Changing the vertex color modification of the slow effect

[luorax]

Well, I have a really lame question: how does the slow effect work? Is that a simple vertex color modification? Or what? I would like to change the color to something "burning" (so I need a red version), but I don't know exactly how does it work.

But if you can give me something other spell which changes the unit's color to red, that's far enough too (the "SetUnitVertexColor" function doesn't work, because we can't detect the original vertex colors of the models.)

 

[TomTTT]

Well, I just typed a whole bunch of crap here and noticed it won't help, so I delete it.
I'd suggest you'll just download a model and change the Slow's buff's model to it, or trigger it, with changing the movement speed action and adding a special effect on the unit.

 

[luorax]

Okay, but the problem is that I don't know about any model which changes the color of the unit to red. (The word "burning" was just an example... I don't need any fire, I just need a red unit)

 

[Moradiae]

• Animation - Change (Your unit)'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency

???

They tell you the syntax is (R,G,B) so getting red would mean something like

• Animation - Change (Your unit)'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 40.00%, 40.00%) with 0.00% transparency

right?

 

[Jedi]

Moradiae
You need to know unit's normal vertex color values to turn him back, so you need to store every unit types vertex coloring in a hashtable.

 

[Moradiae]

I don't understand, I thought the function refers to the unit's original vertex color itself?
I have one trigger with

• Animation - Change (unit)'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 40.00%, 40.00%) with 0.00% transparency

then later

• Animation - Change (unit)'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency

and did a testing and the color changed back to normal properly (with a control unit next to the unit doing the changing)

 

[luorax]

Yes, it works if each value of your your unit is 255. But check it out yourself:
Place 2 Dark Troll on a map. Change the first troll's vertex color to something, then change it back to 100%. You'll see the difference between the two unit.

 

[Moradiae]

Ahh I see =3=

so 100% of 255, thus the use of hashtables to store all the tinting for none 255 colors, ok ok, apology for my ignorance