[PSA]Compilation and Guide to Color Modified Unusuals Final Post

Have broken each effect into it's own section for review: now with guided information for most couriers as well as a general FAQ, I will update effect sections as I retrieve more information.

My youtube channel of courier videos

Courier Effect Sections

• Butterfly Romp

• TI4 Champ Aura

• Diretide Corruption

• Bleak Hallucination

• Divine Essence

• Emerald Ectoplasm

• Orbital Decay

• Rubiline Sheen

• Spirit of Ember

• Spirit of Earth

• Ethereal Flames

• Cursed Essence

• Trail of the Burning Doom

• Trail of the Amanita

• Trail of the Lotus Blossom

New Effect Videos:

Diretide 2013 Baehko

Orbital Decay Hollowjack

Courier Videos:

CR Plague Grey Skip

Colored Trail Couriers

Various

Orbital Decay DT Orange Bamboo

SF DE Snail

FF Placid Blue Trapjaw

FB Demons, Indigo and Purple

Genuines:

Jadehoof Genuine

Redhoof Genuine

Current List (unsorted):

Key- Effect Color Courier

Champ 12 White Bamboo

OD Ruby Itsy

Champ Aura Purple Rosh

Orbital FF Tinkbot

Lotus Red Shagbark

Ethereal Bright Purple Coco

Assorted Couriers and Effects

CR Red Dog

Orbital Ruby Bamboo

Champ13 Lotus Trap

Champ12 Various Colors Bamboo

Frostivus Light Green Llama

FF Purple Cluck

EF Blossom Weaselcrow

SF DE Snail

SF Legacy Pink Frog

FB Blossom, Leacy, Ruby Yaks

Unusual Yaks

SE DE, Indigo Morok

Champ13 Ruby Osky

Emerald Purple Tinkbot

FB Ruby Osky

General Information:

• New Bloom Celebration has fixed walking animation. You can see the dev thread here: http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=124113

• CR has been patch fixed so that it may be colored, more information will follow.

• Cursed black color code is currently having issues being displayed properly for area affects. EF and Lava are known bugged.

• Dark color codes currently obscure many particle effects and hamper most effects. Use at your own risk

• Color code reference

• TI3 Champ aura mixes color with base green, thus causing strange shading problems Source

• If anyone has questions about making couriers or needs pictures taken please add me.

• SE is currently being rendered with a different brightness than other effects.

• New dyes appear to have higher value/luminosity than prior dyes. Because of this they seem to create better contrast on effects and have more influence

FAQ

Q:How do I take out my color/ethereal gem before changing it on my courier model?

A: It is impossible to preserve both the courier model and the color and ethereal gems. Either the courier model must be smashed and the ethereal/prismatic gems released or the prismatic/ethereal gem must be overridden with another.

Q:What effects do not work well with dark colors?

A: Any effect that bases it's particles on transparency will not look good with a dark color, so Ethereal Flames, Divine Essence and Bleak Hallucination, to list a few. This is in stark contrast with effects that have their particles solely diffuse such as Lotus, Crystal Rift, ToA and Cursed Essence

Q: Is there a way to create an unusual courier from a normal courier?

At the moment there is no tool ingame to do this.