- Apr 14, 2013
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tl;dr I can't get a particle system I downloaded to work, despite doing everything by the book.
I downloaded a custom particle system (it was made prior to the steampipe update, if that matters somehow).
It came without a readme file, it had only the .pcf file, so I followed some short explanation about how to set particles up by wiseguy149, from a previous post on this subject:
What I did is place the particle file in .../tf/custom/custom stuff/particles.
Then I placed a info_particle_system in my map, and set the Particle System Name to the .pcf name (w/o a directory, as it should be the proper location)
After that, I made a .txt file, as instructed, called in the exact same name of my map, with the added _particles suffix. I placed it in .../tf/maps- where my map is stored.
I loaded the map, and using ent_fire, attempted to start the particle system via the start input. It didn't work, and the consule said:
Attempting to create unknown particle system <the particle system's name>.
Just to make sure, I used the particle editor to ensure the particle itself is all good, and it works there just fine, as far as I can tell.
Any ideas what went wrong?
I downloaded a custom particle system (it was made prior to the steampipe update, if that matters somehow).
It came without a readme file, it had only the .pcf file, so I followed some short explanation about how to set particles up by wiseguy149, from a previous post on this subject:
If you want to use custom particles in a custom map, you need a particle manifest to declare them.
You'll want to follow the second option detailed on that page, and create a /maps/<map name>_particles.txt file.
And in that file, following the formatting on the particle manifest page, you'd want to declare the aurora_borealis.pcf file.
So, for instance, if your map was named cp_example.bsp, you'd want to create a text file right next to that in the maps folder called cp_example_particles.txt, and the contents should look like this:
Code:particles_manifest { file "!particles/aurora_borealis.pcf" }
What I did is place the particle file in .../tf/custom/custom stuff/particles.
Then I placed a info_particle_system in my map, and set the Particle System Name to the .pcf name (w/o a directory, as it should be the proper location)
After that, I made a .txt file, as instructed, called in the exact same name of my map, with the added _particles suffix. I placed it in .../tf/maps- where my map is stored.
I loaded the map, and using ent_fire, attempted to start the particle system via the start input. It didn't work, and the consule said:
Attempting to create unknown particle system <the particle system's name>.
Just to make sure, I used the particle editor to ensure the particle itself is all good, and it works there just fine, as far as I can tell.
Any ideas what went wrong?