideas... just need to finish my nuke model.

 

[Pyritie]

Dang, so there goes about 12 or so of those ideas. I was planning to do a whole winter sport set. XD

And 30 ideas is what you get from sitting near a pool in Egypt with nothing to do because the water is too cold to swim in and the only book you have is one you've already read during the whole of yesterday.

 

[JetFangInferno]

wow Egypt, that's cool. I sit in my ugly house everyday wondering what to make next (I have some ideas but they got killed by WC3's buggy XY-Quad particles).

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

-Ice Shards (see video)
-Frost Waves (see video)
-Frost Wall (see video)
-Snow Storm (see video)
-Ice Block
-Ice Block Missile
-Freezing Aura (see video)
-Comet (see video)
-Ice Spheres (see video)
-Snow Cannon Missile ("photorealistic-like" Snow missile)
-Snow Cannon Ball (Think snow ball... at 500 meters per second)
-Snow nuke (Had to do it. It'll be more of a frost bomb than a nuke)
-Cryogenic Gas Missile (Icy Flamethrower)
-Freezing Shockwave (Big freezing shockwave)
-Freezing Cannon Ball
-Cryo Bullet (Freezing Bullet)

 

[JetFangInferno]

WILL, how are you going to do an Ice Nuke w/o having it cross over the 512 x 512 grid? Your previous nukes have been HUGE. lol.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Oh yeah.

*scratches the nuke from the list*

 

[GeEom]

is it to late?

willthealmighty ur deffinition of love is only possible if, hangf on let me wrk this out :
you need a tri of the most powerfull military production lazers avaliable on your tri *point* scope the spyder +800 (+750 would do but is not currently in production anymore)
and you are at 28.9 meters above sea level, your target being at one meter above sea level. to accomodate for the earths curve.
the worlds longest ranged mobile artilery unit has a 5.12 km range, recorded 8.2 with extremely favorable wind.
to *put your target in your aiming recepticle* is to say a stright shot, im not going to work out the power needed for that,

and therefore the odds are as you say, *long* , in the same way that shooting a random rifle into the air has the same chance of hitting the target via coincidental wromhole.

EDIT
----

was going to enter, cant , making map, but did give me a very cool idea

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

We're talking about a highly sophisticated assassin droid here.

Plus it's in the Star Wars universe, so you probably have no idea what the hell you're talking about.

 

[JetFangInferno]

willthealmighty ur deffinition of love is only possible if, hangf on let me wrk this out :
you need a tri of the most powerfull military production lazers avaliable on your tri *point* scope the spyder +800 (+750 would do but is not currently in production anymore)
and you are at 28.9 meters above sea level, your target being at one meter above sea level. to accomodate for the earths curve.
the worlds longest ranged mobile artilery unit has a 5.12 km range, recorded 8.2 with extremely favorable wind.
to *put your target in your aiming recepticle* is to say a stright shot, im not going to work out the power needed for that,

and therefore the odds are as you say, *long* , in the same way that shooting a random rifle into the air has the same chance of hitting the target via coincidental wromhole.

EDIT
----

was going to enter, cant , making map, but did give me a very cool idea

wtf... totally offtopic but who cares lol.

 

[Nbah]

Could this be considered an effect or is it too bad made?

 

[Pyritie]

Badly made or not, it's an effect.

 

[GeEom]

off topicness

yeah i did have a very long post about my entry
first edit added what in the real world universe would be nessasry (yes i do know what the fuck im taking about) to shoot a trget 120 km away
second edit, had discovered i couldnt entr as my cmputer being repared during pretty much the whole comp.

if u want to make a statement like that IN UR SIG, u may wannt to add, this is in starwars land with a robot thing, or u will confuzzle and anoy ex-millitary perfectionists , or me , just a perfectionist

 

[JetFangInferno]

yeah i did have a very long post about my entry
first edit added what in the real world universe would be nessasry (yes i do know what the fuck im taking about) to shoot a trget 120 km away
second edit, had discovered i couldnt entr as my cmputer being repared during pretty much the whole comp.

if u want to make a statement like that IN UR SIG, u may wannt to add, this is in starwars land with a robot thing, or u will confuzzle and anoy ex-millitary perfectionists , or me , just a perfectionist

wtf again lol. @Nbah, the effect is fine just try and add just a bit more color otherwise it's too white.

 

[Nbah]

How about this? It looks better ingame (animated). I call it Ice Shield.

 

[Pyritie]

Good idea but it's a bit bright. Try reducing the emission rate.

