Particle effect co-ordination

[Sir Taffsalot]

OK so I have a dripping water particle effect and the splashing water. How do I get them to co-ordinate with each other so that it looks natural?

 

Thank you

[greebo]

Combine them into a single particle, with 2 stages.

[Sir Taffsalot]

Thanks for the reply. How do I go about doing that?

[Jesps]

Or put two emitters in your map. One for the drips and one for the splash. Unless I misunderstood the problem.

If you want to edit the particle effects you need to use the particle editor: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Particle_Editor

[Sir Taffsalot]

I currently have two emitters in my map. But the splash does not occur at the same time as when the drip hits it. I have read about the particle editer. maybe I didn't understand something but I couldn't see anything that would help fix this. Thanks for the reply though. Greebos response sounds like it might help but I'm not sure how to execute it.

 

 

[Tels]

I currently have two emitters in my map. But the splash does not occur at the same time as when the drip hits it. I have read about the particle editer. maybe I didn't understand something but I couldn't see anything that would help fix this. Thanks for the reply though. Greebos response sounds like it might help but I'm not sure how to execute it.

 

The particles consist of "stages", each stage can emit one or more particles (with a number of cycles, or just one cycle, a dead time (e.g. wait before the first particle is emitted) etc.

 

If you have two "particles" (e.g. two func_emitters) that does meany they will happen at random times, tho whatever happens in one particle is consistent.

 

So to combine your particles, you need basically take the text from both and copy it into a new "combined particle".

 

Otherwise, I am not sure it is possible to "sync" func_emitters. That sounds like a useful addition, tho.

[Sir Taffsalot]

Thanks Tels. I can't access the particle editer though. When I open Doom3Ed I just get a strange error message. I think I'll just give up on this one and leave my particle emitters unco-ordinated. When I've finished everything else in my map I might come back and try and get this sorted.

[ocn]

Thanks Tels. I can't access the particle editer though. When I open Doom3Ed I just get a strange error message. I think I'll just give up on this one and leave my particle emitters unco-ordinated. When I've finished everything else in my map I might come back and try and get this sorted.

 

Make sure you're running in windowed mode. The only problem I've had is that the particle editor takes forever to load.