Oh look, another reactor core.

Garry's Mod mapping
#1

All the cool kids were doing it.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/73/coretest0001rm6.jpg

Those blue sparks move completely randomly.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1030/coretest0003ja4.jpg

I’m going to work on the actual center of the effect more. At the moment’s it’s a couple of env_lightglows, which doesn’t really achieve the effect I want.

Update:

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2126/coretest0008fg5.jpg

Now with a video that refuses to work with media tags!

#2

Looks pretty good so far.

#3

That is sweet. I give you a cookie.

#4

I just realised… I can name all of those models you used.
I spend too much time in Hammer.

I’d suggest adding some ‘external influence’ on your Core; maybe some lasers shooting into it to keep it contained, some sort of inflow-outflow, etc.

#5

That’s what I’m working on at the moment. Would be nice to have a particle effect for it, but since Valve took out the editor…

#6

Particle effects?

You don’t need scripted particles to make something look good.

Fiddle with func_smokevolume and sprites/heatwave.vmf.

#7

I like this one better than most.

#8

I love you.

#9

These things just keep popping up all over the place…

#10

What is the core effect?

#11

What?

#12

The technique Valve used to make the Ep1 Core bend the light around it and give it a heatwave effect.

#13

He meant why did you put .vmf after it. It is VTF or VMT. Or SPR for some sprites according to Hammer.

#14

Oh.

Whoopsies!

You all know what I mean.

#15

Wow that looks awesome. Which model did you use? The test room model in HL 2?

#16

How did you make those particles?
And do they cirulate the core?

#17

A func_rotating with two func_rotatings parented to it, then two more func_rotatings parented to the two parented to the original, all rotating on random axes. There are env_spritetrails parented to the last four func_rotatings. I have a logic_timer and a logic_case set to make a random func_rotating change directions every two to six seconds.

The effect is really hypnotic. I’d take a video, but my shitty internet connection won’t even let me upload pictures, nevermind a video to Youtube.

#18

Ahahaha! The breen arms! I used those in my very first map for this exact thing.

Edit:

I used the same effect, except each ring is parented to the one inside it, and you can see the rings:

#19

Holy batman chris! That’s awesome :dance:

#20

that is pretty sweet, is that just a load of prop static and dynamics and some effects in the middle?

if it is, <3

Edit:

and chris… wow