Visual effects, where are they?

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Visual effects, where are they?

Post by SkyDome007 » June 15th, 2017, 8:09 pm

Please I really need to know where the visual effects are located, visual effects like Read Mind effect from Vampires or the hypnotic gaze effect in the eyes..
What extension they'll be under in S3PE is it _SWB?

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Post by SkyDome007 » June 15th, 2017, 8:18 pm

In this forum (https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discus ... al-effects) I learnt that they are supposed to be in ClientDeltaBuild0 file, ID 6F6664543F71A573. But I couldn't find a file by that name in my root directory. I have all expansions installed as well.

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Post by SkyDome007 » June 16th, 2017, 12:48 am

Ok I'm trying out the fog emitter now. I downloaded this list of special effects which is cool but I'm unable to find the hypnotic gaze effect I found these effect called ep3vampireeyerays and vampireeyerays but they are red not green. I think this effect is from when a sim becomes a vampire where they get this red glowing light in the eyes that's why it's red instead of green. Does anyone know the name of the hypnotic gaze effect?

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Post by J4Ks » June 16th, 2017, 6:42 am

The ID and the link you posted in your 1st reply are related to TS4, finding them in TS3 will be a very difficult ordeal based on that data, impossible if you don't even have TS4 :P

There is a tool available on MTS created by velocitygrass, called "Create your own no effects mod tool".
Besides what it's made for, it can be used to find all names of Visual Effects and store it in a list (use the filter option to narrow down the list you looking for such as "vampire").
Unsure which Visual Effect is used for Hypnotic Gaze, might be Gaze or ReadMind or ThinkAboutMe.

Happy hunthing ;-)

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Post by SkyDome007 » June 16th, 2017, 11:01 am

Oh that's for TS4? Lol no wonder I've been having so much problems. I'm looking at the Velocity grass mod now.
I'm also looking at this list.

http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discuss ... late-night

But I'm unable to find the effect I want. I'm going to keep trying tho.
Thank you J4K for answering :)

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Post by SkyDome007 » June 16th, 2017, 1:47 pm

Ok so I found the vfx name for hypnotic gaze, it's called ep7vampiregaze_main. I tested it with the fog emitter and it's working.
But When I use it in my code it doesn't work but the read mind effect and makesimthinkaboutme effects work in my code.
I've been using this code
VisualEffect effect = VisualEffect.Create("ep3VampireThinkAbout");
effect.ParentTo(base.Target, Sim.FXJoints.Head);
effect.SubmitOneShotEffect(VisualEffect.TransitionType.SoftTransition);

And this code
VisualEffect effect = VisualEffect.Create("ep3VampireReadMindOut");
effect.ParentTo(base.Target, Sim.FXJoints.Head);
effect.SubmitOneShotEffect(VisualEffect.TransitionType.SoftTransition);
These two effects appear fine.
But when I try this code for hypnotic gaze effect it won't work
VisualEffect effect3 = VisualEffect.Create("ep7vampiregaze_main");
effect3.ParentTo(base.Actor, Sim.FXJoints.LeftEye);
effect3.SubmitOneShotEffect(VisualEffect.TransitionType.SoftTransition);
It doesn't work
Using effect3.start() doesn't work either :(
Does anyone know how do I get this to work?

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Post by SkyDome007 » June 16th, 2017, 8:39 pm

Ok uh I think the reason the effect doesn't appear is because it is tied into the animation (how?)
I've managed to create a compel to drink interaction. I've uploaded it here can you guys watch and give me your opinion please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaekDHH ... e=youtu.be

BTW does anyone know how to make better quality videos? EA makes such good ones in their trailers.

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Post by SkyDome007 » June 16th, 2017, 9:31 pm

I know this looks like I'm playing the hypnotic gaze + Drink interaction together but this is one interaction not two, it's the compel to drink interaction where the sim hypnotizes first and then drinks :)

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Post by Ghostsdoj » June 18th, 2017, 6:01 am

I can't get that video to play. It's weird. Ads with autoplay will play from Youtube quite nicely, but if I actually WANT to see a video it doesn't work anymore.

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Post by SkyDome007 » June 18th, 2017, 8:59 pm

@Ghostsdoj Really? oh that sucks. I didn't even get any ads when I played the video from another account tho.

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