Texture Force field texture

[Etasus]

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]

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

 

[Etasus]

yeah... thats why i said i wanted a new texture... not specifically the one from portal... that was only used for reference...

 

[obodobear]

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?

 

[Etasus]

literally a animated emancipation grill texture for both red and blu... (But not exactly like the emancipation grill, thats just for reference)

 

[obodobear]

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]

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

 

[Etasus]

yes... is that possible?

 

[obodobear]

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]

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]

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

 

[obodobear]

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

 

[Etasus]

Its only the blue one...

 

[obodobear]

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?

 

[Etasus]

I cant tell if its transparent at the moment... is it? if it isnt, can you make it?

 

[obodobear]

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.

 

[Etasus]

kay, i would gladly take those files... but i do like how it looks!

 

[obodobear]

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.

 

[Pocket]

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

 

[obodobear]

oh lol does it need to be a png?