It is one of the most complex entity's used in Natural Selection. I figured it out using Chrome Angel's nice little <a href='http://nsworld.ns-central.co.uk/mappingguide/appendix1b.php' target='_blank'>env_particle_custom</a> guide. At the end of it he has some download links with samples. If you need an example of how to make one, download those samples and mess around with the spire and angles.
Kouji_SanSr. Hινε UÏкεεÏεг - EUPT DeputyThe NetherlandsJoin Date: 2003-05-13Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
So thats how they did the smoke comming from the resource entities <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->... WOW I never thought about this entity but now <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> I am definately going to use it for smoke in stead of the smoke I built myself... The possiblilities are endless.. well as far as the imagination goes <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
I got a link to but I dont think you posted this thread to get links to tutorials <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
If someone who already knows how to use it would be so kind <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Ow almost forgot the link im going to try and ofcourse ill check Machiavelli link to:
<a href='http://pstutorial.tripod.com/pstut/index.html' target='_blank'>Natural Selection Particle System Guide</a>
Please, for the love of Christ, can you please search the forums before posting. I know this forum is supposed to be about NS specific entities, but env_particles_custom has been covered in countless amounts of threads.
On my last search, about a week ago, it brought up 18 pages of results. EIGHTEEN! The funny thing is, most of the threads link to the same tutorials which are posted in the FAQ marked "Read before posting".
Can you please do us all a favour and take this into consideration next time, the entity hasn't changed in a long time.
Kouji_SanSr. Hινε UÏкεεÏεг - EUPT DeputyThe NetherlandsJoin Date: 2003-05-13Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
edited January 2004
I have to agree with esuna since it only took me like 5 minutes to figure it out and love it already <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->... This one belongs in the <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=SF&f=34' target='_blank'>NS newbie mapping</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--Kouji San+Jan 15 2004, 12:53 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Kouji San @ Jan 15 2004, 12:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I have to agree with esuna since it only took me like 5 minutes to figure it out and love it already <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->... This one belongs in the <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=SF&f=34' target='_blank'>NS newbie mapping</a>
[edit]no flame intended[/edit] <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Well no, technically this is the right forum. But this is all too frequently asked and there are guides smattered all over these forums, and tutorials linked in the FAQ. If someone's got a specific problem with env_particles_custom, or if they want to achieve a specific effect and are looking for suggestions of how to do another one, that's all cool. But the whole "My particle system doesn't work" and "i've tried all the tutorials on the net" thing just doesn't sit right.
Many people have explained this entity time and time again, and seeing a new request each week asking the same question, it just gets.... tiresome.
*EDIT: Ok, if you're having problems with all the tutorials on the net, i wrote a particle system tutorial for beginners. It goes into minimal detail, but it works. I followed the exact steps as i made it and it did, indeed, work.
<span style='font-size:27pt;line-height:100%'><a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=55125&hl=particle' target='_blank'>CLICK IT FOO!</a></span>
Scroll down about a quarter of the page until you see "Esuna's crappy...." and that's where it begins. The thread then continues to go more indepth and cover more points. Think of this as a community tutorial.
*EDIT: On a slightly more pissy note, some of us have gone to a great deal of trouble typing lengthy replies and tutorials, search the forums, there is a lot of information out there, just because we typed it all before, doesn't mean we're going to bother to do it all again just becuase you're lazy.
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Good luck and happy mapping!
I got a link to but I dont think you posted this thread to get links to tutorials <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
If someone who already knows how to use it would be so kind <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Ow almost forgot the link im going to try and ofcourse ill check Machiavelli link to:
<a href='http://pstutorial.tripod.com/pstut/index.html' target='_blank'>Natural Selection Particle System Guide</a>
On my last search, about a week ago, it brought up 18 pages of results. EIGHTEEN! The funny thing is, most of the threads link to the same tutorials which are posted in the FAQ marked "Read before posting".
Can you please do us all a favour and take this into consideration next time, the entity hasn't changed in a long time.
[edit]no flame intended[/edit]
[edit]no flame intended[/edit] <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well no, technically this is the right forum. But this is all too frequently asked and there are guides smattered all over these forums, and tutorials linked in the FAQ. If someone's got a specific problem with env_particles_custom, or if they want to achieve a specific effect and are looking for suggestions of how to do another one, that's all cool. But the whole "My particle system doesn't work" and "i've tried all the tutorials on the net" thing just doesn't sit right.
Many people have explained this entity time and time again, and seeing a new request each week asking the same question, it just gets.... tiresome.
*EDIT: Ok, if you're having problems with all the tutorials on the net, i wrote a particle system tutorial for beginners. It goes into minimal detail, but it works. I followed the exact steps as i made it and it did, indeed, work.
<span style='font-size:27pt;line-height:100%'><a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=55125&hl=particle' target='_blank'>CLICK IT FOO!</a></span>
Scroll down about a quarter of the page until you see "Esuna's crappy...." and that's where it begins. The thread then continues to go more indepth and cover more points. Think of this as a community tutorial.
*EDIT: On a slightly more pissy note, some of us have gone to a great deal of trouble typing lengthy replies and tutorials, search the forums, there is a lot of information out there, just because we typed it all before, doesn't mean we're going to bother to do it all again just becuase you're lazy.