Particle Engine

[CabooseJr]

Recently I was digging into the new Particle Editor for Portal and found some really neat stuff. I managed to make my own Particles, such as the one for my PortalGun Upgrade Station (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpE-G5mKFv4)
http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/thumb_2008_07_26%4001_21_04.jpg (http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/2008_07_26%4001_21_04.jpg)http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/thumb_2008_07_26%4001_21_08.jpg (http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/2008_07_26%4001_21_08.jpg)http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/thumb_2008_07_26%4001_21_41.jpg (http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/2008_07_26%4001_21_41.jpg)

I also was able to find particles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aHBX9pzYJU) for the Portals that weren't on the Portals in the final build (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeRv-MO9tlw).
http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/thumb_caboose0000.jpg (http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/caboose0000.jpg)http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/thumb_caboose0001.jpg (http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/caboose0001.jpg)
I realize the particles that are in the video are not the ones in the download, the particles in the video are the ones that I was messing around with and they have the red portal particles that I made so, the ones in the pictures are the ones your gonna get.
Also, don't mind the Red Portal, I was experimenting with the colors.
Here is a download to the Particles if you are interested in using them. Download (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ILRNU5HB)

[Bastinka]

Interesting, nice find +rep.

[itszutak]

oh god

How do I set my current game up to use those portal particles?

[CabooseJr]

Just put the particles folder in your Portal folder.

[Patrickssj6]

Looks very nice :)

+rep

[CabooseJr]

Final Particles for the upgrade station.
http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/thumb_final.jpg (http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/final.jpg)
Here is a vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT0tYMLQrCI) as well.

[itszutak]

Hmm. The edges of your portals look different from mine. Did you modify those?

Mine isn't transparant at the edges-once it has blue flecks, the background is black.

[CabooseJr]

Well, the portals in the vid are modified, but the portals in the screenshots are whats in the download.

I'll write a tutorial on how to use the Particle Editor, although it won't teach you that much, it will only go over the basics.

[Bodzilla]

looks a bit clusterfuckish man, too much sorta going on.

[CabooseJr]

I added onto the portals and as well made a high-res security camera.
http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/thumb_particles1.jpg (http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/particles1.jpg)http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/thumb_particles2.jpg (http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/particles2.jpg)

[itszutak]

How did you make the edges of the portals look like the ones in this picture (http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/caboose0001.jpg)? Or is that the default look for certain GPUs?

And why aren't those edges on the newest portals you posted?

[CabooseJr]

Well, If you installed it correctly, you should be able to see them. It only works if you're playing on DX9, and not DX8.

The edges are still being worked on. I want them to be perfect before I release them.

[flibitijibibo]

When I installed the particles, everything worked fine, but the crosshair disappeared. Would that be something from the particle mod, or was it bizarre timing/coincidence for my game to get messed up? (I ask this because I noticed that some screenshots were missing the crosshair.)

[itszutak]

There's a setting in-game to remove the crosshair. Did you press that on accident? >_>;

I've been using the particle pack and I haven't had that problem.

[CabooseJr]

To get your crosshair back type into your console "crosshair 1". Here is an update on the particles.
http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/thumb_Untitled-1.jpg (http://halo.snaver.net/Photography/albums/userpics/10003/Untitled-1.jpg)
They will be released with a pack of High-res Textures for Portal, such as a high-res portalgun, metalbox, elevator, ball catcher, ball shooter, security camera, button, switch, and anything else that is used in the test Chambers.

I also noticed itszutak, you had some trouble on Facepunch. The portals were from Pelpix's Leipzig high-res pack, which you can download at FPSbanana, and the images that said NO U, those were hotlinking errors, it seems Snave never added Facepunch Studios to the hotlinking list.

[flibitijibibo]

Thanks, got it fixed. Goddamnit I'm stupid.

Can't wait for the high res textures.

[CabooseJr]

I believe this will be the last update for the Portal particles.
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/8335/betaqu8.th.jpg (http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=betaqu8.jpg)

Also, take some time to look at the high-res turret.
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/8121/turretwn8.th.jpg (http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=turretwn8.jpg)http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/5136/deadturretqx5.th.jpg (http://img380.imageshack.us/my.php?image=deadturretqx5.jpg)