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When items are used the Conjuration VFX are ignored and only the Cast ones are used.

Cast VFX can include a projectile (vpr) too, which can be useful to use (eg for Fireballs).

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Naming Convention

Bioware used these prefixes for these VFX:

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Description	Default Colour	Notes
Acid	Bright green	Acid damage spells
Cold	Darker blue and white	Cold damage spells
Electricity	Lighter blue and white	Electricity damage spells. Commonly used for "Hold" spells and "Spell Mantles" too
Evil	Red	Evil spells (Inflict Wounds etc.).
Fire	Orange	Fire damage spells.
Healing	Light blue and yellow	Healing spells (Cure/Restoration).
Holy	Yellow and white	Divine spells (Hammer of the Gods etc.).
Mind	Dark blue	Quite a variety use these
NatureNature	Light green, dust, leaves	Quite a variety use these
Odd	Purple	Quite a variety use these
Sonic	White	Sonic damage spells. Commonly used for Undead spells too
Cone	Various	Cones like Burning Hands or Cone of Cold
Breath	Various	Breath attacks, Dragon Breath, etc. commonly sized as a cone. Most are from the "Hand" position so sized only for particular creatures, Dragon Disciple breath is done from the "Head" position however.
Gaze	Various	Gaze spell effects commonly sized as a cone
Colour	Various	Mostly unused except for a few odd uses - likely early VFX Bioware had for testing
Special	Special	Skulls, wraiths etc.

Sound Effect Notes

There are usually sco_ (Sound effect Conjuration) or sca_ (Sound effect Cast) prefixed sound effects used for these. Sometimes Bioware references ones that simply don't exist in the game files which will be noted.

Spells.2da Entries

To ease testing to see these VFX simply use a small script to run the conjuration effect with a "fake cast" in the nwscript debug window selecting the creature to run it on, for instance for Greater Magic Weapon line 545:

Code Block
ActionCastFakeSpellAtObject(545, OBJECT_SELF);

You can also use the cheat-cast to fire any spell effects (to get a gist of how it looks in tandem with EffectVisualEffect applied things):

Code Block
ActionCastSpellAtObject(545, OBJECT_SELF, METAMAGIC_ANY, TRUE);

VCO Models List

Unused lines are marked in blue. These need some further testing and screenshots.

The order Bioware tended to use in escalating levels of "power" were:

Small Hand (vco_smhan___.mdl)
Medium Hand 01/02/03 (vco_mehan___.mdl) or Medium Ball Hand (vco_mebal___.mdl)
Medium Hand plus Ground visuals (vco_grnd___.mdl)
Medium Hand plus Large Ground Incantation visuals (vco_lgrin___.mdl) or Large Ground Spirals (vco_lgspr___.mdl)

Sound Effect Notes

There are usually sco_ (Sound effect Conjuration) or sca_ (Sound effect Cast) prefixed sound effects used for these. Sometimes Bioware references ones that simply don't exist in the game files which will be noted.

For a complete list (since some may not be on this page) see: Spells and VFX Sound Effects

Spells.2da Entries

To ease testing to see these VFX simply use a small script to run the conjuration effect with a "fake cast" in the nwscript debug window selecting the creature to run it on, for instance for Greater Magic Weapon line 545:

Code Block
ActionCastFakeSpellAtObject(545, OBJECT_SELF);

You can also use the cheat-cast to fire any spell effects (to get a gist of how it looks in tandem with EffectVisualEffect applied things):

Code Block
ActionCastSpellAtObject(545, OBJECT_SELF, METAMAGIC_ANY, TRUE);

VCO Models List

Unused lines are marked in blue. These need some further testing and screenshots.

ConjSoundVFX / CastSoundVFX typically are used 1:!, but if a ground visual is used, it uses that sound over the hand/head sound. See examples like Mass Heal.

Model File (all .mdl)	Category	Head/Hand (not prescriptive!)	Descriptive Name	Usually Used In Column	Spells.2da Entries	Typical ConjSoundVFX / CastSound	Picture	Notes
vco_ato2blue

Model File (all .mdl)CategoryHead/HandDescriptive NameUsed In ColumnSpells.2da EntriesConjSoundVFX / CastSoundVFXPictureNotesvco_ato2blueColourHandSmall Ball, BlueConjHandVisualUnused blue ball VFXvco_ato2grenColourHandSmall Ball, GreenConjHandVisualUnused green ball VFX

vco_ato2purp

ColourHandSmall Ball, PurpleConjHandVisualUnused purple ball VFXvco_ato2redColourHandSmall Ball, RedConjHandVisualGreater Magic Weapon (545)sco_ato2red (Doesn't exist)vco_ato2yelo

