Hi,
Well, I've tried to find some simlar topics, but I can't. Probably I can't search :D This topic was my best hit.
So I've just done my basic particle system: I have an emitter which has direction, start/end values (like color, speed, size, ...) and a delay time between emitting particles. However, I'm just wondering how the computer games make their "own effects" for different skills. I mean, I can't use particle system for every spells.
I'm playing with LoL and it has a lot of different skills. For example here is Katarina's abilities. These are not particles. Are they using simple meshes (some quads) with animated textures with alpha blending? How should I handle these kind of effects?
And another one: if I have to use meshes and/or particles, how should I manage the different abilities? Now I have a base class (called Ability) and the different skills are inherited from it. In these classes I can handle the different particle emitters and actions. Is it a "normal" system or is there any better?
Sorry if I missed something or it's a duplicated topic.
Could you please give me some advice?