2.25 cheap particles

Discussion in 'General' started by pickled_heretic, Apr 18, 2010.

  1. Mr. Weedy

    Mr. Weedy I will report bugs on the bug tracker

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    There's one thing I don't understand about the canyon rain particles. Both in Pickled and Empty's versions the particle count rises as long as it hits the 1000 particles limit. Just 4 particles under the allowed maximum.
     
  2. Empty

    Empty Member

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    I don't know why but the maximum particle count for any effect is boosted up by at least four.

    You can never have less than 8 particle "spaces", and if the limit is 1000 it will go up to 1004

    I believe it's something to do with how it's computed.
     
  3. yobbo

    yobbo Member

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    Do these work in 2.25b? My console is spamming me with particle error messages.
     
  4. Dubee

    Dubee Grapehead

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    they work for me.. maybe reinstall them, that's what I had to do.
     
  5. pickled_heretic

    pickled_heretic Member

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    They should work fine if you reinstall them. If the error spam persists, I'll have to review them and release a new version.
     
  6. Chris0132'

    Chris0132' Developer

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    I had an odd problem with particles in general kicking up errors if I modify them, even if I keep the right names for everything.

    Haven't a clue why, and it's only with some particles, might be related to his issue. Only thing that seems to fix it is installing the default particles again.
     
  7. Dubee

    Dubee Grapehead

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    Actually I noticed some particle error messages last night too, if I play later I will copy and paste or screen shot em.
     
  8. Chris0132'

    Chris0132' Developer

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    I don't get error messages but then I don't get any messages other than TOO MANY POPUPS! RENDERING WILL BE BAD! I get actual error sprites.
     
  9. Empty

    Empty Member

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    con_filter_text_out popups
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  10. Chris0132'

    Chris0132' Developer

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    Useful, thanks.
     
  11. Trickster

    Trickster Retired Developer

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    The popups message appears from too many windows open, like options, console and whatever. You can use the same thing to get rid of the "too many vertex, whole world not rendered" etc
     
  12. .:.HeXi.:. emcalex329

    .:.HeXi.:. emcalex329 Member

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    Oh god these particles are fucking awesome.
    Thanks, pickled.
    I finally got to installing it and I don't suffer from 2-5 fps in a tank battle and my computer overheats less.
     
  13. Dubee

    Dubee Grapehead

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    But I thought it was only me and pickled having this issue?!
     
  14. Ikalx

    Ikalx Member

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    I've said half a dozen times that I have this issue. I also said I wouldn't do anything about it until it was officially changed. That's just a personal preference, i'm not really condemning these particles, just would rather some official ones were in place so I don't have to be thinking whether I have an edge or not.

    Well, that and I get 9fps low, not 2-5fps.
     
  15. Dubee

    Dubee Grapehead

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    But empty said it was just me and pickled having these issues.
     
  16. Ikalx

    Ikalx Member

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    Does it look like I care about your stupid fracas with Empty? No. Don't make me a part of that shite.
     
  17. Dubee

    Dubee Grapehead

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    Do you have an ancient computer?
     
  18. Ikalx

    Ikalx Member

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    /slap

    It's been asked, it's 5 years old, and the CPU architecture is most likely the limiting factor, followed by ram. The graphics card is fairly new in comparison.
     
  19. Dubee

    Dubee Grapehead

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    Well your shit out of luck buddy, Empires is the new age.. Get with the program pal, the source engine is the future of gaming.
     
  20. Ikalx

    Ikalx Member

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    /sigh

    Didn't I say not to use me in your argument?
     

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