Colour

Hand

Small Ball,

Yellow

Blue

ConjHandVisual

Unused

yellow

blue ball VFX

vco_

ato3blue

ato2gren

Colour

Hand

Small Ball,

Blue again

Green

ConjHandVisual

Unused

blue

green ball VFX

vco_

ato3orng

ato2purp

Colour

Hand

Small Ball,

Orange

Purple

ConjHandVisual

Unused

orange

purple ball VFX

vco_

atomblue

ato2red

Colour

Hand

Small Ball,

Blue

Red	ConjHandVisual

Blade Thirst (Line 535

Greater Magic Weapon (545)

sco_

atomblue

ato2red (Doesn't exist)

Along with the above "ato" the "atom" ones do not have sound effects even though they're referenced. Monsters casting them do so silently which is a bit weird.


vco_ato2yelo	Colour	Hand	Small Ball, Yellow	ConjHandVisual	Unused yellow ball VFX
vco_ato3blue

vco_atomgren

Colour

Hand

Small Ball,

Greensco_atomgren (Doesn't exist)

Blue again

ConjHandVisual

Keen Edge (539), Blackstaff (541)

Unused blue ball VFX

vco_

atompurp

ato3orng

Colour

Hand

Small Ball,

Purple

Orange

ConjHandVisual

Bless Weapon (537)sco_atompurp (Doesn't exist)

			Unused orange ball VFX
vco_

atomred

atomblue

Colour

Hand

Small Ball,

Red

Blue	ConjHandVisual

Magic Weapon (544

Blade Thirst (Line 535)

sco_

atomred

atomblue (Doesn't exist)

vco_atomyelo

	Along with the above "ato" the "atom" ones do not have sound effects even though they're referenced. Monsters casting them do so silently which is a bit weird.
vco_atomgren	Colour	Hand	Small Ball,

Yellow

Green

ConjHandVisual

Deafening Clang (536

Keen Edge (539), Blackstaff (541)

sco_

atomyelo

atomgren (Doesn't exist)
vco_

gazeevil

atompurp

Gaze

Colour

Hand

Gaze

Small Ball,

Evil

Purple

CastHandVisualGaze: Death (253), Destroy Chaos/Evil/Good/Law (254-256), Petrify (497) and Greater Wildshape variant (687)sco_gazeevilOddly all the "Gaze" versions are marked "vco_" but are used as Cast animations.

ConjHandVisual	Bless Weapon (537)	sco_atompurp (Doesn't exist)
vco_atomred	Colour	Hand	Small Ball, Red	ConjHandVisual	Magic Weapon (544)	sco_atomred (Doesn't exist)
vco_atomyelo	Colour	Hand	Small Ball, Yellow	ConjHandVisual	Deafening Clang (536)	sco_atomyelo (Doesn't exist)
vco_gazeevil

vco_gazeholyGazeHandGaze, HolyCastHandVisualUnused and no sco_gazeholy SFX eithervco_gazemind

Gaze

Hand

Gaze,

Mind

Evil

CastHandVisual

Gaze:

Charm

Death (

250

253),

Confusion (251

Destroy Chaos/Evil/Good/Law (254-256),

Daze

Petrify (

252), Dominate (258), Fear (260), Stunned (262). Krenshar Scare (276), Mind Blast (551), Greater Wildshape version of Mind Blast (693), Illithid Mindblast (789), Vampire Domination Gaze (800), Sea Hag Evil Eye (803)sco_gazemind

497) and Greater Wildshape variant (687)	sco_gazeevil		Oddly all the "Gaze" versions are marked "vco_" but are used as Cast animations.
vco_gazeholy

vco_gazeodd

Gaze

Hand

Gaze,

Oddsco_gazeodd

Holy	CastHandVisual

Gaze: Doom (259), Paralysis (261)

Unused and no sco_gazeholy SFX either

vco_

gazesonc

gazemind

Gaze

Hand

Gaze,

Sonicvco_grndblueColourGround

Mind	CastHandVisual

Beholder Anti Magic Cone (727)sco_gazemindThere is no sco_gazesonc so they reused sco_gazemind for this one usage.

Gaze: Charm (250), Confusion (251), Daze (252), Dominate (258), Fear (260), Stunned (262). Krenshar Scare (276), Mind Blast (551), Greater Wildshape version of Mind Blast (693), Illithid Mindblast (789), Vampire Domination Gaze (800), Sea Hag Evil Eye (803)	sco_gazemind
vco_gazeodd	Gaze	Hand	Gaze, Odd	CastHandVisual	Gaze: Doom (259), Paralysis (261)	sco_gazeodd
vco_gazesonc	Gaze	Hand	Gaze, Sonic	CastHandVisual	Beholder Anti Magic Cone (727)	sco_gazemind	There is no sco_gazesonc so they reused sco_gazemind for this one usage.
vco_grndblue	Colour	Ground

