How do I start making unusual effects?

skipperlink

L1: Registered
Aug 4, 2015
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Hello! first off i hope your having a great day, ok moving on i have been looking around for a long time as to how to even start making unusual effects and i cannot find anything! so if any of you people know a resource or how to do it i would be very grateful if you shared! thank you and have a nice day.
 

Exactol

Certified Hammer Hacker
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Jul 11, 2013
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The first step would be to open the source particle editor. You can do that by launching tf2 with the -tools parameter. Then, on the top menu click on the tool dropdown and select particle. Using the particle editor can be confusing, but there are a few tutorials somewhere on the internet.