[CrimsonGT]

I remember a while back Wowzer from 3pg was making all sorts of strange effects in game, and I never really thought much of it at the time. I was just curious if anyone has any clue what he was doing, using, etc? I would like to create effects like lightning on players, etc if at all possible, but I cannot think of anything like that that I have seen in SM.

[XARIUS]

I'm just learning about this myself. This is the code (which I modified from flyingmongoose), to handle lightning to a player. I run it on a timer repeatedly for a set amount of time.

g_lightning = PrecacheModel("materials/sprites/tp_beam001.vmt");
Lightning()
{
    if (IsClientInGame(winner) && IsPlayerAlive(winner))
    {
        // get player position
        new Float:playerpos[3];
        GetClientAbsOrigin(winner,playerpos);

        // set lightning settings
        // set the top coordinates of the lightning effect
        new Float:toppos[3];
        toppos[0] = playerpos[0];
        toppos[1] = playerpos[1];
        toppos[2] = playerpos[2]+1000;
        // set the color of the lightning
        new lightningcolor[4];
        lightningcolor[0] = 255;
        lightningcolor[1] = 255;
        lightningcolor[2] = 255;
        lightningcolor[3] = 255;

        // how long lightning lasts
        new Float:lightninglife = 0.1;
        // width of lightning at top
        new Float:lightningwidth = 5.0;
        // width of lightning at bottom
        new Float:lightningendwidth = 5.0;
        // lightning start frame
        new lightningstartframe = 0;
        // lightning frame rate
        new lightningframerate = 1;
        // how long it takes for lightning to fade
        new lightningfadelength = 1;
        // how bright lightning is
        new Float:lightningamplitude = 1.0;
        // how fast the effect is drawn
        new lightningspeed = 250;

        TE_SetupBeamPoints(toppos, playerpos, g_lightning, g_lightning, lightningstartframe, lightningframerate, lightninglife, lightningwidth, lightningendwidth, lightningfadelength, lightningamplitude, lightningcolor, lightningspeed);

        TE_SendToAll(0.0);
    }
}

This one is a neat ragdoll dissolve effect which LDuke ported or created.

public Action:DissolveRagdoll(Handle:timer, any:client)
{
  if (!IsValidEntity(client) || IsPlayerAlive(client))
  {
    return;
  }
    
  new ragdoll = GetEntPropEnt(client, Prop_Send, "m_hRagdoll");

  if (ragdoll < 0)
  {
    return;
  }
    
  new String:dname[32];
  Format(dname, sizeof(dname), "dis_%d", client);
  
  new entid = CreateEntityByName("env_entity_dissolver");

  if (entid > 0)
  {
    DispatchKeyValue(ragdoll, "targetname", dname);
    DispatchKeyValue(entid, "dissolvetype", "0");
    DispatchKeyValue(entid, "target", dname);
    AcceptEntityInput(entid, "Dissolve");
    AcceptEntityInput(entid, "kill");
  }
}

I'm still trying to learn about more advanced affects. Putting the lightning on a short timer (0.1) still looks jagged and weird when they walk around. Not as smooth as I was hoping for.

Hope some of this points you in the right direction.

[CrimsonGT]

The lightning effect is pretty cool, thank you