Ground, Blue	ConjGrndVisual				No associated SFX
vco_grndgren	Colour	Ground	Ground, Green	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_grndleaf	Nature	Ground	Ground, Leaf	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_grndpurp	Colour	Ground	Ground, Purple	ConjGrndVisual	Darkness (36), Shadow Conjuration: Darkness (345), Bane (449), Assassin Darkness (606), Greater Wildshape Driver Darkness (786), Shadow Blend (757)	sco_megrdodd01
vco_grndred	Colour	Ground	Ground, Red	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_grndskul	Special	Ground	Ground, Skulls	ConjGrndVisual	Create Greater Undead (29), Create Undead (30), Summon Shadow (564), Blackguard Create Undead (609)	sco_grndskul	The only one with a SFX to match the VFX name.
vco_grndyelo	Colour	Ground	Ground, Yellow	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_lgrinacid01	Acid	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Acid	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_lgrincold01	Cold	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Cold	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_lgrinelec01	Electricity	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Electricity	ConjGrndVisual	Mass Haste (113)	sco_lgrinelec01	Usuall the "Large, Ground Incantation" ones are used to supplement the hand or head visuals, but can be used solo in many cases.
vco_lgrinevil01	Evil	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Evil	ConjGrndVisual	Blade Barrier (5), Circle of Doom (19), Energy Drain (51), Finger of Death (56), Magic Circle Against Good (105), Unholy Aura (187), Purple Dragon Knight Oath of Wrath (809)	sco_lgrinevil01
vco_lgrinfire01	Fire	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Fire	ConjGrndVisual	Elemental Swarm (48)	sco_lgrinfire01
vco_lgrinheal01	Heal	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Heal	ConjGrndVisual	Heal (79), Healing Circle (80), Mass Heal (114)	sco_lgrinheal01
vco_lgrinholy01	Holy	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Holy	ConjGrndVisual	Holy Aura, Raise Dead, Magic Circle against Evil	sco_lgrinholy01
vco_lgrinmind01	Mind	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Mind	ConjGrndVisual	Globe of Invulnerability, Greater Spell Breach, Spell Resistance, Spell Mantle, Dominate Person, Mass Charm, Protection from Spells, Premonition, Wounding Whispers, Epic Warding, Control Undead, Mindflayer Mindblast 10	sco_lgrinmind01
vco_lgrinnatr01	Nature	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Nature	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_lgrinodd01	Odd	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Odd	ConjGrndVisual	Summon Creature VII, Summon Creature VIII, Mass Blindness and Deafness, Shadow Shield	sco_lgrinodd01
vco_lgrinsonc01	Sonic	Ground	Large, Ground Incantation, Sonic	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_lgspracid01	Acid	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Acid	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_lgsprcold01	Cold	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Cold	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_lgsprelec01	Electricity	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Electricity	ConjGrndVisual	Invisibility Purge, Invisibility Sphere	sco_lgsprelec01
vco_lgsprevil01	Evil	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Evil	ConjGrndVisual	Cloudkill	sco_lgsprevil01
vco_lgsprfire01	Fire	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Fire	ConjGrndVisual	Incendiary Cloud	sco_lgsprfire01
vco_lgsprheal01	Heal	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Healing	ConjGrndVisual			No associated SFX
vco_lgsprholy01	Holy	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Holy	ConjGrndVisual	Resurrection, Destruction	sco_lgsprholy01
vco_lgsprmind01	Mind	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Mind	ConjGrndVisual	Greater Spell Mantle, Dominate Monster	sco_lgsprmind01
vco_lgsprnatr01	Nature	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Nature	ConjGrndVisual	Storm of Vengeance, Summon Creature IX, Time Stop	sco_lgsprnatr01
vco_lgsprodd01	Odd	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Odd	ConjGrndVisual	Greater Planar Binding	sco_lgsprodd01
vco_lgsprsonc01	Sonic	Ground	Large, Ground Spirals, Sonic	ConjGrndVisual	Mordenkainens Sword, Black Blade of Disaster, PM Summon Undead, PM Summon Greater Undead, Mummy Dust, Dragon Knight	sco_lgupelec01	Mostly summon spells. Reuses vco_lgupelec01 VFX.
vco_lgupelec01	Electricity	Ground	Large, Upward Lines and orb, Electric	ConjGrndVisual		sco_lgupelec01	Sound reused for vco_lgsprsonc01
