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* To run the particle editor, run the game with -tools on the commandline and select 'Particle Editor' from the tool menu on the far right. | * To run the particle editor, run the game with -tools on the commandline and select 'Particle Editor' from the tool menu on the far right. | ||
* {{l4d}}{{l4d2}} In Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, tools mode is run via Authoring Tools menu instead. To test out a particle within a map while in tools mode, make sure that <code>sv_lan</code> is set to 1 in the console located in the lower-left corner. | * {{l4d}}{{l4d2}} In Alien Swarm, Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, tools mode is run via Authoring Tools menu instead. To test out a particle within a map while in tools mode, make sure that <code>sv_lan</code> is set to 1 in the console located in the lower-left corner. | ||
* To load a map so you can test your particle, look to the console window at the bottom of the screen and type "map <levelname>" | * To load a map so you can test your particle, look to the console window at the bottom of the screen and type "map <levelname>" | ||
Revision as of 09:59, 20 July 2010
Particle Editing Tool
- Emitters
- Renderers
- Initializers (see also Category:Particle initializers)
- Operators (see also Category:Particle operators)
- Control Points
- Children
- Constraints
- Forces
General knowledge
- To run the particle editor, run the game with -tools on the commandline and select 'Particle Editor' from the tool menu on the far right.
In Alien Swarm, Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, tools mode is run via Authoring Tools menu instead. To test out a particle within a map while in tools mode, make sure that sv_lanis set to 1 in the console located in the lower-left corner.
- To load a map so you can test your particle, look to the console window at the bottom of the screen and type "map <levelname>"
- A helpful command to restart all particle systems in a level - useful when tweaking them in the editor : > bind h "ent_fire info_particle_system stop;wait 120;ent_fire info_particle_system start"