[Need Info] Special Effects

[plumsy460]

So I learned that in Starcraft 2, the way to go about special effects is through Actors... Yes?


My request is a little complicated.

I made a channeling ability, where I want to have a circle appear around the caster -which I imagine will be formed with seperate special effects lined up in a circle. At least that was how I did it back in Warcraft 3.

My first thought was to make an Actor that covered all the special effects and lined them up in a circle formation -which I had no clue on wether that was possible or not.

As I tried looking into it myself, I kinda got stuck trying to find an appropiate Actor Type. Again, I actually have no clue on how to create special effects on the grid.

Please help.

 

[plumsy460]

Does anyone at least know how to create a special effect on the grid? (implying its not attached to a unit) Like making an effect with an Offset. Maybe I can start from there and figure it out.

Edit:
I've looked into it and found that the "Create Persistent" effect has some useful options. I'm still ongoingly looking into it.

 

[Muhahahahaaa]

do the range actors fit your purpose? they were made for indicating the range of an abilitiy but can also be used for other things. if you want a decal like circle you need to find a circle decal or replace textures to be a circle.

 

[plumsy460]

This certainly helped!

Even though I didn't manage to create what I initially intended, I made something that suited my purposes just fine^_^

Thanks for your help.