vco_lgupevil01	Evil	Ground	Large, Upward Lines and orb, Evil	ConjGrndVisual	Gate, Power Word Kill, Weird, Ruin, Circle of Death, Wail of the Banshee	sco_lgupevil01
vco_lgupfire01	Fire	Ground	Large, Upward Lines and orb, Fire	ConjGrndVisual	Fire Storm, Flame Strike, Meteor Swarm, Aura of Hellfire	sco_lgupfire01
vco_lgupholy01	Holy	Ground	Large, Upward Lines and orb, Holy	ConjGrndVisual	Greater Restoration, Undeath to Death	sco_lgupholy01
vco_lgupmind01	Mind	Ground	Large, Upward Lines and orb, Mind	ConjGrndVisual	Ethereal Visage, Mordenkainens Disjunction	sco_lgupmind01
vco_lgupnatr01	Nature	Ground	Large, Upward Lines and orb, Nature	ConjGrndVisual	Dismissal, Banishment, Natures Balance, Shapechange RED DRAGON, Shapechange FIRE GIANT, Shapechange BALOR, Shapechange DEATH SLAAD, Shapechange IRON GOLEM, Implosion, Sunbeam	sco_lgupnatr01
vco_lgupodd01	Odd	Ground	Large, Upward Lines and orb, Odd	ConjGrndVisual	Planar Binding, Planar Ally, Horrid Wilting	sco_lgupodd01
vco_lgupsonc01	Sonic	Ground	Large, Upward Lines and orb, Sonic	ConjGrndVisual		sco_lgupsonc01	Actually has a sound effect but not used by any default spells
vco_mebalacid01	Acid	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Acid	ConjHandVisual	Acid Splash (424), Quillfire (425), Dirge (445)	sco_mebalacid01
vco_mebalcold01	Cold	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Cold	ConjHandVisual	Drown (437)	None (used sco_mebalacid01)		No sco_mebalcold01 present.
vco_mebalelec01	Electricity	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Electric	ConjHandVisual	Hold Animal (81), Hold Monster (82), Hold Person (83), Lesser Spell Breach (98), Lesser Spell Mantle (99), Electric Jolt (439), Flesh to Stone (485), Gedlees Electric Loop (520)	sco_mebalelec01
vco_mebalevil01	Evil	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Evil	ConjHandVisual				No sco_mebalevil01
vco_mebalfire01	Fire	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Fire	ConjHandVisual	Delayed Blast Fireball (39)	sco_mebalfire01
vco_mebalheal01	Heal	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Healing	ConjHandVisual				No associated SFX
vco_mebalholy01	Holy	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Holy	ConjHandVisual				No associated SFX
vco_mebalmind01	Mind	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Mind	ConjHandVisual				No associated SFX
vco_mebalnatr01	Nature	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Nature	ConjHandVisual				No associated SFX
vco_mebalodd01	Odd	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Odd	ConjHandVisual	Lesser Planar Binding (96), BGFiendish (610)	sco_mebalodd01
vco_mebalsonc01	Sonic	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Balls, Sonic	ConjHandVisual	Animate Dead (2), Create Greater Undead (29), Glyph of Warding (549), PM_Animate_Dead (623)	sco_mebalsonc01
vco_megrdacid01	Acid	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Acid	ConjGrndVisual				No associated SFX
vco_megrdcold01	Cold	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Cold	ConjGrndVisual				No associated SFX
vco_megrdelec01	Electricity	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Electric	ConjGrndVisual				No associated SFX
vco_megrdevil01	Evil	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Evil	ConjGrndVisual	Evards Black Tentacles	sco_megrdevil01
vco_megrdfire01	Fire	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Fire	ConjGrndVisual	Wall of Fire (191), SHADES_Wall_of_Fire (343), Hellball (636, although uses sco_mehanevil03)	sco_megrdfire01
vco_megrdheal01	Heal	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Healing	ConjGrndVisual				No associated SFX
vco_megrdholy01	Holy	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Holy	ConjGrndVisual	Word of Faith (194)	sco_megrdholy01
vco_megrdmind01	Mind	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Mind	ConjGrndVisual	Greater Dispelling (67)	sco_megrdmind01
vco_megrdnatr01	Nature	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Nature	ConjGrndVisual	Greater Stoneskin (74), Ultravision (365), Energy Buffer (369), Aura of Vitality (372), Regenerate (373), Monstrous Regeneration (525)	sco_megrdnatr01
vco_megrdodd01	Odd	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Odd	ConjGrndVisual	Summon Creature V (179), Summon_Creature_VI (180), Tensers Transformation (184), SHADES_Summon_Shadow (324), SHADOW_CON_Summon_Shadow (344), GR_SHADOW_CON_Summon_Shadow (349), Expeditious_Retreat (456), SHADOW_EVADE (477)	sco_megrdodd01
vco_megrdsonc01	Sonic	Ground

