Visual Effects

[mammasaura]

Hi,

 

is there a way to get a list of the visual effects used in the game?

 

For the abilities isn't a problem, I can check each ability and see the visual effect reference.

 

But for other items, like the traps, there isn't a reference if you check their ability/attack.

I'm interested to the "glyph" is put when placed, mainly for the priest's seals.

 

Thanks

[peardox]

Can you give a specific example?

 

Something's UUID makes it easier to hunt down

 

VisualEffects occurs in...

 

abilities.gamedatabundle

attacks.gamedatabundle

audio.gamedatabundle

characters.gamedatabundle

editor.gamedatabundle

items.gamedatabundle

ships.gamedatabundle

statuseffects.gamedatabundle

 

Using the first trap I encounter it looks like this...

 

        {
            "$type": "Game.GameData.ConsumableGameData, Assembly-CSharp",
            "DebugName": "Trap_Item_BearClaw",
            "ID": "de4aabe9-7bbd-4143-9a01-0c7b19d9cf12",
            "Components": [
                {
                    "$type": "Game.GameData.ItemComponent, Assembly-CSharp",
                    "DisplayName": 2837,
                    "DescriptionText": 3837,
                    "FilterType": "Consumables",
                    "InventoryAudioEventListID": "705deb97-3f84-48c8-a84b-e3c34e2d0e3a",
                    "IsQuestItem": "false",
                    "IsIngredient": "false",
                    "IsCurrency": "false",
                    "IsAdventuringItem": "false",
                    "CanSellForFullValue": "false",
                    "MaxStackSize": 10,
                    "NeverDropAsLoot": "false",
                    "CanBePickpocketed": "true",
                    "IsUnique": "false",
                    "Value": 375,
                    "IconTextureSmall": "gui\/icons\/items\/traps\/trap_bear_claw_s.png",
                    "IconTextureLarge": "gui\/icons\/items\/traps\/trap_bear_claw_l.png",
                    "PencilSketchTexture": "",
                    "InspectOnUseButton": [],
                    "IsPlaceholder": "false"
                },
                {
                    "$type": "Game.GameData.ConsumableComponent, Assembly-CSharp",
                    "Type": "Trap",
                    "UsageCount": 1,
                    "UsageType": "Fixed",
                    "AnimationVariation": 100,
                    "AbilityID": "374910ea-dfd0-4f3d-be98-3ce90aabac9a",
                    "PickpocketAbilityID": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
                    "Timer": 0,
                    "SkillRequirement": {
                        "SkillID": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
                        "Value": 0
                    },
                    "ShipMoraleBonus": 1
                }
            ]
        },

Ability 374910ea-dfd0-4f3d-be98-3ce90aabac9a has an AttackID of 5a188d3a-fdf8-436c-9d7d-79ac828ca309 which leads is to...

 

"TrapPrefab": "prefabs\/toolbox\/traps\/item_traps\/trap_item_bearclaw.prefab"

 

That's just a picked at random example, there are other ways a visual effect can be applied as well

[Nudal]

Sort of on the topic of this, @peardox do you know if it's possible to actually open/view/edit the games visual assets? Models, textures, effects, or even just icons?

 

I may not be much of a technical modder but visual stuff like this is my career... well... it's going to be soon, but games like this, warframe, etc, are how I'm going/would like to build a bigger portfolio.

[mammasaura]

The actual problem is that traps don't have a Visual Effect entry, but in game, when you place them (it's better showed when you cast "Warding Seal", a visual effect appears on the ground and remains there until triggered) you have an indicator on the floor.

So I'm assuming the prefab trap already has a reference to a fx but can't be retrieved by the code.

 

Regular abilities have a "VisualEffects" entry in their attack that you can fill with the path to an fx:

"VisualEffects": [{
				"VisualEffect": "prefabs/effects/abilities/priest/fx_blessing_aoe.prefab",
				"AttachPoint": "Ground",
				"AttachObject": "Target",
				"AttachMode": "Position",
				"MeshType": "None",
				"Event": "OnImpact",
				"AnimEventID": 0,
				"Loop": "false",
				"Scale": "true"
			},

Edited July 1, 2018 by mammasaura

[peardox]

No way AFAIK

 

There's no file called e.g. "TrapPrefab": "prefabs\/toolbox\/traps\/item_traps\/trap_item_bearclaw.prefab" anywhere so it'll be part of one of the unity3d files

 

 

Prefabs appear to be part of Unity3D - see https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Prefabs.html

 

One thing I'm going to try today is changing our friends "Dead Parrot" icon simply to see if it can be done. By this I mean a proper change rather than picking a pre-packaged one used by something else.

 

In essence it's conceivable that you could create a prefab in Unity3D to create a new one (might try that as well)

 

I'm not sure how happy Obsidian would be with us Modding to this extent though.

[mammasaura]

Isn't possible to only read the path "/prefabs/effects/abilities/..." to see which fx are there?

[peardox]

Here you go

 

There are over 1055 of them

 

You'll prob want to cut the list down as this is every prefabs/effects/abilities in there (a load of stuff you won't want)

 

 

vfx3.txt

[Xaratas]

Sort of on the topic of this, @peardox do you know if it's possible to actually open/view/edit the games visual assets? Models, textures, effects, or even just icons?

 

I may not be much of a technical modder but visual stuff like this is my career... well... it's going to be soon, but games like this, warframe, etc, are how I'm going/would like to build a bigger portfolio.

To work with the unity files you can use https://github.com/ata4/disunity

 

Also have a look at our modding friends here: https://7daystodie.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?66-Modding-Tools&s=1c553e269510af2cf560097309c2ace1

 

They have build a prefab editor, that could be interesting.

[peardox]

I've actually just been looking at exactly that process - installed Unity3D etc

 

What I think should be possible is to create a small mod-sepcific unity3d file with just the required assets in it.

 

Specifically they're using UnityFS files.

 

I tried changing Dead Parrot's icon - no luck

 

UnityFS files appear to be a complex version of Zip files (simple explanation - the reality is that they bear no similarity)

 

It should be possible to then stick a specially crafted file in assets and get new assets read in

 

I'm only theorising here - UnityFS is complex... I've spent a few hours reading up on it

[aweigh0101]

Removing/simplifying spell and attack FX would go a long way toward making the game easier to follow during combat.

[TT1]

Here you go

 

There are over 1055 of them

 

You'll prob want to cut the list down as this is every prefabs/effects/abilities in there (a load of stuff you won't want)

 

Any chance you can extract the prefabs/effects/items list?

[mammasaura]

Here you go

 

There are over 1055 of them

 

You'll prob want to cut the list down as this is every prefabs/effects/abilities in there (a load of stuff you won't want)

 

Wow, that was really helpful, how you did it?

 

Is it possible to scope a more generic path like "/prefabs/effects/"?

[kilay]

to open and search in unity files i commonly use this one

 

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Perfare/unitystudio/branch/master/artifacts