Special Effect Competition #2 - Nature

[Pyritie]

Third one looks nice, but the others don't really look all that naturey to me.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

They look different ingame. The second and last one especially.

And hey, the colors are green, the names are about nature in Wc3 (Cenarion Fury, Elune's Fire, Ancient's Wrath, Emerald Portal).
I was going more for a "wild" nature feel, instead of Wc3's magic-like nature. I think I'll make earth-like FX next.

The second is based off nothing at all. Just a simple geomerge and very small animating.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Dubel puusth

I present you: The Emerald Core



(Yes, it rotates)

 

[frostwhisper]

Oh, that one's quite good actually.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Geoset merging based off of the firelord missle I presume? Looks incredible. I might have to add a few more

 

[D a w n]

here is my Ladybug-Flower aura (was supposted to be a bumblebee aura but I changed my idea)

I´ll post a gif,when I find out why my recorder does not work...................

 

[Pyritie]

Ha. That's awesome.

It could do with something in the middle though.

 

[D a w n]

yeah but I have no idea what I could add :/

Edit: here´s a gif with an updated version:

 

[JetFangInferno]

Oo looks neat! Maybe change the blue particles to green and the ribbons to green too. That's just my opinion though.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Maybe add a star?

Got a new FX: Blessing of Elun (At first a spelling mistake, but now the male equivalent of Elune). The little star trails go up and explode into a moon, while the plane/magic/thingies move downwards and scale up.

 

[JetFangInferno]

That's an interesting take on the "nature" theme.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Last I checked, Elune was the goddess of the night elves. And night elves are world-renowned tree-humpers naturists tree lovers.

So it kinda fits into the theme.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Kind of a stretch don't ya think? To me, nature would fit more using the night elf building explosion model or the tranquility. The SFX would still be useful nontheless.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

If Starfall is considered nature, than so is this SFX. It's not a stretch at all. :/

 

[JetFangInferno]

Hmm, starfall in my opinion is not nature-like. It's more of a starry kind of sfx. Well, uniqueness is always a good thing so you definitely have that Man, I've really deviated from my normal style of sfx. I've got absolutely no explosions at all

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Seriously?

Now THAT is surprising. XD

 

[JetFangInferno]

Updated my effects:
- Gaia Orbs (1-6) [attach all 6 for best effect]
- Gaia's Wings
- Gaia Missle
- Nature Explosion
- Swirling Earth
- Wisps (must attach at origin)

Screenshots:
Nature Explosion

Wisps

Gaia Shield

Gaia Missles

Swirling Earth

Gaia Orbs

Gaia Wings

Gaia Wave

 

[Pyritie]

Bah. I can't beat you guys this time.

I'll just screenshot what I have and submit it. Four crappy effects.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Submission time!

Here's my entry. I could add a few more, I guess, but they'd all look the same.

Contains:
-CenarionFury.mdx
-ElunesFire.mdx
-BlessingofElun.mdx
-AncientsWrath.mdx
-SpiritoftheEarth.mdx
-ForestBolt.mdx
-EmeraldPortal.mdx
-EmeraldCore.mdx

Give credits and don't modify without my permission.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Interesting use of the Divine Shield for the Emerald Portal. I'm not sure if it's intended however, for the death animation to have yellow particles. Also, I would like to say nice edit of Incinerate for your CenarionFury sfx. My favorite was the Emerald Core. Unlike me, you really have some awesome sounding names for your models. Good sfx pack.

 

[Anything.]

Nature Explosion = best SFX ever. I think it's your best one yet
I also like the Cluster Rockets one.

 

[frostwhisper]

All in all, this contest has produced some pretty nice effects.

 

[JetFangInferno]

In would be better to see a higher number of applicants. It seems the sfx department is neglected. It would be nice to see at least 5+ contestants as we do in the other contests. And @ Anything., ty Hmm, I'm still debating whether or not I should make a Gaia Wave sfx...

 

[Pyritie]

Like I said, I would've done more if I didn't have exams coming up soon.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Also, I would like to say nice edit of Incinerate for your CenarionFury sfx.

It's actually a really big edit of Divine shield.

 

[JetFangInferno]

=O In that case, more props to you Pyritie, I'm sorry to hear that but the same is happening for me this week =/

 

[JetFangInferno]

Sorry for double posting but is this damned contest dead? It's been past due for around 10 days now and not a single moderator has spoke of this situation...

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Moderators aren't the problem here. Clearly no one has any ideas for this theme.

All contestants might as well submit now, unless they've got other ideas that they plan on completing.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Perhaps next time we should do a poll deciding upon which theme to use in the upcoming contest (if another should continue). That way, every could agree on the theme and no one would be out of ideas.

 

[Gilles]

Do I count? Jet, yours are amazing and apparently the only ones near completion. Let's go you other guys!

 

[D a w n]

well...my pack is almost finished, but I got 1 more idea some days ago ( an alternate roots effect)

 

[Pyritie]

I'm not doing any more on mine, so I just need to get an ingame screenshot.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Glad to hear you guys are wrapping up.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Do I count? Jet, yours are amazing and apparently the only ones near completion. Let's go you other guys!

Correction: I already submitted.

And yes it's nice to see the contest will get more than two submissions.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Hopefully over 4.

 

[Pyritie]

Okay here's my three shitty models.

 

[LiOneSS]

you could use the textures of the blizzard easter trees from the war3patch.mpq (just a suggestion)

 

[JetFangInferno]

The beam looks pretty sexy. My last addition to my sfx pack will be the Gaia Wave.

 

[Just_Spectating]

it seems we have a winner!! JetFangInferno!

 

[JetFangInferno]

it seems we have a winner!! JetFangInferno!

We'll have to wait for the poll to see.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

it seems we have a winner!! JetFangInferno!

Gotta love how your models are nub magnets JetFang

It's just a crushing wave recolor, his other models are a lot better.

 

[Just_Spectating]

i actually thought the wave sucked.. but the missiles were cool.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

OH.

My bad.

Yeah, the missiles are awesome.

 

[Just_Spectating]

infact the missiles are really the only thing that i like about his.. the rest are all copies with a few particles and recolor

 

[JetFangInferno]

SFX are so limited in warcraft so yeah =/

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Not true. You just need to think outside the box. Experiment, try new techniques, change styles, don't be afraid to abuse a certain aspect (like Daelin with his Unwraps, for example).

Just don't expect to recreate World In Conflict's nuke. The particle systems are incredibly advanced (and the result is awesome to behold)... Too bad, I would love to be able to make deformation bubbles and bloom.

 

[JetFangInferno]

I would like to make deformation bubbles too lol. I've been trying to make them forever but Warcraft's graphics engine doesn't support it =( I certainly abuse tail particles and it's not getting me anywhere lol. I can't think of new techniques though =/ I feel like I've exhausted all my possibilities.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

You could change game.

I know I will with SC2.

 

[JetFangInferno]

Of course, you will probably be the dominant sfx maker in SC2 since you specialize in nukes/lazers/explosions. I'd do the switch but I personally like magical sfx better =/

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

I'll continue the conversation in PMs, just so we don't spam the thread, ok?