SoHL Noob Question... Created 16 years ago2008-07-13 03:25:30 UTC by HLGenius

I was wondering...What are the .aur (aurora) files the i see in the SoHL folder. Can somebody give me a detailed explanation (or just a summary) of this.

Thank you in Advance
HLGenius

Maybe somebody will tell you more than I can , but the aurora files are , I think , the particle effects .

They are the particle effects.

see? Particles. Fuckloads of particles!I've also managed to make fire, bubbles, dust, vent coolant mist, chocolate rain, smoke, etc. and a variety more. They are included in 6D. Its a shame no one ever really uses them. The aurora system is primitive but effective in the right hands.

In detail, you can make a small and easy script to handle the emission of sprites from a point entity, or bind it to a position, like a monster. (flaming zombies in goldz0rz for example ) They can also animate or choose a frame to be used, which can be random. Just about anything with a number can be set to random, so making effects is easy and variant everything.

I'll add to the original script document and release it too, it was inconclusive and there are more commands than it lists. lame.

Rim: Thanks. Now how can i use those?

I haven't got Spirit but, im guessing it's env_particle? Then the settings from there are simple.

There was something about that in the manual if i remember correctly.

See if you have a manual folder inside your spirit folder.
If you do, open index.html.

The site is down regrettably. It has been for weeks - the entire VERC Collective. Anyone have ideas when it'll be back?

Forum link.

@potatis_invalid: i see you found my topic

@yodalman: It is in my opinion the forum's most important thread.