Circular gradient glow VFX

[Capoyoace (beebs)]

I want to achieve this circular “glow” similar to the ones in games like PS99, but I haven’t figured out how to do it.

How would I go about making this? I tried to use beams but the transparency is not in the way I want it to be:

Plus, when you turn down your graphics level it miffs the curve, which doesn’t happen in PS99. Any help would be appreciated.

[EtNowis]

uncapped cylinder mesh would give you more control on its uv

[EtNowis]

if you go with the beams, you’ll need a texture for more complicated transparency distribution.

to fix the beam’s LOD issue, use this
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/bypassing-forced-beam-lod/2426888

[Minerdude_alt]

@EtNowis

uncapped cylinder mesh would give you more control on its uv

Yes, this can be done using a cylinder mesh with a custom UV map and texture. Then:

• Applying a SurfaceAppearance instance to the mesh in studio
• Setting the ColorMap property to the texture ID
• And finally, making the AlphaMode “Transparency”

Edit: I feel dumb now, I forgot you can just put transparent gradient decals on each side of a cylinder, no blender or anything needed.

[Capoyoace (beebs)]

The problem with decals is that they only show on one side. I made an uncapped cylinder mesh and added a white to transparent texture, and it kind of worked but looks ugly:

Where did I go wrong?

Edit: When I scale it it looks correct:

[VegetationBush (FartedWayTooHard)]

You need a gradient image, such as:

Then, you will use this texture on your two beams.