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- - By Sven2 [de] Date 2013-10-10 09:32
This sounds so dynamic! However, I cannot find anything in the documentation. Did you forget to commit it?
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Parent - By Maikel Date 2013-10-10 10:04
This is new! But rather short.
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Parent - - By Clonk-Karl [de] Date 2013-10-10 10:43
Also, where is CreateParticleAtBoneEx? :)
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Parent - By Isilkor Date 2013-10-10 10:46
What is this, the WinAPI?
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Parent - - By Zapper [de] Date 2013-10-10 16:30
docs: here and there
If you have any questions, I can add stuff to the documentation, of course. It's rather "raw" atm.

If you have anything about the interface/functions you'd rather have changed/don't find intuitive, go ahead and complain
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Parent - By Luchs [de] Date 2013-10-10 19:12
There's an 'n' missing in the 'ForceY' description.
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Parent - - By Andriel Date 2014-04-17 12:42
I have manipulated some particles, but nothing actually changes ingame. I suppose it's got to do with this console output:

[13:36:49] Objects.ocd...
[13:36:49] init proc for particle 'Air' not found: ''
[13:36:49] exec proc for particle 'Air' not found: ''
[13:36:49] draw proc for particle 'Air' not found: ''
[13:36:49] init proc for particle 'Cloud' not found: ''
[13:36:49] exec proc for particle 'Cloud' not found: ''
[13:36:49] draw proc for particle 'Cloud' not found: ''
[13:36:49] init proc for particle 'Dust' not found: ''
[13:36:49] exec proc for particle 'Dust' not found: ''
[13:36:49] draw proc for particle 'Dust' not found: ''
[13:36:49] init proc for particle 'ElectroSpark' not found: ''
[13:36:49] exec proc for particle 'ElectroSpark' not found: ''
[13:36:49] draw proc for particle 'ElectroSpark' not found: ''
[13:36:49] init proc for particle 'Fire' not found: ''
[13:36:49] exec proc for particle 'Fire' not found: ''
[13:36:49] draw proc for particle 'Fire' not found: ''
[13:36:49] init proc for particle 'FireDense' not found: ''
[13:36:49] exec proc for particle 'FireDense' not found: ''
[13:36:49] draw proc for particle 'FireDense' not found: ''
[13:36:49] init proc for particle 'Flash' not found: ''
[13:36:49] exec proc for particle 'Flash' not found: ''
[13:36:49] draw proc for particle 'Flash' not found: ''
[..........]

What does that mean?
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Parent - - By Sven2 Date 2014-04-17 12:52
Old engine on new game data?
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Parent - By Andriel Date 2014-04-17 13:02
Thank you so much! :D
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Parent - - By Andriel Date 2014-04-17 14:29 Edited 2014-04-17 14:49
Hm, my code changes still have no effect...
I changed a CreateParticle function to CreateParfziticle and it doesn't even throw an error.

EDIT:
Am I supposed to copy the latest executables + dlls to the planet folder? It works that way.
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Parent - By Sven2 Date 2014-04-17 15:05
Depends on your setup. You have to copy it to wherever you start the engine from. I don't have any executables in planet.
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- By Caesar [de] Date 2013-10-10 09:35
Isilkor reviewed it. (Thank you!) It was a feast!
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- - By Zapper [de] Date 2013-12-17 23:15
The old particle system is now removed btw.
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Parent - - By Newton [th] Date 2013-12-18 05:12
Neat.

Here is a bit of criticism though: I noticed that not only the system behind the particles was changed but also the particles themselves. Mostly I noted that on the explosions, the thrust particles of the boompack, the digging dust and the smoke.
You know, I spent quite some time refining those particles back then and was quite fond of the result. Why did you change the particles and not only the system behind them?
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Parent - - By Zapper [de] Date 2013-12-18 09:23
For some effects I did not do a before-after-comparison (because the time adjusting and testing all those effects would have been doubled), but re-created them from memory. For example I was quite surprised how long the old boompack-smoke lasted when I watched an OC video with boompacks after I had only seen the changed version for some time.

The explosions (and smoke) were changed intentionally, though: I remembered the critisism that the smoke lasted way too long and players had difficulty seeing the actual landscape in a very turbulent moment.

If you have particular aspects that you don't like, please tell me! For example if the shovel's smoke is too big or lasts too long or something like that
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Parent - By Caesar [de] Date 2013-12-18 10:21
I want the old, small puffs the boots made when walking on earth back. Or at least something different, because right now it looks ugly.
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