Confetti Dropper? [Solved]

#1 · May 28, 2011, 7:36 am

Hey there!

I'm looking to make a box dropper, and when you push a button, confetti drops out.
It happens when GLaDOS gives you her 'surprise'

Do you use a particle creator or something?

I'm fairly new to mapping!

Thanks

#2 · May 28, 2011, 7:43 am

Use an info_particle_system. I don't know the particle for confetti, but you should be able to find it if you look. It should have confetti in the name though. :lol:

#3 · May 28, 2011, 7:53 am

I tried that, but it says it cant find any particle files? :S

#4 · May 28, 2011, 8:43 am

The effect is just called "confetti", so it should find it with that keyword. Make sure the "check subfolders" option is checked, and the "used assets only" option is unchecked in the browser. Other than that, I don't have a clue.

#5 · May 28, 2011, 9:03 am

C:Program FilesSteamsteamappsUSERNAMEsourcesdk_contentportal2

Is that where the particle files should be?
I dont have anything in that folder

Could somebody put them in a RAR file or something and send me them? it'd be massively appreciaited!

#6 · May 28, 2011, 9:27 am

Distributing files is illegal.

They should be in <your steam folder>/steamapps/common/portal 2/portal2/pak01_dir.vpk (which can be opened with GCFscape) in the /particles folder. No need to extract them, just figure out what they're called to find the one you want.

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#7 · May 28, 2011, 9:58 am

Yeah i've found them, but still my SDK can't locate the files :s
should i just type the location in?

What would it be?
i tried
particles/confetti.pcf

and it didnt work, any help?

#8 · May 28, 2011, 10:03 am

Just "confetti" should work.

#9 · May 28, 2011, 10:08 am

Check the 'bday_antechamber' instance in the test_chambers folder.

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#10 · May 28, 2011, 10:37 am

ahh thank you idolon!