Heroes 5 – by Azmadon (Izmail).

Hello! During the development process, some questions arose:
1) "How can I change, to be more precise, the effect/aura of the Arcata Dragons?" (I'm at least interested in changing the color; I want to turn it into an Ice Dragon.)
2) "How possible is it to add my own aura to a creature model?" (For some creatures, like Ice Golems, a frost aura or at least a chilling effect would be a good addition.)
3) "Adding an effect to a creature's attack" (for example, the undead have a Cryo-Reflect effect in the form of snowflakes; how can I apply it to a regular creature attack – an ice golem, as a special effect when hitting an enemy?)

4) If I understand correctly, to add special effects like a "flaming sword" during an attack and a fiery trail/splash, I need to work with the original animation? Can this be done quickly using the game's existing resources?

You're asking some complex questions... I'm too lazy to make screenshots today, so I'll describe it briefly. In theory, the dragon has an effect; as far as I remember, this effect consists of many small ParticleInstances attached to various bones (I remember this because of some bug where these files weren't attached to the bones). Each file has a link to a texture; you can decide to recolor the texture, but it's better to change the link to avoid ruining other effects. It's best to do this using the map editor.

Well, using the same principle as I described above, you can create an aura – a lot of micro-effects on some bones.

This is not the effect of your creature's attack, but the effect of hitting a unit. The snow depends on the specific skill; the green effect is from poisoning, and in other cases, the effect is defined in the unit.

I don't know the answer to the last question