Post by hawaiiand on Jun 22, 2018 20:32:34 GMT
Are particle effects a good approach for starting to add some effects when an ability is used? Also, where would they belong? Do they need to be pooled?
My initial thought is that abilities probably have some animation components to them. I know it was mentioned a few times throughout the tutorial where we might insert calls to animators.
My latest thought is that perhaps each Tile should have a component. Since abilities generally apply to a tile, if for example a Unit casts "Heal", maybe the targeted Tiles could run their animated particle effects to create a "swirling" type of effect around any Unit that happens to be standing on top of it. Similarly, if a Magic ability "Blast" is cast, I would in theory set the Particle Effect properties and execute its animation on top of the tile that was targeted.
Any info/insight/direction that anyone can offer would be very appreciated. Everything about Unity and gamdev is new to me, so I won't be offended if someone tells me that I'm approaching this all wrong.
Thanks!
My initial thought is that abilities probably have some animation components to them. I know it was mentioned a few times throughout the tutorial where we might insert calls to animators.
My latest thought is that perhaps each Tile should have a component. Since abilities generally apply to a tile, if for example a Unit casts "Heal", maybe the targeted Tiles could run their animated particle effects to create a "swirling" type of effect around any Unit that happens to be standing on top of it. Similarly, if a Magic ability "Blast" is cast, I would in theory set the Particle Effect properties and execute its animation on top of the tile that was targeted.
Any info/insight/direction that anyone can offer would be very appreciated. Everything about Unity and gamdev is new to me, so I won't be offended if someone tells me that I'm approaching this all wrong.
Thanks!
