Weapon Glow Effects

So, the problem was in the meshes. @___@ I should have guessed that. Shoulda clicked after seeing so many people lately talking about meshes and how you can make one item look like another with a different mesh. It makes perfect sense.

What exactly would we need to download and install and such to edit all those mesh files? I'm good with tedious work, so I'll do it if someone tells me how.

EDIT: A dat extractor from teh downloads section... I'm on it!

Someone mind thinking up a list of what items should be un-glowed?

EDIT2: Wait. Won't editing the wg_magic.mdf take the glow off of all the magic weapons?

 

In case it's decided to proceed, here's what I suggest as a starting point for this. Keep in mind, I believe it's more important to first fix the items with descriptors that have them "pre-identified."

Things that should glow:

Most Swords & ALL Daggers shed light.

The swords that do not shed light are:

Flametongue - flames run the length of the blade upon speaking the command word (The one in the game is ok).
Frostbrand - Glows with blue hue in temperatures below 0 degrees fahrenheit (The one in the game is ok).
Holy Avenger - In the hands of a Paladin, a circle of power (& light) emanates in a 10' radius (Not one in this game).
Life Stealing - No light whatsoever (Should have the aura removed).
Sharpness - 0' to 30' depending on the desire of the wielder (Not one in this game).



Other things that should glow which are not swords or daggers:

Lareth's Staff of Striking
Rod of Smiting
Wonnilon's Crossbow
Moradin's Soul Hammer
Thorned Chains of Love
Holy Ransuer
Holy Mace
Holy Longsword (Meleny's Dowry)
David's Sling
Smith & Westrealm .50
Items crafted by the PC party

I'm sure I've forgotten a few of the things folks have modded in, so feel free to tack on here. Things like Hanzo Steel were left out on purpose...because they are swords. Other weapons belonging to key figures could be added as well if people think they should be. But, every single +1 WTF-ever magic weapon does NOT need to be here.

Edit: It was easier to make a list of things that should glow rather than should not...everything else should not glow.

 

Smith & Westrealm .50?!?!?

 

Yes, it will, unless the weapon is question has Alignment (i.e. Holy) or Elemental (i.e. Cold) properties. This is not something we can appy selectively.

 

Shhhh!!!

If there's no selectivity with the glow, then scrap the idea & let's settle for at least fixing what players wouldn't obviously know...like that a katana was +1, etc.

 

Awesome!...thank you very much for your diligent work Cujo, I'm going to give it a go right now

 

...and success!

Thanks so much to everyone that worked on this....brilliant work Cujo!....hee! :dance: :grin:

 

your next step is to upload the file for everyone to enjoy. (just zip it and attach it to your next post in this thread)

 

Here 'tis...!

As per Cujo's instructions, simply unzip this file and copy it to data/art/meshes in your ToEE root directory...and viola!

Works like a charm

 

Shouldn't all unidentified magic weapons and armor at least present a 'masterwork' descriptor?

At least in core 3.X it is the case that any enchanted item has to be MW first, right? So at least that would be immediately obvious, no?

 

Oookay. I know you guys get some flak now and then when someone whines about the mod which they don't pay for, but why this 'rant'? I mean, those few people who do try to work things out get berated as "would-be heroes who are then shot down". It's not exactly very encouraging.

I mantain that I'm *very* grateful for all the work that's been poured into the mod.

 

Thanks Allyx, though Cujo did the work, I'm just the happy beneficiary

 

its all good Cujo. im a tinkerer more than anything else, i know a little on how stuff works and if i can help i try. sometimes even when i cant help i try lol, which isnt always a good thing. i probally never would have opened that up. im still a bit leary of playing around with the DAT files and the DLL. im glad you knew how to take care of it though