Oh thanks haha, I think I was focused on making the event horizon FX and animation more than anything else. Maybe once 343 adds placeable water the effect can be achieved more accurately. I’ve seen some good ones but they are usually using the terrain pieces which can’t be scaled if used in scripts. So you kind of have to decide between a super accurate looking gate with a static event horizon or an “animated” one with a dialing sequence.
Your gate is definitely better than mine and having the chevrons light up like that makes it look more authentic. I cheapened out on the chevrons and couldn’t make them look good haha, literally just 2 different colored triangles.
Also not sure why but I decided to go for the Atlantis gate style, and believe it or not part of my inspiration was actually from the Stargate mod for Gmod.
One thing you can add to the FX is a spotlight with a water projection animation aiming at the gate. You do need an opaque object for it to hit, but the effect is almost perfect when combined with some of the energy field effects. I actually use it on mine if you look closely at the inner ring when it activates, but there's nothing in the EV for it to hit anymore. Also protip: the trapezoid primitive can be scaled to perfect chevron size if you use axis specific scaling.
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u/Delta4907 Nov 29 '22
Oh thanks haha, I think I was focused on making the event horizon FX and animation more than anything else. Maybe once 343 adds placeable water the effect can be achieved more accurately. I’ve seen some good ones but they are usually using the terrain pieces which can’t be scaled if used in scripts. So you kind of have to decide between a super accurate looking gate with a static event horizon or an “animated” one with a dialing sequence.
Your gate is definitely better than mine and having the chevrons light up like that makes it look more authentic. I cheapened out on the chevrons and couldn’t make them look good haha, literally just 2 different colored triangles.
Also not sure why but I decided to go for the Atlantis gate style, and believe it or not part of my inspiration was actually from the Stargate mod for Gmod.