Moving (cloud of) Energy

Medium, Ground, Sonic	ConjGrndVisual				No associated SFX
vco_mehanacid01	Acid	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Hand, Acid (Variant 1)	ConjHandVisual	Mestils Acid Sheath (524)			sco_mehanacid01 doesn't exist but is meant to be there (used in 2da)
vco_mehanacid02	Acid	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Hand, Acid (Variant 2)	ConjHandVisual				No associated SFX but sco_mehanacid02 is referenced for a few spells even though it doesn't exist
vco_mehanacid03	Acid	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Hand, Acid (Variant 3)	ConjHandVisual	Melfs Acid Arrow (115), GR_SHADOW_CON_Acid_Arrow (350), Bigbys Interposing Hand (459), Bigbys_Forceful_Hand (460), Bigbys_Grasping_Hand (461), Bigbys_Clenched_Fist (462), Bigbys_Crushing_Hand (463)	sco_mehanacid03
vco_mehancold01	Cold	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Hand, Cold (Variant 1)	ConjHandVisual				No associated SFX even though sco_mehancold01 is referenced in spells such as Ray of Frost (although for vco_smhancold01)
vco_mehancold02	Cold	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Hand, Cold (Variant 2)	ConjHandVisual				No associated SFX
vco_mehancold03	Cold	Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Hand, Cold (Variant 3)

