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Particle Forge Version 1.1 (THE LAST RELIABLE VERSION)

December 20, 2011 11:44:47 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21103343/PF1.1.zip


This will download the framework for Particle Forge 1.1, in order to make it work you must add the following folders from your Sins directories:

1. Textures

2. PipelineEffect

3. TextureAnimations

4. Mesh

 

in addition to simply adding these folders, you must add the contents thereof that you wish for Particle Forge to use, including the contents of the Mesh, Textures, and TextureAnimation folders of your mods and the Entrenchment and Diplomacy folders.

 

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF TRYING TO GET PARTICLE FORGE 3 TO WORK!

I have high hopes for Particle Forge 4, but if it fails me, then I will hack this program once and for all and fix it.

 

If you have any problems, ask here.

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Reply #1 December 20, 2011 12:23:04 PM
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Lol--nice title.  Good to know it's not just me and @allthepeople who said, "You're just not doing it right".

Thanks for the DL.

 

 

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Reply #2 December 20, 2011 12:26:47 PM
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No prob

I hope that other people can use PF as much as I have...

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Reply #3 December 20, 2011 12:31:57 PM
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I hope other people will always do particle effects for me with PF as much as you want me to be able to use it.

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Reply #4 December 20, 2011 12:36:39 PM
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So this version works ok for the latest game versions?

If so, what's the difference between in and PF3?

Asking because I'm sick and tired of PF3 displaying reference models as featureless white blobs, makes it hard to scale and align particle effects.

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Reply #5 December 20, 2011 12:47:02 PM
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Yep!

Make sure that your meshes have the ParticleMeshOld shader...

And the reference model doesn't work in any PF version...

I've found that making a point-type emitter with 0 possible rotation and a mesh works best.

EDIT_

PF3 and PF1.1 are different in the fact that PF3 looks for game files and fails to see Diplomacy and Entrenchment stuff. It has difficulty seeing everything and custom Textures won't load on my version...

PF1.1 only sees what you give it, which makes it far more logical.

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Reply #6 December 20, 2011 3:50:06 PM
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Hey, good idea with that point mesh emitter, I'll use that! Now I feel... duh.

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Reply #7 December 20, 2011 7:24:23 PM
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Quoting ManSh00ter,
reply 6
Hey, good idea with that point mesh emitter, I'll use that! Now I feel... duh.

I feel duh just reading this and wondering what you're talking about.

 

Please don't tell me.

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Reply #8 December 21, 2011 3:35:02 AM
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Win 7 64-bit Ultimate.  What's the big deal, PF3 has always worked fine for me.  Cool though if it fixes issues for others.

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Reply #9 December 21, 2011 5:10:59 AM
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Unfortunately, the point emitter doesn't work - I run into the same display error; if I have textures in the relevant folder, then the model is invisible. The only way to view meshes in the PF (either version) is to remove all textures, at which point I get a featureless pure white outline.

That way at least I can scale the effect, but it makes the process much more difficult, especially since alignment of particle effects can get tedious.

Anyone knows a solution to this issue?

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Reply #10 December 21, 2011 10:14:21 AM
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What?

Make SURE that your shader is set to ParticleMeshOld

That is the only one that works.

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Reply #11 December 21, 2011 10:54:51 AM
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Hah, that worked. Thanks! It works with PF3 as well, so I can just keep using that (it also reads what you give it, as far as I know).

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Reply #12 December 21, 2011 11:20:09 AM
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No prob

That's what I'm here for, and no one really seems to appreciate that...

T.T

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Reply #13 December 21, 2011 8:11:58 PM
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post a screenie of a mesh in your Particle Forge.  I know with 3 you just get an untextured mesh. 

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Reply #14 December 22, 2011 10:25:52 AM
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Again, are you making a point-type emitter with 0 possible rotation, your mesh, and the shader "ParticleMeshOld?"

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Reply #15 December 22, 2011 11:26:53 PM
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I'd appreciate it...if I understood it.

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Reply #16 December 23, 2011 10:25:46 AM
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Open PF

1. New Point Emitter

2. Select Particle Mesh file (near the bottom of the list)

3. Set Emitter:Point Angle Variance to 0

4. Set Particle Shader to "ParticleMeshOld"

5. Hit F5 to start particle simulation

That's it. You of course have to have relevant texture files in the "Textures" folder where your PF is located and have them referenced in the mesh file itself, which should be in the "Mesh" folder, again in the same location as the PF.

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Reply #17 December 23, 2011 5:43:59 PM
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Reply #18 December 29, 2011 1:28:16 AM
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You lost me at, "open particle forge".

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Reply #19 June 22, 2012 1:22:51 PM
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We need a more reliable version:

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/427354

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