Export glow effect into Dota 2

fliger5

Hey,

I'm currently working on a weapon (almost finished) which has some part which should be glowing. I'm working with 3ds Max 2012, so I used the option under "Rendering -> Effects..." to make a lense effect and then a glow parameter (I assigned the effect to a material ID).

Now it shows up correctly in the rendering, but I can't export it with the .fbx-data and import the effect into Dota 2. The effect is always missing. Also when I import the .fbx into 3ds Max again, the effects are always gone.

I have seen weapons with fire effects, so there must be a way to do that???

Just an example of the lense & glow effect:

Coyo.Te

glow effects can in some way be added through mask1 alpha chanel if i recall correct, it's called self illumination, the valve guide on shadermasks, which can be downloaded at the requirements page, explains a bit on that topic

fliger5

Yea, I know and also used that way but then the lense effect is still missing. I need both of them actually. Sorry for the misleading title, I changed it.

Sukotto

There's no support for that for workshop submissions, if I'm understanding you correctly. The only thing you can do is add selfillum to the masks, and that is not really a 'glow' it just causes the texture to not react to light as much. There's no custom particles/effects yet and you can't edit the materials either

fliger5

But how do you make effects like this one then?

Sukotto

That is Doom's particle effect that is on all his weapons, based off the detail map mask. Same goes for every character with a detail map. Some heroes just have a scrolling texture linked to the detail map and some have a particle linked to the detail map. Both can be customized per weapon but you can't make your own effects/particles yet

Edit: Zip's right and I'm so dumb. Forgot about particle meshes

Zipfinator

The particles aren't placed based on the detail map. They're positioned using a separate mesh that spawns particles at each vertice of the particle mesh. There is a way to import those currently with the in game importer for weapons with particles but you still can't import your own particle effects.

Coyo.Te

and i think there are only 5 chars so far that support the custom particles.

fliger5

That makes sense, thanks a lot for your help, guys!

Just one more thing: How do you make a close up of your weapon like here? Is there a function for that ingame or do you have to do it in 3ds Max/Photoshop?

kiklop133

Hi I have question how I change particle position on spirit breaker weapon when isn't supported on dota 2 ingame importer

Zipfinator

You don't. Just need to wait for valve to add him to the particle importer. Maybe you could jam the fbx of the particle mesh into the .rar you submit and they'll do it.

Reza

hey
what about the smoke effect of this item? How can I add such an effect
http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Cauldron_of_Xahryx

Shock

u simply cant^^