ConjHandVisual

Magic Missile (107), Ice Storm (368) (as Head VFX), Isaacs Lesser Missile Storm (447), Isaacs Greater Missile Storm (448), Tashas Hideous Laughter (457), Ice Dagger (543)

sco_mehancold03

Misused in Ice Storm as the "Head" targeted VFX. Works ok I guess.


vco_mehanelec01	Electricity

vco_mehanelec01Electricity

Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Hand, Electric (Variant 1)

ConjHandVisual

Lightning Bolt (101), Resurrection (153) (as Head node),

Technically "Trap spells" too but these are cast from placeables so not relevant.

sco_mehanelec01

vco_mehanelec02

Electricity

Hand

Moving Energy

Medium, Hand, Electric (Variant 2)

ConjHandVisual

vco_mehanelec03ElectricityHandMoving Energy, Hand, Electric (Variant 3)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanevil01EvilHandMoving Energy, Hand, Evil (Variant 1)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanevil02EvilHandMoving Energy, Hand, Evil (Variant 2)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanevil03EvilHandMoving Energy, Hand, Evil (Variant 3)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanfire01FireHandMoving Energy, Hand, Fire (Variant 1)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanfire02FireHandMoving Energy, Hand, Fire (Variant 2)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanfire03FireHandMoving Energy, Hand, Fire (Variant 3)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanheal01HealHandMoving Energy, Hand, Healing (Variant 1)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanheal02HealHandMoving Energy, Hand, Healing (Variant 2)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanheal03HealHandMoving Energy, Hand, Healing (Variant 3)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanholy01HolyHandMoving Energy, Hand, Holy (Variant 1)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanholy02HolyHandMoving Energy, Hand, Holy (Variant 2)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanholy03HolyHandMoving Energy, Hand, Holy (Variant 3)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanmind01MindHandMoving Energy, Hand, Mind (Variant 1)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanmind02MindHandMoving Energy, Hand, Mind (Variant 2)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanmind03MindHandMoving Energy, Hand, Mind (Variant 3)ConjHandVisualvco_mehannatr01NatureHandMoving Energy, Hand, Nature (Variant 1)ConjHandVisualvco_mehannatr02NatureHandMoving Energy, Hand, Nature (Variant 2)ConjHandVisualvco_mehannatr03NatureHandMoving Energy, Hand, Nature (Variant 3)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanodd01OddHandMoving Energy, Hand, Odd (Variant 1)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanodd02OddHandMoving Energy, Hand, Odd (Variant 2)ConjHandVisualvco_mehanodd03OddHandMoving Energy, Hand, Odd (Variant 3)ConjHandVisualvco_mehansonc01SonicHandMoving Energy, Hand, Sonic (Variant 1)ConjHandVisualvco_mehansonc02SonicHandMoving Energy, Hand, Sonic (Variant 2)ConjHandVisualvco_mehansonc03SonicHandMoving Energy, Hand, Sonic (Variant 3)ConjHandVisualvco_mehedacid01AcidHandMoving Energy, Head, AcidConjHeadVisualvco_mehedcold01ColdHeadMoving Energy, Head, ColdConjHeadVisualvco_mehedelec01ElectricityHeadMoving Energy, Head, ElectricConjHeadVisualCall Lightning (11)sco_mehedelec01vco_mehedevil01EvilHeadMoving Energy, Head, EvilConjHeadVisualvco_mehedfire01FireHeadMoving Energy, Head, FireConjHeadVisualvco_mehedheal01HealHeadMoving Energy, Head, HealingConjHeadVisualvco_mehedholy01HolyHeadMoving Energy, Head, HolyConjHeadVisualvco_mehedmind01MindHeadMoving Energy, Head, MindConjHeadVisualvco_mehednatr01NatureHeadMoving Energy, Head, NatureConjHeadVisualvco_mehedodd01OddHeadMoving Energy, Head, OddConjHeadVisualvco_mehedsonc01SonicHeadMoving Energy, Head, SonicConjHeadVisualvco_smhanacid01AcidHandSmall, Hand, AcidConjHandVisualvco_smhancold01ColdHandSmall, Hand, ColdConjHandVisualvco_smhanelec01ElectricityHandSmall, Hand, ElectricConjHandVisualvco_smhanevil01EvilHandSmall, Hand, EvilConjHandVisualvco_smhanfire01FireHandSmall, Hand, FireConjHandVisualvco_smhanheal01HealHandSmall, Hand, HealConjHandVisualvco_smhanholy01HolyHandSmall, Hand, HolyConjHandVisualvco_smhanmind01MindHandSmall, Hand, MindConjHandVisualvco_smhannatr01NatureHandSmall, Hand, NatureConjHandVisualvco_smhanodd01OddHandSmall, Hand, OddConjHandVisualvco_smhansonc01SonicHandSmall, Hand, SonicConjHandVisualvco_swar3blueColourHandSwirling, BlueConjHandVisualCone of Cold (25) and shadow version (340)sco_swar3blueWould be good to make some variations of this.vco_sway2yeloColourHandMini swirls, yellowConjHandVisualThis is unused and seems to "persist" a bit too much for a proper vco VFX. Buggy and probably a test VFX.vco_wraithSpecialHeadWraith, risingConjHeadVisualPhantasmal Killer (127)sco_wraith

