Interlopers Particle Effect Thread

[no00dylan]

did you actually make this tutorial or just copy and paste it from HalfWit-2.com?

wut tutorial?

[MNM]

Yours at page 2?

[fug4life]

Hi, I know it's a little late but here's two good tutorials from the SDK wikki.

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Creating_A_Fire_Particle

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Particle_Muzzle_Flash

The first (the fire tut), I followed and and deviated a little to make this blob:



I didn't really plan anything for it but I was experimenting with this little background map (It's meant to be very low resource).

It's not finished yet, I've recently just changed the particle to Blue,Red and green versions, so I can have the pyramid change texture and laser colour to coincide with the particle colours.

And wow some of you have made some pretty cool things with the editor, I must play more with this toy!

[Armageddon]

I'm doing it for the first time. I made a pretty good snow particle only problem is after 1 thousand particles spawn they just keep falling infinate. I need to know how I can make them remove and respawn after a few seconds. Thanks!

[Zipfinator]

I'm doing it for the first time. I made a pretty good snow particle only problem is after 1 thousand particles spawn they just keep falling infinate. I need to know how I can make them remove and respawn after a few seconds. Thanks!

You need the operators Alpha Fade and Decay, Alpha Fade In and Alpha Fade Out. The Alpha Fade In/Out will handle the timing and the Fade and Decay will automatically delete the particles once they are completely transparent at the end of the Alpha Fade Out.

[Armageddon]

Thanks it works but I'm abit lost at how I can change the particle life time.

EDIT: Nevermind I fixed it and it looks hot! Thanks!

[Armageddon]

PROBLEM! I saved my particles and I saw that they were in the ep2/particle folder I went into Hammer made a test map added info particle system and gave it the proper name and all and in-game there is no particle! HELP!

[jangalomph]

put it in the particle_manifest.txt? "name of pcf"
or make sure you have the right name of the certain particle**** as of partytest1.pcf/tester1

if it was the last.. simply put tester1 for particle name..

[Armageddon]

where is the particle_manifest.txt? And how does the engine know that 'partytest1' is 'tester1'?

[Armageddon]

I extracted all the particles and the particle_manifest.txt. I added my particles just like the others. Then I went in-game and they wern't showing up! D:

[Armageddon]

Anyone?

[evochinima]

where is the particle_manifest.txt? And how does the engine know that 'partytest1' is 'tester1'?

I guess you're ment to put 'partytest1' instead of tester1.

[Armageddon]

Ok my particle names are 'ryan_test_snow.pcf' 'ryan_test_fire.pcf' 'ryan_test_fire1.pcf' what do I put in hammer?

[jangalomph]

you dont put the name of a pcf in hammer. like for my nukes its nuke.pcf but inside its nuke_final1 so it will know that nuke_final1 is in the nuke.pcf if you put it in the manifest.txt

[Armageddon]

OH! Ok thanks.