Conjuration and Casting Visual Effects

These are conjuration visual effect models, used generally for ConjHeadVisual, ConjHandVisual, ConjGrndVisual, CastHeadVisual, CastHandVisual and CastGrndVisual in spells.2da although they could be modified into visualeffects.2da lines.

The 3 different columns can be combined in one spell - they apply the VFX to different locations (the hands, the head and the ground respectively). Conjuration comes before the "firing" of the spell and cast comes after the conjuration is over.

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).

Naming Convention

Bioware used these prefixes for these VFX:

• vco_ (Visual effect Conjuration) and vca_ (Visual effect Cast) as their prefix for these. In one instace (Gazes) they use "vco" files in the Cast columns. The tables below state if they're used for the different Head, Hand or Grnd type, or if none of those they'll be unused.
• var_ (Visual effect Area) is used for some cones
• vca_ (Visual effect Cast) is used for cast effects like Dragon Breaths, some cones,
• vpr_ (Visual effect Projectile) not in this list but used for the ProjModel column (eg fireballs etc.)

The naming convention of the files after vco_/vca_ tends to be abbreviations of their use (eg; "lgspr" is "Large, Ground, Spiral" - although I've made some assumptions here and there is no reason one "type" should not work in another "location" it'd just be centred on a different body part/be on the ground spot), along with the type of VFX it is intended for - eg; Fire for fire damage spells. These are generally recolours but not always. The Bioware "standard" ones are:

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.

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:

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):

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.

VCA Models List

To follow.

VPR Models List

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

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 list.