Defining custom particle effect types

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Defining custom particle effect types - Notavi - 08-05-2018

So, according to a note at the bottom of This reference page on DarkPlaces particle effects.

Quote:The Engine now appends mapname_effectinfo.txt to effectinfo.txt. In other words you can create additional effects for your map without changing effectinfo.txt

So, I'm trying to define a new particle effect to use. I'm basically after a large fluffy billowing smoke effect to have emitting from this smoke stack:

The pipe_smoke effect kinda looks a little like what I want, though it's a bit thin, small and short-lived for my tastes. Still, I'm using it as a starting point to define my own effects, so I've tweaked it a bit to have larger particles.
~/.xonotic/data/epsilon-b4_effectinfo.txt

Code:
effect big_stack_smoke

        type smoke

        airfriction -1

        alpha 32 64 48

        color 0x999999 0x555555

        count 8

        gravity -0.015000

        rotate 0 360 -180 180

        sizeincrease 35

        size 20 40

        tex 0 8

        velocityjitter 0 0 5

        velocitymultiplier 15

I then define the func_pointparticles as follows:

Code:
"classname" "func_pointparticles"

"mdl" "big_stack_smoke"

"impulse" "0.6"

"velocity" "0 0 10"

"type" "smoke"

"count" "12"

But it doesn't appear to be working at all. Is there anyone with a bit more experience with this aspect of DarkPlaces / Xonotic particle effects who is able to help out?

RE: Defining custom particle effect types - Mario - 08-05-2018

The text file needs to be in the maps directory, not data. Tarx is a working reference: https://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=1676

RE: Defining custom particle effect types - Notavi - 08-05-2018

Ooh, that was all I needed. A little bit of tweaking and the cooling tower now has steam pouring out Big Grin

Thanks for your help Big Grin