VCA Models List

Greater Spell Breach (72), Haste (78), Improved Invisibility (88), Ghostly Visage (120), Ethereal Visage (121), Storm of Vengeance (173) (as head node), Epic Blinding speed (647) (Also variants of Ghostly Visage / Improved Invisibility for feats/shades etc.)	sco_mehanelec02
vco_mehanelec03	Electricity	Hand	Medium, Hand, Electric (Variant 3)	ConjHandVisual	Minor Globe of Invulnerability (119), Premonition (134) (as head node), Weird (193) (as head node), Wounding Whispers (441) (as head node), Ball Lightning (516), Scintillating Sphere (526), Epic Warding (695) (as head node), Etherealness (724) (as head node)	sco_mehanelec03	Used on quite a few spells, only a few electricity ones - many that are not electrical use a ground VFX and ground sound (like odd or mind).
vco_mehanevil01	Evil	Hand	Medium, Hand, Evil (Variant 1)	ConjHandVisual	Bestow Curse (4), Negative Energy Burst (370)	sco_mehanevil01
vco_mehanevil02	Evil	Hand	Medium, Hand, Evil (Variant 2)	ConjHandVisual	Blade Barrier (5), Vampiric Touch (188), Healing Sting (514),	sco_mehanevil02
vco_mehanevil03	Evil	Hand	Medium, Hand, Evil (Variant 3)	ConjHandVisual	Harm (77), Meteor Swarm (116) (as head node), Slay Living (164), Destruction (366), Inflict_Minor_Wounds (431), Inflict Light Wounds (432), Inflict Moderate Wounds (433), Inflict Serious Wounds (434), Inflict Critical Wounds (435), Touch Petrify (496), Undead Graft 1 / 2 (625/626), Deathless Master Touch (628), Hellball (636), Aura of Hellfire (761)	sco_mehanevil03	Wow this is used a lot!
vco_mehanfire01	Fire	Hand	Medium, Hand, Fire (Variant 1)	ConjHandVisual		sco_mehanfire01
vco_mehanfire02	Fire	Hand	Medium, Hand, Fire (Variant 2)	ConjHandVisual			No sco_mehanfire02 even though it is defined in spells.2da (eg Combust)
vco_mehanfire03	Fire	Hand	Medium, Hand, Fire (Variant 3)	ConjHandVisual		sco_mehanfire03
vco_mehanheal01	Heal	Hand	Medium, Hand, Healing (Variant 1)	ConjHandVisual			sco_mehanheal01 doesn't exist alas even if it's defined in spells.2da for vco_smhanheal01
vco_mehanheal02	Heal	Hand	Medium, Hand, Healing (Variant 2)	ConjHandVisual	Mass Heal (114) (as "Head" visual, with ground SFX)	sco_mehanheal02
vco_mehanheal03	Heal	Hand	Medium, Hand, Healing (Variant 3)	ConjHandVisual	Cure Critical Wounds (31) (as "Head" visual), Cure Serious Wounds (35), Heal (79) (as "Head" visual), Healing Circle (80) (with ground SFX), Cure Critical Wounds Others (567)	sco_mehanheal03
vco_mehanholy01	Holy	Hand	Medium, Hand, Holy (Variant 1)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehanholy02	Holy	Hand	Medium, Hand, Holy (Variant 2)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehanholy03	Holy	Hand	Medium, Hand, Holy (Variant 3)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehanmind01	Mind	Hand	Medium, Hand, Mind (Variant 1)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehanmind02	Mind	Hand	Medium, Hand, Mind (Variant 2)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehanmind03	Mind	Hand	Medium, Hand, Mind (Variant 3)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehannatr01	Nature	Hand	Medium, Hand, Nature (Variant 1)	ConjHandVisual		sco_mehannatr01
vco_mehannatr02	Nature	Hand	Medium, Hand, Nature (Variant 2)	ConjHandVisual		sco_mehannatr02
vco_mehannatr03	Nature	Hand	Medium, Hand, Nature (Variant 3)	ConjHandVisual		sco_mehannatr03
vco_mehanodd01	Odd	Hand	Medium, Hand, Odd (Variant 1)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehanodd02	Odd	Hand	Medium, Hand, Odd (Variant 2)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehanodd03	Odd	Hand	Medium, Hand, Odd (Variant 3)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehansonc01	Sonic	Hand	Medium, Hand, Sonic (Variant 1)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehansonc02	Sonic	Hand	Medium, Hand, Sonic (Variant 2)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehansonc03	Sonic	Hand	Medium, Hand, Sonic (Variant 3)	ConjHandVisual
vco_mehedacid01	Acid	Hand	Medium, Head, Acid	ConjHeadVisual
vco_mehedcold01	Cold	Head	Medium, Head, Cold	ConjHeadVisual
vco_mehedelec01	Electricity	Head	Medium, Head, Electric	ConjHeadVisual	Call Lightning (11)	sco_mehedelec01
vco_mehedevil01	Evil	Head	Medium, Head, Evil	ConjHeadVisual		sco_mehedevil01	Sound effect is actually unused by the games default spells (due to ground effects being used)
vco_mehedfire01	Fire	Head	Medium, Head, Fire	ConjHeadVisual
vco_mehedheal01	Heal	Head	Medium, Head, Healing	ConjHeadVisual
vco_mehedholy01	Holy	Head	Medium, Head, Holy	ConjHeadVisual		sco_mehedholy01
vco_mehedmind01	Mind	Head	Medium, Head, Mind	ConjHeadVisual
vco_mehednatr01	Nature	Head	Medium, Head, Nature	ConjHeadVisual
vco_mehedodd01	Odd	Head	Medium, Head, Odd	ConjHeadVisual		sco_mehedodd01
vco_mehedsonc01	Sonic	Head	Medium, Head, Sonic	ConjHeadVisual		sco_mehedsonc01
vco_smhanacid01	Acid	Hand	Small, Hand, Acid	ConjHandVisual
vco_smhancold01	Cold	Hand	Small, Hand, Cold	ConjHandVisual
vco_smhanelec01	Electricity	Hand	Small, Hand, Electric	ConjHandVisual			Note: None of the spell hand VFX have a directly associated sound.
vco_smhanevil01	Evil	Hand	Small, Hand, Evil	ConjHandVisual	Ghoul Touch (64),		Uses sco_mehanevil01 for the sound
vco_smhanfire01	Fire	Hand	Small, Hand, Fire	ConjHandVisual
vco_smhanheal01	Heal	Hand	Small, Hand, Heal	ConjHandVisual	Cure Light Wounds (32), Cure Minor Wounds (33), Cure Moderate Wounds (34)		sco_mehanheal01 doesn't exist but is specified in spells.2da
vco_smhanholy01	Holy	Hand	Small, Hand, Holy	ConjHandVisual
vco_smhanmind01	Mind	Hand	Small, Hand, Mind	ConjHandVisual
vco_smhannatr01	Nature	Hand	Small, Hand, Nature	ConjHandVisual
vco_smhanodd01	Odd	Hand	Small, Hand, Odd	ConjHandVisual
vco_smhansonc01	Sonic	Hand	Small, Hand, Sonic	ConjHandVisual
vco_swar3blue	Colour	Hand	Swirling, Blue	ConjHandVisual	Cone of Cold (25) and shadow version (340)	sco_swar3blue	Would be good to make some variations of this.
vco_sway2yelo	Colour	Hand	Mini swirls, yellow	ConjHandVisual			This is unused and seems to "persist" a bit too much for a proper vco VFX. Buggy and probably a test VFX.
vco_wraith	Special	Head	Wraith, rising	ConjHeadVisual	Phantasmal Killer (127)	sco_wraith

VCA Models List

To follow.

VPR Models List

For the ProjModel column or in progfx.2da as MIRV entries.

Model File (all .mdl)	Descriptive Name	Spells.2da Entries	progfx.2da Entries	Typical ProjSound (spells.2da) or SoundDuration (visualeffects.2da)	Picture	Notes
vpr_aroacid	Arrow, Acid		902 MirvAcidArrow			Not sure how many of these arrows actually work in game needs testing.
vpr_arocold	Arrow, Cold
vpr_aroelect	Arrow, Electric
vpr_aroevil	Arrow, Evil
vpr_arofire	Arrow, Fire		901 MirvFlameArrow	spr_arrowfire		Only arrow spr_ sound file in the game files. Even Acid Arrow hasn't got one.
vpr_aroflame	Arrow, Flame
vpr_aroholy	Arrow, Holy
vpr_aromind	Arrow, Mind
vpr_aroodd	Arrow, Odd
vpr_arosonic	Arrow, Sonic
vpr_arrow001	Arrow
vpr_bigby_c	Bigby's Hand, Closed	460 Bigbys_Forceful_Hand 462 Bigbys_Clenched_Fist				Has spr_aroacid assigned as a sound FX but it doesn't exist in the game files.
vpr_bigby_o	Bigby's Hand, Open	459 Bigbys_Interposing_Hand 461 Bigbys_Grasping_Hand 463 Bigbys_Crushing_Hand				Has spr_aroacid assigned as a sound FX but it doesn't exist in the game files.
vpr_ectoacid01	Ball, Acid			spr_ectoacid01	Image Added
vpr_ectocold01	Ball, Cold			spr_ectocold01
vpr_ectoelec01	Ball, Electric 1			spr_ectoelec01
vpr_ectoelectric	Ball, Electric 2					No sound file
vpr_ectoevil01	Ball, Evil					No sound file
vpr_ectofire01	Ball, Fire			spr_ectofire01
vpr_ectoheal01	Ball, Heal					No sound file
vpr_ectoholy01	Ball, Holy					No sound file
vpr_ectomind01	Ball, Mind			spr_ectomind01
vpr_ectonatr01	Ball, Nature			spr_ectonatr01
vpr_ectoodd01	Ball, Odd			spr_ectoodd01
vpr_ectosonc01	Ball, Sonic			spr_ectosonc01
vpr_fireball	39 Delayed_Blast_Fireball 58 Fireball 636 Hellball			spr_fireball	Image Added	The classic fireball!
vpr_firemisl	"Fire Missile" (untested)					Need to test this one.
vpr_heavybolt	Ballista Bolt	794 Ballista_Bolt				Big Ol' Arrow
vpr_kngpow	Cow for Cheat Effect	1100 CheatCow			Image Added	Cheat cow, moo!
vpr_los	"LOS" may mean "Line of Sight" not sure what else it'd be.	Loads of spells. It's a white ball.		spr_los - see notes	Image Added	While spr_los is technically a valid file it is a 0.0 second empty WAV file, presumably either a placeholder or something.
vpr_magmisl	Magic Missile		900 MirvMagicMissile	spr_magicmissile
vpr_raybeholda_1	Beholder Ray 1	543 Ice_Dagger 776 Beholder_Node_1 780 Beholder_Node_5 783 Beholder_Node_6		none (Ice Dagger uses spr_ectocold01)	Image Added	There is a spr_beholdbeam but it's not used. (NB: Ice Dagger is a bit of an odd choice but hey it's white I guess!)
vpr_raybeholda_2	Beholder Ray 2			none
vpr_raybeholda_3	Beholder Ray 3			none
vpr_raybeholda_4	Beholder Ray 4			none
vpr_ringsmal	Small Ring	51 Energy_Drain		spr_ringsmal	Image Added	Ring used in a lot of other spell VFX with magical runs on it.
vpr_shardice	Shard, Ice	425 Quillfire		spr_ectoodd01 was used for Quillfire	Image Added	Used for quillfire but oddly is "ice shards" and the casting VFX are all green/acidic. Technically it's a "poison quills" (not fire damage, magical, plus poison effect).
vpr_wraith	Wraith	127 Phantasmal_Killer		spr_wraith (doesn't exist!)	Image Added	Obviously the Phantasmal Killer wraith! Very cool they did this wish it was done for more spells. The sound doesn't exist but the conjuration sound is pretty long and loud anyway.

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title	spells.2da ProjModel contents (not all are valid or actual projectiles)
collapse	true

plc_c05
plc_f03
plc_f06
plc_i05
plc_o03
plc_x0_dtr
plc_x0_fr1
vim_rayhand
c_chicken
c_direrat
c_koba
c_willowisp
gi_armor02
gi_tresur
it_bag
it_potion_000
plc_x0girn
tcn01_q05_01
tcn01_s02_01
tdc01_r02_01
tde01_r01_01
ttf01_p15_01
var_conecold
vpr_aroacid
vpr_bigby_c
vpr_bigby_o
vpr_ectoacid01
vpr_ectocold01
vpr_ectoelec01
vpr_ectoevil01
vpr_ectofire01
vpr_ectoholy01
vpr_ectomind01
vpr_ectonatr01
vpr_ectoodd01
vpr_ectosonc01
vpr_fireball
vpr_heavybolt
vpr_los
vpr_raybeholda_1
vpr_raybeholda_2
vpr_raybeholda_3
vpr_raybeholda_4
vpr_ringsmal
vpr_shardice
vpr_wraith
wamar_001
wambo_001
wamdt_001
wthsh_001

Other Unused Files

There is a file sco_positive which could be useful to reuse. All VFX models are listed above only sounds don't get their own listTo follow.

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