A very little idea to improve in-game graphics (thank You for reading)

Predatorator·6/5/2014, 7:22:06 PM·5 votes·531 views

Hello, and thank You for paying attention. I'd like to ask if it was possible to make abilites move some dust and enlight the ground. Don't pick me wrong - i'll try to explain myself: very powerful skills (e.g. lux's R) could move the dust in their surroundings, or making little waves in the water if the skill crosses a river, looking cooler. Skills with a bright animation can enlight the elements in its surroundings (like ground,water,champs,minions etc.). In my opinion, these addition make players able to "interact" a little more with the enviroment they're fighting in. Because not everyone got powerful computers, these features can be activated by switching on a deidcated option, which can be called "Enable Advanced Effects". And..i think that's all, feel free to add any feedback =). Thank You again for reading. Best regards, see Ya in the arenas!

8 Comments

CaptainWednesday6/5/2014, 7:57:47 PM2 votes

Ooooo. I like this a lot. I think the team over at Riot making the new Summoner's Rift could definitely do something like this. It'd be amazing! Thanks for raising this!

GuiltyGecko6/5/2014, 8:19:04 PM2 votes

I like the idea, but it would involve coding for dynamic lighting and particles. While not impossible, I believe Riot will give you one of those "It's a good idea, but more important stuff is on our radar" answers.

BrofessorF6/6/2014, 1:29:53 AM2 votes

It would be a cool feature to add, but dynamic lighting, shadows, etc are very very heavy on your computer, and if too many of those abilities went off at once it could likely bring even the strongest of computers to a crawl while it tries to catch up

edit for reference: years ago when i built my first computer, i was playing world of warcraft, had medium settings with dynamic shadows on, was getting ~30 fps, turned to ultra settings and turned dynamic shadows off, steady 60

AndyCane6/6/2014, 2:40:28 AM2 votes

I really like this idea. However does it offer an advantage for people who use it? i.e. say someone was at red buff and dust flew out, will some one on the other side see it and be alerted of their presence? While people with low end computers get left in dark. I guess it could be fixed by simple fog of war