[ANIMATION] Expulsion

Terresquall · 12-29-2009, 04:08 PM

Introduction

Essentially, this topic is suggesting a simple visual improvement to Pit Lord's Expulsion skill, which explodes corpses in the area and damages enemy units in the area.

The Problems with the Current Animation

1. The skill looks hardly damaging at all--the corpse just tears into small pieces and burns with weak flame streaks, and we expect that this is causing the units within range to receive moderately heavy damage and get ministunned?

2. What's more is that the explosion looks like it only affects enemies in about 150 AoE, but it actually ministuns and damages enemies in a whooping 400 AoE away! Talk about having psychic powers!

The Changes

1. A bigger, more resounding corpse exploding animation:
Play the death animation of Abilities\\Weapons\\DemolisherFireMissile\\Demolis herFireMissile.mdl together with the current "corpse burning up" animation at locations where a corpse blows up.

2. Pieces of flesh fly to hit affected units, causing the ministun and dealing the damage to them upon impact:
The current ministuns that Expulsion causes are caused by dummy units on top of affected units casting invisible Storm Bolt spells on them. With this change, these dummy units just need to be positioned at the centre of the explosion and given a missle art of Abilities\Weapons\MeatwagonMissile\MeatwagonMissil e.mdl (Meat Wagon missile), together with a missile speed of 600 (too high a missile speed will make the missile unnoticable, as they travel only a maximum of 400 range) and a missile arc of 0.2.

Before & After: Pictures

Before:

After:

I've attached a testmap if you want to see the suggested visual in action.

lekker_mohr · 12-29-2009, 04:14 PM

U R animationKING

100%T-up

ur other animation need to b in game too

Schremba · 12-29-2009, 05:47 PM

Looks good, but the remaining crater looks bad. Try using Volcano missile, it doesn't leave a crater behind. Still T-up for it!

supaplecs · 12-29-2009, 06:16 PM

aweSOME ! t-up

Necro · 12-29-2009, 06:49 PM

kickass

reenato · 12-29-2009, 08:02 PM

WOW great
t-up

~Maktor~ · 12-29-2009, 08:10 PM

Interesting. T-UP.

Maybe this will make people use it more... haha

The Observer · 12-30-2009, 01:30 AM

i think the crater looks good.

ResQ · 12-30-2009, 01:32 AM

Looks good, and I like the craters too.

t-up

NoThlnG · 12-30-2009, 02:38 AM

No reason to oppose. T-Up

Ez_Mystery · 12-30-2009, 03:03 AM

flying corpses, awesome

jvt619 · 12-30-2009, 03:44 AM

T-up!!

_Blazechicken_ · 12-30-2009, 11:09 AM

Great. T-up

easy2kill123 · 12-30-2009, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lekker_mohr

U R animationKING

100%T-up

ur other animation need to b in game too

this

i'd approve of anything the improves Mr. Pit,
but this is really awesome!

L|Enzo · 12-30-2009, 12:14 PM

Great, though it's a bit too much for it ^^ T-up..!!

ivan3k · 12-30-2009, 12:17 PM

Cool T-up

InNeedOfFreedom · 12-30-2009, 12:31 PM

this is great
t-up

AXN · 12-30-2009, 04:35 PM

Corpse projectile bouncing on a unit to show a mini-stun? Reminds me of a wight corpse parts hitting a unit to inflict a stun in the games Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth 2: Soulblighter.

Yes I go for this visualization. It makes the game better so T-UP!!!

Terresquall · 01-04-2010, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Looks good, but the remaining crater looks bad. Try using Volcano missile, it doesn't leave a crater behind. Still T-up for it!

I like that the crater shows where the corpse once was

telehax · 01-04-2010, 07:34 AM

I like the old one cause no one ever notices it happening in teamfights. :P

But anyway, yeah I guess this is actually a better cosmetic. TUp.

12-29-2009, 04:14 PM	#2
lekker_mohr Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 18	Re: [ANIMATION] Expulsion U R animationKING 100%T-up ur other animation need to b in game too

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Schremba Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,051	Re: [ANIMATION] Expulsion Looks good, but the remaining crater looks bad. Try using Volcano missile, it doesn't leave a crater behind. Still T-up for it! __________________ Improve DotA's Terrain Improve Visage's Gravekeeper's Cloak Change the model of the Shop/Protectorate

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reenato Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 127	Re: [ANIMATION] Expulsion WOW great t-up

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12-30-2009, 01:30 AM	#8
The Observer Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Starton Manila. Posts: 5,621 Blog Entries: 1	Re: [ANIMATION] Expulsion i think the crater looks good. __________________ Having a DotA 2 beta key is like being given a zombie cure. The mindless begging ends, along with the lack of social interaction with anyone. It's like you're all just there for the key, but once you get the key, the pain subsides and you get a little warmer inside.

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ResQ Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 4,567 Blog Entries: 2	Re: [ANIMATION] Expulsion Looks good, and I like the craters too. t-up

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ivan3k Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 21	Re: [ANIMATION] Expulsion Cool T-up

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AXN Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 720	Re: [ANIMATION] Expulsion Corpse projectile bouncing on a unit to show a mini-stun? Reminds me of a wight corpse parts hitting a unit to inflict a stun in the games Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth 2: Soulblighter. Yes I go for this visualization. It makes the game better so T-UP!!! __________________ COSMETIC SUGGESTIONS: 1.) LORD OF AVERNUS COSMETIC REMAKE 2.) NIGHT STALKER'S CASTING ANIMATIONS Half implemented 3.) TREANT PROTECTOR'S COSMETIC REMAKE - Half implemented 4.) LYCANTHROPE'S COSMETIC REMAKE 5.) NERUBIAN WEAVER'S COSMETIC REMAKE 6.) NERUBIAN ASSASSIN'S VENDETTA ANIMATION 7.) REMOVE AGHANIM'S SPIKES - Half implemented 8.) OMNIKNIGHT'S DEGEN AURA ANIMATION 9.) MOON RIDER AND DROW RANGER AURA ANIMATIONS

01-04-2010, 07:34 AM	#20
telehax Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 56	Re: [ANIMATION] Expulsion I like the old one cause no one ever notices it happening in teamfights. :P But anyway, yeah I guess this is actually a better cosmetic. TUp. __________________