Particle System In Official Release Of Ns

SamR · November 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">F4 and F7 don't work, anyone else?</div> Hello

I can't seem to edit my particle system from within NS anymore, like when we used to press F4 in the game and the menus would come up. Now this small message comes down, and tells me to press F7, but this button doesn't load the particle system menu...

Do I have to bind editps to a key myself? Or is this editing option now unavailable?

Relic25 · November 2002

I haven't tried the in-game editor in this release, but it may still be necessary to join team 1 (marines) before the particle editor can be accessed.

Moleculor · November 2002

And yes, you'll need to bind the commands yourself. F4 is now bound to the return to RR command.

SamR · November 2002

Hmmm, I only actually tried it when in team 1, so in fact, it probably works when I haven't joined a team at all. I'll try this and let you know. Thanks for the advice <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Belgarion · November 2002

i'm trying to edit a ps in the ready room, but i can't get it to bring the ps menu up. can we change the ps menu to F8 or something?.. or some other key. if we can, what's the bind line.

Belg

Greedo · November 2002

The console bind is 'toggleeditps'

Belgarion · November 2002

ok. did that. i bound toggleeditps to "p" ( bind p toggleeditps ). it sorta works.. the cursor comes up, but there aren't any bars, even when i've entered 'editps particle' in the console, and when i've joined team1 it does the same. is there something i'm missing here?

Belg

Woggy · November 2002

Happening to me too :/
With the console down I type in toggleeditps test , the bars show up but as soon as the console is ff thy dissapear. I cant use it with the console on cause the curser is locked <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='mad.gif'>

SamR · November 2002

I'm just going to copy the bsp file into the nstr2 (tech release) folder and edit the particle system in that.

Belgarion · November 2002

so devs, can we get an answer on this?

Belg

chubbysteve · November 2002

Well, it seems we cannot. I apologise for bringing up this thread, six days old as it is but I am also having trouble acessing the particle system edit stuff. And I've done some searching, so if there's a simple fix to this then... I'd welcome it.

I was using the NS particle guide. I followed the instructions but already there was a problem because apprently I should have been able to see a white circle of the one sprite, but instead I saw nothing. Then I attempted to type in editps test (as instructed) but it did very little. So then I typed 'toggleeditps' and got this:
<img src='http://www.parkway-capital.com/steve/pstestroom.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
When I removed the console, those bars dissappeared but the mouse stayed. I then tryed some random combinations of 'editps test' and 'toggleeditps' and 'mashingmykeyboard'. All to no avail.
So, much like a 'teh n00beh' I am asking for help. How can I get to fiddle with my particle system, and get it operational as it should be.
Cheers.

chubbysteve · November 2002

Now I can see the sprite, but I still don't have bars to... edit stuff with. If I have to get nstr2 then where is it now? Also, why doesn't anyone seem to see this thread at all?

BiTMAP · November 2002

Aye i"ll be adding particles soon and i'd like this resolved before then.

Zer0BurN · November 2002

I just use NSTR2 for my particles. Works fine. If you want ill post a screenshot or two.

BiTMAP · November 2002

I Don't have NSTR2 (or 1)

Zer0BurN · November 2002

Only reason why i got NSTR2 is cause the particle system wasn't working in NS. If you know nothing about PS goto <a href='http://pstutorial.tripod.com' target='_blank'>http://pstutorial.tripod.com</a>. It helps.

SamR · November 2002

That's what I do. Simply copy the bsp file into the maps directory in the tech release folders, and load that. PS heaven!

jaMz · November 2002

where do you get NSTR2?? i've only got 1! and i forgot where i got it already... hihihi!

the toggleeditps doesn't work for me in NS or NSTR (1), i still get no cursor or no bars or nothing at all even if i join a team, or stay neutral (like in the readyroom)..

help in this please! it'l be really great if i was able to edit my PS ingame.. i've read the ps guide and ps tutorial and the ingame thingy still doesn't work!!!

SamR · November 2002

Hmmm, it's no longer posted on the downloads page. I have no idea where you could get it otherwise. You could try a search on File Planet and see if it comes up. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'>

chubbysteve · November 2002

Yeah. I would have clearly got nstr2 by now because I know it will get my ps editing working, but I new it was removed from the downloads. Somebody needs to host that thing. Heck I will if I can find it.

BiTMAP · November 2002

Looks like someone made a ewpsie...

Fam · November 2002

Belgarion · November 2002

while the nstr2 is a temporary fix, we will need some sort of real fix eventually. is this likely to take a while?

Belg

chubbysteve · November 2002

Thanks fam <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

chubbysteve · November 2002

I had I feeling I might have spoke too soon. Now NSTR2 crashes when I try to run a map with ps effects in. I think it is ps effects because my ps testroom is simple but when the sprites show up it freezes with no message. Ctrl+alt+del reveals 'assertion failed'. With the bounce example map it freezes before the console panns up. that map if I remember is heavy with ps effects. I'm just going to look see if any of the notation mentions this.

Well the 'sample' map works well. It has five ps effects which I have reduce to smithereens in my editing <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'> Let's see if I can get this to work with my own maps...

BiTMAP · November 2002

hmm I can't SEE my particle effects they just don't seem to emmit, I'll have to read and check out the example maps.

Soul · November 2002

hmmm, this sounds like a <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=10104' target='_blank'>Topic</a> I posted last week <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'>

thanks fam <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

jaMz · November 2002

chubbysteve: i know what you are talking about man! it's when the map works fine at first, but then when i 'mouse look' towards the ps i made, the game crashes, with the error message blah blah blah and that i should email this problem to the NS team.

here's what i did to fix it up, it seems that when ever i make my OWN ps system, (i make the invis block myself, then make it a func_wall then make an entity brush called env_particle) the map always crashes... so i just copied the fun_wall brush and it's env_particle from nstr's particletest2.rmf.. i edit it from there, then *boom* it worked! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

hope that helped <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

chubbysteve · November 2002

I'll just see if I can understand that, and then see if it works.
Rght now I'm at the point where ps effects work in nstr2, but not the ones I have setup. I just plain old can't see them. It's **obscenity** me off no end because in the map I have made where they are visible, it still randomly crashes.

I'll do some fiddling, and post what I've done (if any sucess comes of it) for others.

BiTMAP · November 2002

okay wait your telling me that I need to have a func_wall entity to make a particle system too??? ACK I need to read the ps guide! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'>

jaMz · November 2002

yea you'll have to attach a func_wall to the env_particle, the func_wall would be the area where the particles would generate from <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

read the tutorials <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Particle System In Official Release Of Ns

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