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Adding effects to a character
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:28 pm
by cloneknight
I have a few questions about adding effects
1) how do I make it so it looks like a character is on fire or being shocked all the time? (like a flaming wampa running around also i cant find the burning effect?)
2) how can I make it so these show up at a hp limit? (a droid starts to smoke at 10 hp or something) what’s a good damage smoke effect also?
these will really help my map i have tried but they dont show up?
Re: effects
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:51 pm
by Caleb1117
Never thought about it, but I assume you could use the same code which makes vehicles start smoking when damaged, on people.
DamageStartPercent = 80.0 - What percentage of HP that the effect starts so when you get down to 80% it triggers the effect
DamageStopPercent = 50.0 - What percent that it will stop, so you could have it stop at 50%, and have anouthe block of code like this, with a flame effect starting at 50% down to 0
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehiclespark" - effect name you can find this and others like it in Data_ABC/common/effects
DamageEffectScale = 1.5 - scale up the effect? not sure
DamageInheritVelocity = 0.5 - no clue
DamageAttachPoint = "hp_damage_4" - where the damage fx is attach, could be a null on a model, or a bone for instance, you could put in bone_pelvis, and his... pelvis would burn/smoke
Try putting this in your unit's ODF, and get the needed effects, that I highlighted, and see what happens.
DamageStartPercent = 80.0
DamageStopPercent = 50.0
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehiclespark"
DamageEffectScale = 1.5
DamageInheritVelocity = 0.5
DamageAttachPoint = "bone_head"
DamageStartPercent = 50.0
DamageStopPercent = 10.0
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehiclesmoke"
DamageEffectScale = 1.5
DamageInheritVelocity = 0.5
DamageAttachPoint = "bone_head"
DamageStartPercent = 10.0
DamageStopPercent = 0.0
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehicleflame"
DamageEffectScale = 1.5
DamageInheritVelocity = 0.5
DamageAttachPoint = "Bone_head"
Re: effects
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:12 pm
by cloneknight
to make it so he is always on fire set effect start to 0? also how do i attach it to the whole body, or atleat the chest area.
(whats the burning effect like from a flamethrower?)
Re: effects
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:50 pm
by Caleb1117
If you want it constant, you need something like this:
DamageStartPercent = 100.0
DamageStopPercent = 0.0 -
DamageEffect = "com_sfx_vehicleflame"
DamageEffectScale = 1.5
DamageInheritVelocity = 0.5
DamageAttachPoint = "eff_ribcage"
I think there is a simpler code, not sure, but you could also try:
AttachEffect = "com_sfx_vehicleflame"
AttachToHardpoint = "eff_ribcage"
The flamethrower effect should be in a side that has one, like the CIS or IMP side's effects folder.