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NB! MAKE BACKUP BECAUSE THERE IS BIG CHANGE THAT YOU SCREW UP FIRST TIME!!!This guide is different from all other guides that you have seen! Here i dont teach you how to change animation but i show you also how to change skill effects, add new effects + some other tricks!
For all noobs who wonder how i made summy skills, THEN HERE IT IS! I show you exactly how i made my new staff summy skill mod, and skill i modded is venomlight, see final video of it bottom of this post=)
Ok here we go, hopefully you dont get headache
1. First we learn how to change skill animation!
So for that we go in data/anim/character/summoner/skill and find sum_skl_stf_venomlight_01.anim and sum_skl_stf_venomlight_02.anim,
there are only 2 files for that skill (some skills have even 10 some only 1), so now we must think what skill animation we should use to replace these 2 files! But first we make backup, move both files to desktop and dont delete them!!!
2. I used hunter skill darkfiring for first animation, you find it in data/anim/character/archeress/skill/arc_skl_crs_darkfiring_01.anim
and copy/paste it in data/anim/character/summoner/skill folder, now rename it to sum_skl_stf_venomlight_01.anim
3. For second animation i used mage skill thundersphere, you find it in data/anim/character/sorceress/skill/sor_skl_com_thundersphere_02-.animand copy/paste it in data/anim/character/summoner/skill folder, now rename it to sum_skl_stf_venomlight_02.anim
4. Gratz you have new animation for venomlight, so if you want replace any other skill do it exactly same way! Everything you need is in data/anim/character/.. just play with different files and see what you get
5. Ready for real fun?
Well i show you now how to change skill effects and edit them!
First i want replace venomlight skill effects with thundersphere effects, that will be cool if its possible isnt it? xD
6. To edit venomlight skill effects we must go to data/property/effect and search venomlight, THATS IT, first you will see file called effectscene.03 and that is what we gonna edit, you may open it up and search venomlight in it also!
7. Now we found venomlight, time to search thundersphere! Again like you see first file is effectscene.03!
8. When you have both file opened, search and find thundersphere first and copy it!
NB! copy it from <list> to </effect>, its very very long code but you need to copy it all, except id and name(if you change these your game probably not start)
9. Now find venomlight if you didnt already, and paste whole thundersphere effect code to over venomlight!
NB! again from <list> to </effect>
Make sure that there ARENT ANYTHING DOUBLE example:
</effect>
</effect>
10. Ok you can save meanwhile but its not over yet!
If you scroll down you will see venomlight_remote after venomlight effect code, you may keep it or may delete it, its dosnt make big difference, i just keep it:D
11. Now if you scroll more you will see venomlight_finish, thats very important!!!
Go back to thundersphere code and search thundersphere_finish and copy again from <list> to </effect>, paste it over venomlight_finish from <list> to </effect>, save and you are done!
12. You think it was fun? I lied haha, now we start with real fun
We replaced skill animation, we changed venomlight effect into thundersphere and we got something funny but not best! Lets give some new colors our old thundersphere:D
Find thundersphere data/texture/effect/skill/thundersphere and edit all files with gimp, example i made spheres to purple and green, sparks to yellow, wind some darker yellow and everyhing else to green.
Note: If you want edit some other skill later you can find all skills data/texture/effect/skill/ and data/texture/effect/cond!
13. Huh that was easy? Think again xD
Well we made our old thundersphere colorful now but that isnt what we want, we want more fun!!!!!
Really fun? Well i teach you how to change effect size, iam gonna change sphere size first because its looks more awesome then! Maybe you already saw how sphere file is called if you recolored thundersphere but if you didnt then i show you how to find right file!
Go back to effectscene.03 and where you edited venomlight skill, below is list of all effects it use and like you see already third is sp_thundersphere_sphere_01, if you cast skill in game you will see it almost instantly so it must be the right thing!
14. How to change its size then?
Now we know how its called and we gonna change it, so only thing we need is right place where to edit it! Search sp_thundersphere_sphere_01 and you will see second file that pop up is effectdata.03 and thats what we need!
15. Open effectdata.03 and find sp_thundersphere_sphere_01 in it, like you see there is alot things like texturepack and size, we gonna change its size from 1.500000 to 3.500000 so its over 2 times bigger now! Save and you are done woot!
16. You really think that fun is over now?? NO, we gonna do more fun things like adding more new effects in existing one!
First fun thing i do is adding lightning effect from Parca into our modded venomlight! So again go back to effectscene.03 and where you changed venomlight and write new lines bottom of list, exactly like i did it on picture:
17. NB! We arent done so dont start game yet!
To make new effects work correctly you must add also new controls like below picture(make sure you write unitid 40 and 41 and lifetime 0 2000):
Save and your done!
18. Now try out your new modded venomlight, if game dosnt start you screwed up everything!
Final working version:
Important paths:
Skill animation files: \data\anim\character\ choose char \skill
Skill texture files: \data\texture\effect\skill and \data\texture\effect\cond
Skill effect and scene files: \data\property\effect
PS: If GM want may make it sticky
Last edited by Indrek888 on Sat May 01, 2010 6:29 am; edited 1 time in total
