loot beam, anyone attempt it?

I figured a simple particle fx is all it needs to add to each legendary items?

Id say its possible, because you can change how items appear on the ground…
I dont care enough about graphics to even consider doing this, but Im sure there is someone who is thinking about it now :smiley:

Yes I did it with Omega Mod, it’s possible.

Awesome, you convinced me to give the mod a try.

I hope you will enjoy it ;).

Loot beam have a default effect attached according to their rarity (magical, rare, legendary…) there are some entry in the game engine that tells wich effect to apply.
however if you want to make a special loot beam that affects only some items of a rarity you have to use script and the loot will last only how long you code it (but I don’t know if it’s possible to make it last as long as the item is on the ground).

i uhh uhmm that is awesome

That’s pretty cool, I was imagining the beam would be more in line with d3.
Looks more like tl2 loot beam atm, could it be thinner? Also the item label seems to be gone or was it replaced?

Hi, yes you can make the beam look what you want with the PSEditor.It’s possible to make it thinner.
I have hidden the item label, that’s why with the loot filter, I wanted to see if players would notice the special loot even with the filter ON.
But the beam stays on the ground 5 seconds (in this example), even if the item is picked up.
However you can make true lasting beam but they will affect all items of a kind of rarity.

I would imagine if you could make this a standalone mod with some tweaks to make it more true to how d3 does it that this would instantly become one mod a lot of folks will use. Adding that clang sound will be sweet as well.

It’s possible to add a song also when the item falls on the ground or when the beam is cast.
Well I just didn’t take the time to do it, but you could make it if you want it’s quite easy.

That is awesome I want it bigtime

I play lots of PoE and we have ‘item filters’ that not only colour our drops and make them whatever size text we want. we can also add certain sounds -

So if a map or a unique drops - we know based on the sound to go running back or search around as one just dropped 100% OR if an extremely rare currency item drops a HUGE sound can play

D3 has the beam system plus a star on the mini map plus also a ‘clingling’ sound when a Legendary drops - you cant miss em

Look at the clustefuck which PoE can be come. Also you actually need to auto hide 80% of items or more in PoE or you cant see anything

GD already has this but I would like the D3 beam but remember - this is what happens when too much is on the floor: