Can you help me modding Blazing Tempest?

[Lindor 438]

Hey

There's something I wanted to do for a while now but I don't have enough skill, honsestly I don't even know where to start. Is it possible to mod High Elfs Blazing Tempest so it no longer gets blocked by every single tree and rock while also keeping the fx and damage synchronized? I mean one could simply change the spellclass to Levin Arrays spellclass or something like that but then the damage events wouldn't align with the fx animation anymore. Because this is what makes a Pyromancer High Elf very not fun for me, especially in regions like the Artamark.

Btw the same goes for the Glacial Thorns spell, but it's not as bad as Blazing Tempest because of the spikes height.

[dimitrius154 612]

7 hours ago, Lindor said:

blocked by every single tree and rock while also keeping the fx and damage synchronized?

The easiest thing is probably making all tree and rock hitboxes extremely small it the xy plane.

[Flix 5,116]

^ Yeah, and that's a pretty hefty project.  There's nothing in the scripts that would allow Blazing Tempest to ignore obstacles. I'm certain that's set for the spellclass at the code level.

The only other thing I can think of is using a spell class that ignores obstacles but that might make good use of Blazing Tempest's FX.  You might try changing the spell class and control types to:

    spellClass = "cSpellNova",
    spellcontroltype = "eCAtype_a_effect_self",

or maybe

    spellClass = "cSpellDmEnergiebrand",
    spellcontroltype = "eCAtype_a_effect_location_start",

I have no idea if the Blazing Tempest FX would even display in a useful way though.  There's always a chance.

[dimitrius154 612]

10 hours ago, Flix said:

I'm certain that's set for the spellclass at the code level.

That's correct. Someone thought it not realistic for firestorms to pass through building walls. Thus incidentally defying one of the primary purposes of combat flamethrowers) 

[Lindor 438]

17 hours ago, dimitrius154 said:

The easiest thing is probably making all tree and rock hitboxes extremely small it the xy plane.

That sounds like a terrific task. And I don't want every character to be able to phase through matter like in that one star trek episode 

 

Thanks for your help you two, I tried lots and lots of different spellclasses and spellcontroltypes today including your suggested ones, didn't get to load in the FX on any of them

But it was worth a try.