The transparency of the beam has to do with the texture used so short of editing the textures, no. Layering multiple beams on each other would probably be reasonably effective, though. Also there are a LOT of different beam models available so if you poke around in the previewer you might find one with a texture more similar to what you're looking for, and you can use actor events to change the color to some degree via tinting.
Blizzard's model format encompasses 3d meshes, particle emitters, and ribbons/beams. So yeah they are model files but it wouldn't be a difficult operation to duplicate it and simply change the texture reference, and then use your own texture. You should ask in the artist forum.
Hi all,
I want to use something like the medic heal beam as an attack, however I want it to be more opaque, by default it is quite transparent.
What is the best way to do this? Is it possible to do without stacking 2 beams on top of eachother?
The transparency of the beam has to do with the texture used so short of editing the textures, no. Layering multiple beams on each other would probably be reasonably effective, though. Also there are a LOT of different beam models available so if you poke around in the previewer you might find one with a texture more similar to what you're looking for, and you can use actor events to change the color to some degree via tinting.
Yeah I have looked at them all, the medic one is probably the only flat beam that I found. It's not a big deal I can just use something else.
Regarding editing the textures, are the beams actually models or just flat textures? Is it possible to change the texture of a beam?
Blizzard's model format encompasses 3d meshes, particle emitters, and ribbons/beams. So yeah they are model files but it wouldn't be a difficult operation to duplicate it and simply change the texture reference, and then use your own texture. You should ask in the artist forum.
NIce, thanks for the tips! I might do the stacked beams as a quick fix for now, then decide if it's worth the effort to take it further.