horusheretic
6th Nov 07, 1:38 PM
as the title implies this mini (and small) tutorial will allow very basic changes and will give anyone a basic step forward into the world of FX. i am in no way an expert and on the same-ish level of "what does all this do."
so what you need:
you need the following tools:
FX tool, an extraction tool such as the sga explorer or corsix mod tools.
extract the entire FX folder into:
My_mod/data/art/fx
my_mod is the name of your mod in the dawn of war directory.
for example mine is Storm_of_existence/data/art/fx.
once you have the fx extracted you can start editing the fx thats ingame already.
now in my mod where you can get god specific stuff you want to show your dedication to the gods, and what better with new fx colour coded to each of the gods.
lets start of with a basic khorne FX taken from the chaos lord.
open up the FX tool. once up select open from the filemenu. as we are taking an fx from the lord we shall navigate to the chaos folder then idle folder.
heres the path my_mod/data/art/fx/chaos/idle
look for the file named chaos_lord_head_glow_combo.
load it up and play the fx. you will get something like this
here
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/3497/project1so6.th.jpg (http://img48.imageshack.us/my.php?image=project1so6.jpg)
now we are going to change the colour of that fx for now to a nice gore riddled red to show the dedication of our warriors to the god khorne.
notice on the right hand side where it has all the text and various other things? (if not try expanding the window)
that is how you will change and add FX.
assuming you opened up chaos_lord_head_glow_combo,
click on the text saying "unit_power_fist_glow_ring_2"
clicking the + sybol will expand the menu further.
for now we just want to keep our eyes on the duration and colour texts.
opening up the duration will allow you to change how long the fx plays. for now go into colour.
underneath the fx window you will see a colour chart along with alpha and a long bar at the bottom with notches in it. click on a notch and then select a colour. see what happens when you change the colour? the fx will blend into another colour as the fx plays. click on a notch and move it along the bar. you can make smoother playing fx by adding more notches.
to add one simply click or right click on the bar to remove. make the fx red and play around a little.
eventually you may end up with this:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6440/project1mh1.th.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=project1mh1.jpg)
when your happy with the changes you can save it normally and use the changed fx insead of the normal one or save it as a different name ready for use on new models. <---- i wont go there just yet so dont ask
heres some basic fx i cooked up earlier.
http://www.savefile.com/files/1176636 (http://www.savefile.com/files/1176636)
has red colour auras for khorne green and yellows for nurgle, blues and purple for tzeentch and pink and dark purples for slaanesh. has a changed machine spirit for the chaos side to (imagine MS but red with purple tones in it instead)
so what you need:
you need the following tools:
FX tool, an extraction tool such as the sga explorer or corsix mod tools.
extract the entire FX folder into:
My_mod/data/art/fx
my_mod is the name of your mod in the dawn of war directory.
for example mine is Storm_of_existence/data/art/fx.
once you have the fx extracted you can start editing the fx thats ingame already.
now in my mod where you can get god specific stuff you want to show your dedication to the gods, and what better with new fx colour coded to each of the gods.
lets start of with a basic khorne FX taken from the chaos lord.
open up the FX tool. once up select open from the filemenu. as we are taking an fx from the lord we shall navigate to the chaos folder then idle folder.
heres the path my_mod/data/art/fx/chaos/idle
look for the file named chaos_lord_head_glow_combo.
load it up and play the fx. you will get something like this
here
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/3497/project1so6.th.jpg (http://img48.imageshack.us/my.php?image=project1so6.jpg)
now we are going to change the colour of that fx for now to a nice gore riddled red to show the dedication of our warriors to the god khorne.
notice on the right hand side where it has all the text and various other things? (if not try expanding the window)
that is how you will change and add FX.
assuming you opened up chaos_lord_head_glow_combo,
click on the text saying "unit_power_fist_glow_ring_2"
clicking the + sybol will expand the menu further.
for now we just want to keep our eyes on the duration and colour texts.
opening up the duration will allow you to change how long the fx plays. for now go into colour.
underneath the fx window you will see a colour chart along with alpha and a long bar at the bottom with notches in it. click on a notch and then select a colour. see what happens when you change the colour? the fx will blend into another colour as the fx plays. click on a notch and move it along the bar. you can make smoother playing fx by adding more notches.
to add one simply click or right click on the bar to remove. make the fx red and play around a little.
eventually you may end up with this:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6440/project1mh1.th.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=project1mh1.jpg)
when your happy with the changes you can save it normally and use the changed fx insead of the normal one or save it as a different name ready for use on new models. <---- i wont go there just yet so dont ask
heres some basic fx i cooked up earlier.
http://www.savefile.com/files/1176636 (http://www.savefile.com/files/1176636)
has red colour auras for khorne green and yellows for nurgle, blues and purple for tzeentch and pink and dark purples for slaanesh. has a changed machine spirit for the chaos side to (imagine MS but red with purple tones in it instead)