Aurora Particles

Particle Aurora Particles 2016-01-02

Exactol

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Aurora Particles - Aurora Borealis particles

Aurora particles for your winter maps
Special thanks to FissionMetroid for particle help and Fubar for aurora02d and aurora04a

Particles may be a bit on the performance heavy side (around 300ish for each)
Also looks bad when viewed directly below

Includes:
aurora02b: A ring of auroras
aurora02c: A simple curve aurora
aurora02d: A curve ring aurora made by Fubar
aurora03green: A green wave aurora
aurora03blue: A blue wave aurora
aurora03a: A blue wave aurora, but a bit more colorful
aurora04a: A wave aurora made by Fubar

Also included:
aurora03d: Child particle to aurora03a
aurora03blueb: Child particle to aurora03blue
aurora03greenb: Child particle to aurora03green

Particle In Action: http://gfycat.com/AlarmingShadowyHarborporpoise
 
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CyanideNoodles

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I can't seem to get this to work. I create an info_particle_system entity with the system name as "aurora_borealis" and set start active as "yes". I also created an aurora_particles file in my maps folder just in case.
 

Vel0city

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I can't seem to get this to work. I create an info_particle_system entity with the system name as "aurora_borealis" and set start active as "yes". I also created an aurora_particles file in my maps folder just in case.
Did you also create a mapname_particles.txt and did you put the particle .pcf file name in that? Because Source needs a mapname_particles.txt in the same folder the map itself is in (so tf/maps or tf/download/maps) in order to cache the particles when the map boots, otherwise you won't see them.
 

Pocket

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You need another copy of that file inside the particles folder as well, named [mapname]_manifest.txt. And I think a third called particles_manifest.txt? I'm just going off what the wiki says. And of course don't forget to pack them all when you ship your map.
 

Exactol

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All you need is the (mapname)_particles.txt in the tf/maps folder. It looks like the thing you did wrong was put aurora_particles at the top, when it should be particles_manifest @CyanideNoodles