Author Topic: Weapon Effects (Read 2051 times)

BlasterNT · **on:** April 17, 2012, 06:18:32 pm

So as a part of my mod, I've been messing with weapon effects lately.

Terran:

Optil:

Regarian:

Had quite a bit of fun learning how to make these. Does anyone have any tips regarding weapon effects?

Legate Damar · **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2012, 06:20:04 pm

Neat. I've been stuck with using the effects included with the game and various mods I have.

BlasterNT · **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2012, 06:26:46 pm

I've found that the best way to go about it is to use big soft brushes to build a white "core", and then blurring and adding cloud layers over that. And a nice energetic color on top.

headdie · **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2012, 06:41:55 pm

No real advice here, but the first blue bolt, the blue beam and the green bolt at the bottom are impressive

Rodo · **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2012, 11:44:31 pm

They all look like win.

watsisname · **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2012, 04:28:38 pm

Those are very nice! I especially like the first blue bolt, and both Regarian shots.

BlasterNT · **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2012, 06:01:01 pm

Thanks! Ingame, the blue bolt is a railgun, so it has a tail as well. I tried to embody the "characters" of the weapons into the effects. The terrans use a lot of high energy plasma with a rapid recycle rate, that's barely contained in magnetic bottles, the optils use lasers amplified with focusing crystals, and the regarians employ more focused, low energy bursts of plasma.