'Fixing' Custom Auras on Uneven Ground

Alot of the custom aura's seem to always have a problem where they get distorted on uneven ground, i.e. the ground/lanscape begins to overlap the aura. With all the standard in game blizz aura's this never happens.

So basically, am asking is there a simplistic way to fix this? A few settings perhaps that can be changed in the model editor.

Just as an example here is Daelin's Holy Aura:

There is no "real" answer to this; it's happening because the model's origin is now below areas of terrain around it, so naturally the terrain is above the aura geometry.

Looking at your main screenshot, all I can say is that the geometry is way too close to the ground -- that looks more like Z-fighting to me than the usual terrain overlap.

A lot of the in-game auras are actually quite high off the ground, so all I can suggest is use something like Magos' or Vertex Modifier to shunt all the geometry up a unit or three.

If it's an emitter rather than geometry, then Magos' Node Manager the emitter's position up a few instead.

Thx alot it works fine now:


Was just a bitch to increase every geometry vertex up to 15, there being at least 20-30 of em or so.

You could have selected all of them at once?

No matter, at least it did the job.

I'll probably have to do this again with other auras, so sorry how can you select all at once?

I'm using 'War3 Model Editor' aka Magos.
- Goeset Manager > Open up each Geoset, edit its Vertices.
- Can't see a 'select all'

thx

Magos' Model Editor has a model editing function akin to Vertex Modifier (though a lot more primitive).

Windows -> Model Editor

In this you can drag select (no easy deselection, but that's not a problem here). This isn't an original feature, so make sure you've got 1.07 from his website (see stickies) if you don't already.

Rao Dao Zao, you can hold "SHIT" and drag over selected vertexes to deselect them.

Hmm, I only ever knew about the "deselect all" option. VM is still better, anyway.