Adding Sprites to a Model?

[lilrobot]

hiya, i need a little help.
[img]http://i47.servimg.com/u/f47/11/87/91/70/wunder10.png[/img]
you see those three little glass tubes on the left side of that wonderwaffe?
is it possible for me to put a sprite in those? they're supposed to show that they're full of electricity, like glowing light bulbs.
any help with this?

[Deunan]

You need to make the sprite into a particle and then add it via keyvalues to an attachment.

Example

$attachment "L-glow" "bip01 head" 1.222 -3.463 68.606 absolute
$attachment "R-glow" "bip01 head" -1.222 -3.463 68.606 absolute
$keyvalues
	{
		particles
			{
				effect
					{
						name				"vort_hand_glow"
						attachment_type		"follow_attachment"
						attachment_point		"l-glow"
					}
				effect
					{
						name				"vort_hand_glow"
						attachment_type		"follow_attachment"
						attachment_point		"r-glow"
					}
				}
	}

[lilrobot]

ah, thank. nice of you to help me out.
i'll provide the results tomorrow morning, when i have more time.

[Deunan]

[QUOTE=LilRobot;35367208]ah, thank. nice of you to help me out.
i'll provide the results tomorrow morning, when i have more time.[/QUOTE]

Just a quick fast warning - particles do not show up in HLMV

[lilrobot]

thanks.
although a quick question, is it possible to make a particle appear only when a certain animation is played?

[Deunan]

Is it possible? - Yes
Do I know how - no

I'd probably try to figure out how some vortigaunt scene animations are set up. Might give some clues.

[lilrobot]

while everything you've told me so far has worked, why does the particle move out of it's location in the viewmodel when i move? o: