Impact Particle Effects

[Cavou]

There is a semi-old mod on Garrysmod.org which made all particle effects which appeared when a bullet or melee weapon impacted a surface called "impacts.zip". I used this mod back when it came out and adored it because of how much more dramatic it made shootouts, and I installed it again once Gmod 13 came out and it was functional for a while, but broke with an update a few months ago (now the new effects simply don't appear at all- or any impact effects at all- once the mod is active). According to the errors I get in the console after inputting the console command "cl_new_impact_effects_1", the problem is tied to lines of code under the lua autorun file "precache" in the mod with lines of code such as "PrecacheParticleSystem("impact_concrete")" which are cited as incorrect in the console.

I know this is a really minor thing compared to the game-breaking problems others are unfortunate enough to have, but does anyone know what kinds of tweaks I can make to the mod to make it functional again?

Here's the link to the mod: http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=89082

[Cavou]

Bump.

[Cavou]

Bump again.

[Castro]

Sorry for the late delay, recently saw this :P Anyways, here are a few questions I have to ask, where did you place the mod, and are you sure other people have it compatible with their current GMod, try asking a friend if they get the same results as you did, I'll try it myself and respond as soon as possible

[Cavou]

No need. I got it working by making an edit to the particles_manifest file.

[Yinipopdonagugenheimenilinopolos]

what edit would this be? can you teach me cause I loved that addon.

[Cavou]

I added the following line to the bottom of particles_manifest:

"file" "particles/pcfs/duststorm.pcf"

For some reason I can't put tab spacings/indents when making comments on Steam, so just remember to hit tab before and after "file."

[Yinipopdonagugenheimenilinopolos]

thanks mang!

[Yinipopdonagugenheimenilinopolos]

wait, i cant seem to get it working. Is it after the little "}" or before it?

[Cavou]

Before it, right at the end of the other similiar strings of code.

[Yinipopdonagugenheimenilinopolos]

huh... must have a conflicting addon or something. Thanks anyways.

[The Incense Man]

hello, i would like to ask for some assistance with this also. i tried using the fix that you made cavou but the impacts are still not showing up for me. in the console it says failed to create particle "impact_concrete" or "impact_grass" etc. depending on what surface i am shooting at. any help would be awesome!

[Cavou]

I'd love to help, but honestly I'm not sure what else to do. Back in GMOD 12, I used this addon for a while, but it suddenly stopped working. I simply left it alone for a while and suddenly discovered later that they were working again when I decided to reactivate them via the console. I thought that the "fix" I did made it work again, but it could have just as easily been coincidence, I suppose. I'd just try keeping it installed, and checking on it every so often to see if its working by entering "cl_new_impact_effects_1" in the console (then setting it to 0 if it doesn't work). I'm not sure of the rhyme or reason that causes it to work or not, but believe me, I've tried to find it.

[The Incense Man]

Alright, thanks anyways! It's a shame it doesn't work, this is a great mod :'(

[Cavou]

It is indeed. It works wonders in adding some extra "meatiness" to a firefight.

[Finger]

It works for me!!!


particles_manifest
{
"file" "particles/error.pcf"
"file" "particles/antlion_blood.pcf"
"file" "particles/blood_impact.pcf"
"file" "particles/water_impact.pcf"
"file" "particles/fire_01.pcf"
"file" "particles/burning_fx.pcf"
"file" "particles/combineball.pcf"
"file" "particles/vortigaunt_fx.pcf"
"file" "particles/rocket_fx.pcf"
"file" "particles/pcfs/duststorm.pcf"
"file" "particles/impact_fx.pcf"
}