shiny

im not sure if this belongs in the modellin or skinnin so im juss puttin here...

i modelled my own missile, and i want it to be really shiny, like warcraft 3 spell shiny w/ glows nd stuff...

however, when i put my skin on....i added soo much dodge, it still doesnt have the same shiny feel...like the glowing type things

got any suggestions?

umm... add less dodge :P

you could use a particle emitter i guess... but i don't know if that's what you mean. You're using max, right?

if ur using art tools, in material editor, under extended parameters, put they type additive.
this gives a really good glow

yea. you need particle emmiters. get oinkerwinkle's particle emmiter tool here theres a tutorial on how to use it also (on the same site). have fun!

-flames'

and im NOT plagarizing oinkerwinkle's stuff, im directing him in the right direction. thank you.

thnx guys, im starting to get used to the particle system thing and the additive thing, but then i wanted to make like a beam taht kinda extends like a dragonball beam w/o releasing from the users hands untill it hits the target.

i wanted to make the whole thing really glow bright, kinda like the chain lightning

i have to use ribbons to do this rite? but i have no idea how set up a ribbon properly...like do i make a ribbon taht attaches to a plane? a box? what textures im suppose to use for each? nd how do make it stretch fro a reallly long time nd be thick from all directions u look at from?

also i wanted it to explode as the death animation, but im not sure what particle i would use for something of that sort.
this is kinda an example what i wanted

user ----------------> T
the fired beam Target

nd after it hits
O O
user O O O
explosion

wow this is long....
thxn for ur help