special dungeon lighting effect?

[scubazoo]

Hi,

I would like to implement a lighting effect similar to that shown in the picture in the following link:
http://forums.sc2mapster.com/resour...rix-2-replicating-warcraft-3-dnc-colouration/
does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

 

[Dirac]

the visibility radius of that footman is obviously very low, plus those torches have that light already implemented, they're somewhere under Doodads/props

 

[scubazoo]

All it is is lowering the visibility radius? That can't be all it is.

Edit: There must be some triggering which brings the black mask back as well. How do I do this? I have seen a flashlight trigger which removes blackmask only in direction unit is looking, and then reapplies black mask when the unit moves or turns. How would I do this so that the vision is a radius around the unit, rather than a flashlight effect?

 

[djb4cc1o94]

Warcraft 3 havent a lightning editor. In fact, there is only one way to change color of the environment (other then fog), which is day night color. This is a model wich give the game a very strained environment color. This usually looks ugly - since everything is tinted that particular color, including the doodads. However, if you do call setdaynightmodels(... , ... ) [not sure about code grammar, haven't coded in wc3 for a while], then the environment will be blacked out, similar to the effect created.

 

[scubazoo]

There is a way to enable the effect of the black mask remaining. It is in this thread: http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php/159972-Rotating-Searchlight . I've used it to make a flashlight trigger. Only thing is I'm not sure how to switch it so that it effects a radius around each unit, as opposed to the region directly in front of a unit to simulate a flashlight.

 

[Dirac]

im thinking

Every 0.1 seconds of game time
Destroy VisibilityVar
Create BlackMask effect for Player(1) across entire map
Create Visibility across (100 range of unit)
Set VisibilityVar = last created visibility modifier

 

[scubazoo]

Thanks, that seems like it might work, I'll try it.