This thread will showcase particle effects that i have created for the FTE quake engine.Feel free to mess around with them and make your own effects . large differences can be made by simply changing 1 or 2 digits ..thats how i learn and stumble upon new effects. Most of what i have is largely or in some way based on someone elses work before me (spike,timeserv,jedilamma etc.)

To use the effects:

1. Download and install FTE

2. Download the haze zip file

3. Extract it into your /Quake/ directory, the files will automatically be put where the need to go

4. Load up FTE and type 'r_particlesdesc haze' (or put that line in a config that you use)

Leave me comments/criticism/feedback/!!suggestions!! for current or new effects

For more help with setting up your FTE to look nicer: click here
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Downloads:

Full haze particle set : haze.zip

Zip file containing extras , rain, snow , and older effects : extras.zip

rain & snow, older effects, and extras are NOT included in haze.cfg

All textures must go in id1/textures/particles/
All configs must go in id1/
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Effects included in Haze.cfg:



Newest Teleporter Effect
(teleporter standing still - inward movement)

Recommendation:
1. use r_waterlayers 3


Teleporting Effect
(going through the teleporter)

Rocket Trail
(beefy red version)

Explosion!
(yer basic ball of fire)

Recommendation:
1. r_bouncysparks 1

Newer Large Torch
(ground torch)

Newer Small Torch
(wall torch)

Gunshot
(impact effect for axe hit, shotguns & nailguns)

Recommendation:
1. r_bouncysparks 1


Orange Grenade trail

Newest Lightning shaft
(mix of molgrum's & mine)

Lava & Slime

BLOOD
((will work in single/multiplayer))

Newest TeamFortress Railgun Trail

TeamFortress Spy Gas
(+gren2)

Newer TeamFortress EMP explosion
(engineer +gren2)

TeamFortress Pyro flame
(Jedilamma)

Mega TeamFortress Proxy Grenade
(beep...)

Shalrath's Vore ball trail & Mega TeamFortress Toaster
(everybody outta the pool)

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Extras Extras Extras Extras

Rain

Config: rain.cfg

Snow

Config: snow.cfg

Alternative Rocket Trails

Ice blue trail - blue spiral

Config newrock.cfg

Fire trail - blue spiral

Config newrock1.cfg

Soft blue trail - green+black marble spiral

Config newrock2.cfg

Smooth fire trail, red+orange+pink marble spiral

Config newrock3.cfg

Sparkling + fire core, orange trail w/ purple centerstreak

Config newrock4.cfg

Hot Grafitti Trail

Config newrock7.cfg

Quake3'ish rocket trail: attempt 1

Config q3ishrocket.cfg

Quake3'ish rocket trail: attempt 2

Config q3ishrocket2.cfg

QMB style rocket trail

Config newrock5-qmbstyle.cfg

QMB style grenade trail

Config newgren2-qmbstyle.cfg

Alternative Explosion

Config: exp2b.cfg

Toxic rain

Config: acidraing.cfg

Config: acidrainb.cfg

Fog

Config: fog.cfg

Alternate Teleporting Effect #2

Config: telexx.cfg

Alternate Teleporting Effect #3

Config: telex.cfg

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OLD EFFECTS


Older Teleporter Effect

Config: teleport.cfg

Recommendation:
use r_waterlayers 3

Older Small Torch
(wall torch)

Config: torch.cfg

Older Large Torch
(ground torch)

Config: torch2.cfg

Old Red Grenade trail

Config: gren1.cfg

Older Lightning shaft
(bzzzzzt)

Config: lightningbolt.cfg

Older TeamFortress Railgun trail
(super fruity)

Config: rail.cfg

Older TeamFortress EMP explosion
(+gren2 for engineers in TF)

Config: emp.cfg

(Edited 2013-12-21, 22:43)

Just... Wow. Amazing

Persuaded me to make my QW movie in FTE .

SWEET these require a lot of computer power, so im hoping its not too choppy for movies, some particles tend to get left out (not drawn on screen) when the FPS drops too low, but i definately look forward to seein fte made movies its about time !

Remember this?

We be soon there, I tell ye! ;>

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Newer Teleporter Effect
(teleporter standing still - inward movement)

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ahahha where do u think i got the camera angle from?

the rocket explosion is EXCEPTIONAL, the shaft beam is cool too although it would be more nice if irregular..

however the rockettrail doesn't show at all.. and the r_rockettrail is 1..

lol FTE sucks for movie making

thanks, i know what u mean about the lightning bolt, ive felt the same way myself, but ive tried to keep it more compact so that its actually playable if one wants, and it doesn't smother the whole player with lightning. it does have irregularity to it tho, the sizes of the beams actually change, and rotate differently. i mess around with lightningbolt alot so dont be surprised if i release a crazier version sometime in the fewtcha, specially if theres demands for it!

here are some slight variances from the past: http://members.shaw.ca/purplehaze1/ftess/fte00052.png
http://members.shaw.ca/purplehaze1/ftess/fte00063.png

about your rockettrail, i can tell u that its most likely a config issue on your end. exactly what, i dont know but i would suspect that you have a config that might have set r_rockettrail to something other than 1 , and you are only "latching" it to '1' , which means you require a map restart to have it take effect. i guess you could post your config.cfg , fte.cfg and any other config you use, here. im no expert tho.

that's the lg I use, here's the cfg:

http://facelift.quakedev.com/Up2Dump/up2_lg.cfg


btw, purplehaze's trails and explosions are unbeatable. his rocket trail is probably his best work

lol thats a cool death ray

Explain, your not helping by stating: 'FTE sucks for movie making'

Say why it sucks for movie making.

Well it jumps frames :<

I must admit, demo_capture:ing is a bit freaky

purplehaze that looks really good. Amazing.

if i type exec rockettrail.cfg the rocket trail is working.. if i type r_particledesc "haze" all the effects work except the rockettrail so i have to use the aforementioned method.. it's weird because i checked haze.cfg and it includes the content of rockettrail.cfg too.. FTE is still weird :|

from my post on besmella forums:

If you can't get a particle script to work, make SURE you have set r_rockettrail and r_grenadetrail to their default values of 1.

Why don't you try

r_particledesc haze
r_rockettrail 1
vid_restart


and see if it works or not?

i put in a good 15 minutes of solid effort here:

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ps. excuse my muffinlauncher i was testing rhousis models

hey purplehaze, how about a rocket-trail that looks q3-ish?
dunno if it's possible but it would be cool
like instead of -----> have something like - - - ~>
the ~ being some larger shiny thing

btw I like the blue ones

ILL GIVE IT A SHOT!!!!!

....somethin like this?

config q3ishrocket.cfg

YEEES nice that's exactly it! but it's sorta bright isn't it? and the trail more white

lol fuck it, purplehaze is my god now on

ok i looked at the real q3 smoke trail....maybe more like this:

config: q3ishrocket2.cfg

(peppe i changed it quickly so u better redownloaded if u downloaded before 7:25 AM PST!!)

yea, nice work purplehaze I will try it now

It looks great! are there any more explosions than the fte basic one?(besides the one posted above)

im not sure if anyone else making particles , i dont really have any other explosion made other than this jokey stupid huge thing lol :

what type of explosion would u like to see?

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where can we get that wrench model from?

hmm, I was thinking something the default one but not so much pointy glowy stuff
just an explosion you know,altho some explosion bounce(?)
like the teleporter has got these two rings, one of those but bigger for the explosion
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( o ) <- err best I could "draw" but you prolly know what I mean
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i just had to post this, but that looks like someone with a tiny thingie bending over