Custom particle effect not working.

[ImBoredRu]

I get the error message "Attempted to precache unknown particle system "smoketrials"!" and "Attempting to create unknown particle system 'smoketrials' " in the console when trying it. It is a muzzle smoke effect produced after firing my custom weapon for Trouble In Terrorist Town. The particle file is included in the particles folder and in particle_manifest.txt with [QUOTE]"file" "!particles/smoketrails.pcf" [/QUOTE].

If anyone knows a solution to this please help me. Thanks in advance.

[Silverlan]

[QUOTE=ImBoredRu;39116164]I get the error message "Attempted to precache unknown particle system "smoketrials"!" and "Attempting to create unknown particle system 'smoketrials' " in the console when trying it. It is a muzzle smoke effect produced after firing my custom weapon for Trouble In Terrorist Town. The particle file is included in the particles folder and in particle_manifest.txt with .[/QUOTE]
The manifest file is obsolete. You have to use
[LUA]game.AddParticles("particles/yourparticlefile.pcf")[/LUA]

both server- and clientside.

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE=Silverlan;39116235]The manifest file is obsolete. You have to use
[LUA]game.AddParticles("particles/yourparticlefile.pcf")[/LUA]

both server- and clientside.[/QUOTE]
Where is that suppose to be added in?

[Silverlan]

[QUOTE=ImBoredRu;39116380]Where is that suppose to be added in?[/QUOTE]
Just put it into a lua-file and throw it into 'lua/autorun/'.

[EDITLINE]-[/EDITLINE]
You'll also have to use AddCSLuaFile to make sure the clients receive it as well:
[LUA]
AddCSLuaFile()
game.AddParticles("particles/yourparticlefile.pcf")
[/LUA]

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE=Silverlan;39116384]Just put it into a lua-file and throw it into 'lua/autorun/'.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the fast reply :downs: .

[editline]6th January 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=Silverlan;39116384]Just put it into a lua-file and throw it into 'lua/autorun/'.

[EDITLINE]-[/EDITLINE]
You'll also have to use AddCSLuaFile to make sure the clients receive it as well:
[LUA]
AddCSLuaFile()
game.AddParticles("particles/yourparticlefile.pcf")
[/LUA][/QUOTE]

I have just tried that but it still gives me the same error message :( .

[my_hat_stinks]

[QUOTE=ImBoredRu;39116164]"Attempted to precache unknown particle system "smoke[B]trials[/B]"!" and "Attempting to create unknown particle system 'smoke[B]trials[/B]' "[/QUOTE]

Typo? Check your code, sometimes it's hard to spot things like this

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE=my_hat_stinks;39116599]Typo? Check your code, sometimes it's hard to spot things like this[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the reply. There was indeed a typo in my weapon qc file but even after fixing it, it still gives me the same error message expect this time its "smoketrails" not "smoketrials" :(

[Silverlan]

[QUOTE=ImBoredRu;39116707]Thanks for the reply. There was indeed a typo in my weapon qc file but even after fixing it, it still gives me the same error message expect this time its "smoketrails" not "smoketrials" :([/QUOTE]
Are you trying to create the effect serverside or clientside?
If you're creating it clientside, you'll have to precache it on the server beforehand using PrecacheParticleSystem("smoketrails").

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE=Silverlan;39116736]Are you trying to create the effect serverside or clientside?
If you're creating it clientside, you'll have to precache it on the server beforehand using PrecacheParticleSystem("smoketrails").[/QUOTE]

I'm creating it cilentside but even after adding that i still get the error message "Attempting to create unknown particle system 'smoketrials' " . But the other one doesn't appear anymore.

[Failure]

Are you sure the name of your particle that you're trying to display(the one in the .pcf) is smoketrails?

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE]Are you sure the name of your particle that you're trying to display(the one in the .pcf) is smoketrails?[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the suggestion, but it still gives me the same error message after changing it in the lua file as it is named "smoke_trail" (I checked it using VIDE).

[Failure]

Show us the bit of your code where you're spawning the effect mate.

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE=Failure;39129978]Show us the bit of your code where you're spawning the effect mate.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]$sequence Shoot "shoot.smd" ACT_VM_PRIMARYATTACK 1 snap fps 30.00 {
{ event 5001 1 "silenceduzi.shoot" }
{ event AE_CLIENT_EFFECT_ATTACH 0 "EjectBrass_9mm 1 100" }
{ event AE_CL_CREATE_PARTICLE_EFFECT 10 "smoketrails follow_attachment muzzleflash" }
}[/QUOTE]

[Failure]

Wait thats not lua that's particles in model.

[url]https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Particles_on_models[/url]

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE=Failure;39143071]Wait thats not lua that's particles in model.

[url]https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Particles_on_models[/url][/QUOTE]

Oh sorry, the lua file is,
[QUOTE]AddCSLuaFile()
game.AddParticles("particles/smoketrails.pcf")
PrecacheParticleSystem("smoke_trail")[/QUOTE]

[JetBoom]

They both need to be called in GM:Initialize as far as I know. You have the right syntax for the functions. They just need to be called server AND client in Initialize.

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE=JetBoom;39153314]They both need to be called in GM:Initialize as far as I know. You have the right syntax for the functions. They just need to be called server AND client in Initialize.[/QUOTE]

How do I do that? Do I change the lua code to,
[QUOTE]GM:Initialize AddCSLuaFile()
game.AddParticles("particles/smoketrails.pcf")
PrecacheParticleSystem("smoke_trail")[/QUOTE]?

[my_hat_stinks]

[QUOTE=ImBoredRu;39153389]How do I do that? Do I change the lua code to,
?[/QUOTE]

Hooks would be better
[lua]hook.Add( "Initialize", "Initialize particles/smoketrails.pcf", function()
--Your code here
end)[/lua]

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE=my_hat_stinks;39154231]Hooks would be better
[lua]hook.Add( "Initialize", "Initialize particles/smoketrails.pcf", function()
--Your code here
end)[/lua][/QUOTE]

I tried changing the code to [QUOTE]hook.Add( "Initialize", "Initialize particles/smoketrails.pcf", function()
AddCSLuaFile()
game.AddParticles("particles/smoketrails.pcf")
PrecacheParticleSystem("smoke_trail")
end)[/QUOTE] but it still gives me the same error message, I'm not sure if I did right or wrong.
Would you guys like me to upload the files?

[Matsilagi]

Weird, i did the way Silverlan mentioned on my SWEP and it worked.

Also, yes, an upload would be useful.

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE=Matsilagi;39167646]Weird, i did the way Silverlan mentioned on my SWEP and it worked.

Also, yes, an upload would be useful.[/QUOTE]

Alright.
[URL="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hl22mb3ryul2bqy/particlesandstuff.zip"]Download the file here[/URL]

[Silverlan]

[QUOTE=ImBoredRu;39179099]Alright.
[URL="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hl22mb3ryul2bqy/particlesandstuff.zip"]Download the file here[/URL][/QUOTE]
The particle is called "smoke_trail", not "smoketrails", so the qc code should be:

$sequence Shoot "shoot.smd" ACT_VM_PRIMARYATTACK 1 snap fps 30.00 {
{ event 5001 1 "silenceduzi.shoot" }
{ event AE_CLIENT_EFFECT_ATTACH 0 "EjectBrass_9mm 1 100" }
{ event AE_CL_CREATE_PARTICLE_EFFECT 10 "smoke_trail follow_attachment muzzleflash" } 
}

[EDITLINE]-[/EDITLINE]
Also, the Initialize hook isn't required. I believe AddCSLua doesn't even work unless you call it immediately.

[ImBoredRu]

[QUOTE=Silverlan;39179605]The particle is called "smoke_trail", not "smoketrails", so the qc code should be:

$sequence Shoot "shoot.smd" ACT_VM_PRIMARYATTACK 1 snap fps 30.00 {
{ event 5001 1 "silenceduzi.shoot" }
{ event AE_CLIENT_EFFECT_ATTACH 0 "EjectBrass_9mm 1 100" }
{ event AE_CL_CREATE_PARTICLE_EFFECT 10 "smoke_trail follow_attachment muzzleflash" } 
}

[EDITLINE]-[/EDITLINE]
Also, the Initialize hook isn't required. I believe AddCSLua doesn't even work unless you call it immediately.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Silverlan and everyone else for your constant help, this problem is now fixed :dance: .