Strange effect

[klaussner]

I designed a custom katana and added an effect to the melee ability so it deals  20 points of damage (magical cold) to the target
The funky thing is, when I tested it, ennemies getting damaged to death by the cold continued standing, their status was dead, and they were colored in blue like ice statues.
Is this a regular engine effect like the icy death in DiabloII or did I do something strange?

By the way, is there a way to attach a file to the messages on this forum?                    



[!--EDIT|klaussner|Sep 9 2002, 07:46 PM--]

[Gospel]

I thinkies this is normal, sir :D

If you wait a while, they should shatter ?:)

[Kish]

It's normal.  Shows up a lot if you use Cone of Cold, I'm told.                    

[Rathwellin the Bard]

It also nukes most of the items on the target.....                    

[klaussner]

Are you sure Rathwellin?
It seems I get items normally.                    

[Althernai]

Are you sure Rathwellin?
It seems I get items normally.

                   I have had this 'item loss' too - you have no idea how frustrating it is to ice the Chromatic Demon with Cone of Cold and then find out that your Circlet of Netheril is gone.                    

[reiella]

Chunky death results in item poof.

Frozen/Stoning/Level Drain I believe can create chunky death (gore off might help, I don't know).  Could be a few other death sequences that trigger it too.                    

[klaussner]

I get the regular death animation every time, I guess the gore mode is off.
WHere can you ut it on?                    

[Sein_Schatten]

I think you need a patch or something. :blink:                    

[Kish]

A standard chunky death, which is caused by reducing an opponent to -10 hit points, won't destroy any items.  Only petrification, freezing, disintegrate or level drain will.

To turn on Gore, go into Options: Graphics, and Gore will be an option there.                    

[klaussner]

I'm searching for a 3-d effect for a gust of wind.
I'd like to get that effect that plays when people are unstonned, or creatures appear, or such (some wind swirling around the target for a second)
Can someone tell me which effect it is or how to visualize those?