Texture Force field texture

Etasus

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So... I decided that I wanted to make a trade map to keep my mind off of pumpstation while i wait for it to get tested... and i decided on a space theme, and i would like a texture to use in a func_brush, something that you could walk through it into a inner spaceship feel, or out into an outer space feel... (I may even mess with gravity outside)

But I need a texture for the "Grills" and my idea was a texture very similar to the particle emancipation grid from portal 2... But i would like one for both teams... if anyone knows of an ANIMATED texture like this, please, do tell... if one doesnt exist... well... im broke IRL, so i could get you a few ref?
 

Izotope

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The Emancipation Grill from Portal 2 is a texture, not a particle. (The one from Portal is however.)
For it's right appearance in the game, it uses material proxies that aren't supported by TF2's source branch. AFAIK
 

obodobear

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I might be able to make a texture for u to use, could u tell me a bit more about what it should look like?
 

obodobear

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Alright I just looked at it and it may be something I can do (looks tricky to make though) I'll try to make something kind of similar and hopefully it doesn't look bad lol
 

obodobear

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wait do u want the texture to be semi-transparent?
 

obodobear

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I think I should be able to do it, I'm kind of ass at using photoshop, but it should be able to work
 

obodobear

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Ok so I did a bit of testing to see how it looks as an animated gif and I must say it's not as bad as I thought it would be, I'm going to fix it up a bit then make the red version
 

obodobear

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Ok so I was attempting to make this a texture, but I was having trouble making it translucent (There are some tutorials on how to make transparent textures though) so u could maybe look at this and see if it's what you're looking for
 

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obodobear

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Also don't be afraid to tell me if this isn't what u were looking for because I could change it if u need
 

obodobear

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yes I know, I wanted to see what u thought of the general look of it first before I do the red version. If u don't end up liking it then I would have wasted some time making the red one. It was just sort of a way to check on your opinion before I go out and finish it. But anyways, if u have had a chance to see the texture as a gif yet then what do you think of it?
 
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obodobear

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I attempted to in photoshop, but it didn't really affect how it looks ingame. I could give you the files that were kind of transparent too, but I think it requires doing something in vtfedit for it to show up as transparent.
 

obodobear

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That's a relief I'm glad u like it! Anyway the pictures might work as transparent textures the way they are, but I'm not sure if the opacity will affect its transparency in tf2.
 

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Pocket

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The problem is that you saved them as JPEGs, you silly. JPEG doesn't support transparency.