@Jetfang: How do you make your gifs?

 

[JetFangInferno]

Pyritie, I use Camstasia 3 (You can DL the trial version), capture the video and save it as .amv,then I open up an animation program like Jasc Animation and save the file as a .gif and I'm done.

@Nbah, that looks really nice, keep up the good work =)

 

[Nbah]

Thank you for inspiriting me. I guess I will join this competition. I had lost hope after my acid nova got rejected but I guess if a master like you likes this then I will try to do some more effects. I myself am a big fan of your work JetFangInferno.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Thanks >< but don't consider me a master. There are other sfx modellers here who are very good too like Daelin, Pyritie and WILLTHEALMIGHTY.

 

[Pyritie]

Pyritie, I use Camstasia 3 (You can DL the trial version), capture the video and save it as .amv,then I open up an animation program like Jasc Animation and save the file as a .gif and I'm done.

@Nbah, that looks really nice, keep up the good work =)

I got a .wmv of it. Does ImageReady CS2 work with that?

Okay here are two gifs of Iceberg and Cone of Cold.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

I really don't like the orange squiggles in iceberg.

 

[Pyritie]

~ Yellow Swirls changed to Snowflakes.

Dionesiist didn't like them either.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Awesome how you used geometry + particles, I can't use geometry =/ No idea how to use the Vertex Modifier :/

 

[Pyritie]

I model in gmax, then animate in ms3d.

I fail at VertexModify :S

 

[JetFangInferno]

Same here but atleast you have a modelling program

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Submission time!

I don't have much to add, so here it is. Make sure to test them INGAME (model editors don't show them properly).

WILLTHEALMIGHTY's Winter Wonderland SFX Pack!

Contains:
Comet.mdx
CryoGasMissile.mdx
FrostAura.mdx
FrostWall.mdx
FrostWave.mdx
IceBlock.mdx
IceBlockMissile.mdx
IceSparks.mdx
IceSpheres.mdx
SnowCannonBall.mdx
Snowmissile.mdx
Snowstorm.mdx

Do not modify any of these without permission, and give credits or I'll freeze your ass to a freaking comet.

 

[JetFangInferno]

So you're done, guess I'll have to release my pack soon then

 

[D a w n]

I think its time to submit my sfx pack now

contains:2 auras,1 missile,1 spell for skills like roots or impale,1 buff and 3 single target/aoe nukes

Edit:improved the iceblade missile

 

[JetFangInferno]

Nice stuff guys.

 

[RED BARON]

Nice work DonDustin, like the differences in your sfx's.

Somehow Wills seems a bit to similar for my taste.

 

[JetFangInferno]

WILL makes his models to resemble realistic snow which normal people don't do. Thus, his style is unique.

 

[SuPa-]

JetFang, your SFXs are nice, but honestly they're a little repetitive sometimes. A few just look exactly like your water geyser SFXs and other such ones you've made. Try something new I'd guess? Like with the wings of shiva

 

[Deleted member 126647]

JetFang's are mostly based on in game SFX's to the best of my knowledge; that's why they aren't very unique and pretty repetitive. There are some things that you've (JetFang) made however that are very impressive.

 

[JetFangInferno]

I know, I really used up my knowledge, I can't really make anything new until I learn geometry...

 

[Pyritie]

Anyone else submitting anything?

I totally forgot about the deadline; today I made two more sfx. One is a simple northrend undead birth thingy, the other is supposed to be some frost summony thingy.

 

[frostwhisper]

I do hope Dealin submits his...

 

[OoPoweroO]

Am I allowed to join?? mine will suck compared to all you guys sadly tho.

 

[Pyritie]

Anyone can join at any time.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Why you say yours will suck?Just try.

 

[OoPoweroO]

My sfxes... i think they suck

This is my spell pack but i ams ry its not in zip or watever form.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Ehm...the frost nova is the original one?

 

[OoPoweroO]

no i used the orignal i changed it.

 

[FireEffect]

He put the frost nova effect around it...

 

[JetFangInferno]

Looks pretty nice. Sadly I don't know if I have enough time to finish all my models and load them up in here before the deadline. School Finals are killing me...

 

[Pyritie]

Well, you might as well post what you have so far, it'd be a pity if you don't enter in this competition.

 

[Daelin]

Unfortunately I have to cancel my surprise model... maybe it will be released some other time, with some other occasion. Well, life sucks when we're busy. But nevertheless, my model pack will be submitted.

-Daelin