Custom Particles

[superstrikertwo]

does any one know how to put custom particles into the game. Ive tried and it didn't work.

[hotroddude]

im not sure but i really need to know also. as you can see HERE! (http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/558/shot0962ik1.png) i figured out my snow problem and its finished as a firework. but i'd like it as a scenary item. hope somebody knows.

[superstrikertwo]

ya i was gunna make a whole scenery pack of particles like snow, rain, even fireballs. but i need to know how it works. ive created the snow.

[hotroddude]

aww man no fair it took me like four days to get the snow to look right :( lol yeah im bad at the fireworks editor :D (though it was the first time i ever used it )

[superstrikertwo]

i made it in a 3d program and it works in there but not in the game

[hotroddude]

oh in a 3d program? idk if that would even work ( i think that would make it an animitronic, but hey what do i know ) . i think the way elitigna did it was a firework, Jcat said he used the ingame particles so that wouldnt help with this topic.and i think thats everyone that used particles in their scenary sets. hmm so confusing.

[superstrikertwo]

well in the importer it says Particles as one of the options. so i figured it could be done. hasnt worked so far.

[hotroddude]

oh good call never saw that before.

EDIT: i just pm'ed jcat asking how he added the frw files from the game into his scenary hopefully we'll get some answers.

[Aceana]

To date, Elitigna is the only person to use custom particles.

[superstrikertwo]

is he/she still active on the forums?

[hotroddude]

^ a little bit.

btw i figured it out with the help from jcat ( for sort of explaining the particle effect thing ) and DRP's tutorial. btw you need it to be made in the fire works editor or else it wont work as a patricle effect ( particles need to be a frw file ). check DRP's tutorial if you want to continue with your effect pack.

[superstrikertwo]

do you have a link to this because Ive tried looking and i got one result.

[hotroddude]

sure.

CLICK HERE! section three is what you'll be looking at (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=510820)

but if you do continue could you not add snow? i spent ALOT of time trying to get the hang of the fireworks editor just for this one effect and i'd hate having all that hard work going to waste, and i wanted the effect to be like a big YAY for my scenary set.

[superstrikertwo]

ok i guess even though ive already made it. dosnt yours glow? cuz if som mine is ment to just be used during the day.

[hotroddude]

cool thanks :)

well not really anymore the early versions had this strange glowing need sun glasses to look at thing. but now its just more of a normal white color ( its just that picture that makes it look a little glowey i think its all of the white directly behind it, also the lighting setting was up all the way.) and if you need help figuring out what that tutorial means i think i understand it pretty clearly, and would be glad to help.

EDIT: or maybe i dont i found an old ase file laying around so i tried it and got THIS! (http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4479/shot0988af9.png) ugly error.