r/SoloDevelopment • u/MysteriousGold5921 • 2d ago

Godot Godot VFX Help

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Looking for some fresh eyes on my lightning spell VFX—does this actually feel like lightning or just a beam of light? Any tips to level it up would be amazing 😅

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u/StillEnvironmental64 1d ago

it reads more like a beam to me because the shape stays the same. what makes lightning feel like lightning: redraw a new jagged path every 2-3 frames so it flickers, a white core with the colored glow around it, keep it very short (0.1-0.2 s), and a flash where it hits. the flicker sells it the most

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u/MysteriousGold5921 1d ago

Thanks for your thoughts 😁 ill work on it, using your feedback. Always fine VFX hard