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PurpleSquerkle · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject: Particle Questions

Now that I know I can't currently do flight very well, I'm going to move on to the Photon Reaver and PoisonBall.

I'm going to make the PoisonBall spew out clouds of poison when it's not being held (I'm pretty sure I can do that), and cause the poison clouds to latch onto people, like fire does.
So how do I do that? What makes a particle stick onto things?

This is probably a dumb question that I'll find the answer to as soon as I open up a particle file, but... It's been a while! Rolling Eyes

Then there's the Photon Reaver. Any particle ideas for that? How can I make it shoot a stream straight out of it?
(Also, does anyone have a model / can anyone think of an existing model I could use as the handle?)
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penguinflyer5234 · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject:

The only thing that I could find for sticking particles was
Image type ( SOLID, LIGHT, or TRANS ) : SOLID
in the part#.txt file
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PurpleSquerkle · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:55 pm Post subject:

Nah, that's just alpha stuff. Like whether the particle is transparent or whatever.
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Zefz · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:33 am Post subject:

You need to modify the part called:
// Bump spawning of attached particles

then specify the amount to spawn and which type.
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PurpleSquerkle · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject:

Oh, OK.

I thought of a better way it should work, though, but it'd need more scripting.
The thing doesn't shoot out any particles normally, but if you use it (and it'd check for the GBMG skill)while it's in your hands, it starts spewing out the poison clouds. Then you can just drop it wherever you want.... After a while it goes off.
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woodmouse · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject:

How can I make (I'm not sure is it possible) a bow that shoots HUGE holy rays that kill all undead in its way and when they hit the wall they would explode like the bomb magic. Is it possible and if it is, how?
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Zefz · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject:

First make the arrow particle shoot a holy ray frame (as found in particle.bmp). Make it's size what you want. Give it LOT of holy damage. And make it spawn an explosion at End (At end, spawn explosion particle).
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woodmouse · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject:

I made the holy bow. It does not explode, but it is even better cause it won't. And I am now making an alternate skin for mouse. You can quess that its wooden.
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