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Skyforger
i trayed that env_particles_custom and get nothing.
i don't care how whit this or sprites but i need a steam what will look like steam and i need it horizontaly.
GiGaBiTe
Using the env_particles_custom entity is very difficult and tedious at first to get to work right. Try using some tutorials on it. Also, there is an initial delay on all env_particle_custom entities of about 30 seconds after the maps starts before they actually start emitting particles.
Skyforger
i trayed this http://halflife.qeradiant.com/halflife/athl2.htm

but i don't hawe a place to enter some values sad-fix.gif
Kouji_San
Thats the old way of creating steam (eating up to many runtime entities). NS introduced something called the env_particle_custom

This is a particle renderer, which can spew out all kinds of things. In your case it would be steam ^_^

GiGaBiTe said the same thing btw confused-fix.gif


There are probably some tutorials left on the net, have a look for them. I also remember there being a program to setup the entity in an empty map and edit it in realtime... (mapping faq?)

Meh have a look for yourself, I'm gonnah catch some Zzzzzzzz's
Skyforger
yea i looked it but meybe it's to hard to me. i made all that was in Tutorial but i don't get enything my env_particle_custom didn't show up at all.
GiGaBiTe
QUOTE(Kouji_San @ Jul 11 2007, 06:24 PM) [snapback]1638503[/snapback]

Thats the old way of creating steam (eating up to many runtime entities). NS introduced something called the env_particle_custom

This is a particle renderer, which can spew out all kinds of things. In your case it would be steam ^_^

GiGaBiTe said the same thing btw confused-fix.gif
There are probably some tutorials left on the net, have a look for them. I also remember there being a program to setup the entity in an empty map and edit it in realtime... (mapping faq?)

Meh have a look for yourself, I'm gonnah catch some Zzzzzzzz's


The in-game particle editor is extremely buggy and rarely works correctly. It became even more broken on Steam because of the console and vgui changes.
Kouji_San
Nah I'm not talking about ingame (which at one time did work tounge.gif ), but an external editor.

Here it is:

http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index....=69209&st=0

After editing it in that program you can copy paste the env_particle_custom into your own map (never used it though tounge.gif )
BigD
QUOTE(GiGaBiTe @ Jul 25 2007, 05:01 PM) [snapback]1640600[/snapback]

The in-game particle editor is extremely buggy and rarely works correctly. It became even more broken on Steam because of the console and vgui changes.


Ya know, I figured it out briefly a month ago. Since the "external" tool didn't work for me, I ended up doing a lot of tweaking and testing with the in game editor (once I figured it out!)

But I'll be damned if I can remember how to use it off the top of my head (and no ns install on my linux machine yet...) I should have wrote it all down step by step...
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