Thaumaturge, missing FX for Fireball it seems.

strathkin

Everything else renders fine, including Furious Immolation.

Yet Fireball all I see is just a slight glow created on the ground (snow) in this case.

...seems today even our Helm Guild Leader said, it's been broken awhile for many people.

It does the damage it supposed to, just never see the Fireball FX being cast or thrown; only the burn caused by it afterward.



Like they made the Fireball invisible? *sigh*

strathkin

I had SUPPORT ask me to TRY High Graphics I'm assuming FX is what they MEANT, I was already at High, and changing to Low does NOTHING.

As I previously said, this apparently has been Broken for Many Thaumaturge Wizard's for a LONG TIME, at least according to my Alliance Helm Guild Leader.

plasticbat

strathkin said:

I don't play wizard but just for the heck of it, I tried one of mine against dummy in stronghold. Your picture has 3 sections. The left section is the one that cast and has fireball. Yours is not that clear but they are there if you look closely. My fireballs are more clear than yours. It was fast and has about 8 to 10 fireballs. No, it does not fly out. They teleport.

It appears the sequence is:
when you cast, there is a ring of fireball around you vertically. The target got fire. Your fireballs (around you) disappears and has a round aura for a split second.

strathkin

plasticbat said:

strathkin said:

I don't play wizard but just for the heck of it, I tried one of mine against dummy in stronghold. Your picture has 3 sections. The left section is the one that cast and has fireball. Yours is not that clear but they are there if you look closely. My fireballs are more clear than yours. It was fast and has about 8 to 10 fireballs. No, it does not fly out. They teleport.

It appears the sequence is:
when you cast, there is a ring of fireball around you vertically. The target got fire. Your fireballs (around you) disappears and has a round aura for a split second.

I appreciate that, if your refer to the 95% transparent glow you see on the left, that's only the shadow or embers meant to make the Fireball itself appear to be burning. It's more like a mostly invisible Fireball, even if they made it 75% visible I'd be fine with that; just not mostly unseen though. The only thing I see is mostly just a faint ember (after effect) fire shadow effect on the ground when cast.

NOTE: Today in Zone Chat I confirmed with many who play Thauma say it isn't rendering at all; they also all confirm ONLY the flames afterward are showing. This is just as I said above, my Alliance Guild Leader also confirmed it's been this way for years! It really does seem broken or like a BUG.

plasticbat

For me, the fireball animation was about 50% brightness. Yes, I can see them. Sometime, that can be better than "average". Usually, there was one ring of fireballs. Sometime, it can make 2 rings of fireball (one ring after another). The pictures are not as good as I can see in the monitor.

Your left side picture seems to be like the 4th or 5th picture of mine when the fireballs disappearing and 'teleporting' to the target. May be you had frame missing.

strathkin

plasticbat said:

For me, the fireball animation was about 50% brightness. Yes, I can see them. Sometime, that can be better than "average". Usually, there was one ring of fireballs. Sometime, it can make 2 rings of fireball (one ring after another). The pictures are not as good as I can see in the monitor.

Well your screenshot's weren't as bad as mine above, yours seem 75% transparent, and I suspect all were seeing is the firewrap effect around the Fireball; yet the fireball is mostly or is still unseen! While I did capture one far smaller Fireball in a screenshot, it's only an wrap that spins around it, not the actual fireball itself.

I'm guessing the Fireball for me was mostly 99% Transparent, like it's hidden or something?

I could see the "wrapping Flame / Smoke" better (FX) yet even in yours it's not the Fireball itself! And even that they could increase the Opacity perhaps by 5%, yet it's only the wrapping flame effect! Yet I still never see the actual Fireball being cast, or thrown still...

You clearly see the Flames when Enemy burns from it though! Fireball is mostly not visible to the vast majority. It's been this way for 3-4 years at least. 99% of people playing Thaumaturge never even see the Fireball with their own eyes!


Then I was so shocked when I captured this showing it actually rendered.
♦ Just ask most in ZONE chat, most claim it does not Render!

Like my Alliance Guild Leader says it's been broken, for a year or two at least!

Every other FX for Wizard is mostly FINE, except now Ice Knife since Dragon Hunts M23 Dropped on 14th of June.


All most see is only the flames afterward, not the fireball itself!

greywynd

I haven't seen the animation for Ice Knife since the mod dropped.

strathkin

greywynd said:

I haven't seen the animation for Ice Knife since the mod dropped.

Yea I couldn't even see Ice Knife in a Single Player Queue in Young Dragon Hunt.

I can sometimes see it in Storm Kings Thunder or other area's, yet it's only more visible near the end; not like it was before. And you won't even see it during Young, or Adult Dragon Hunts at all.

strathkin

Yea I don't see it either! I just logged this too:
https://account.arcgames.com/en/forums/neverwinter/#/discussion/1265378/wizard-ice-knife-not-shown-since-m23-june-14th-in-dragon-hunts/