Hammer not loading .pcfs for Portal 2
3 Posts
Posted Jul 28, 2012
I was not intent on creating a new topic, but I was less intent on double posting; and editing it would probably go unnoticed.
Anyway, as the title explains, Hammer isn't loading any particle effects for Portal 2, in any Mod File or subfolder, it simply appears blank.
This is even more confusing considering it loads .mdls and other standard resources for Portal 2 just fine.
Anything I could be doing wrong? Any solution?
Help would really be appreciated.
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671 Posts
Posted Jul 28, 2012
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You have to add the particle effect file in the particles_manifest.txt in your scripts folder.
The game just loads .pcf files listed in there and it loads them always at the start of the game.
Means, you can't put it into a map (this possibility should work, but doesn't work in Portal).
More about it here:
2,680 Posts
Posted Jul 29, 2012
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For some reason Hammer doesn't look for particles in VPK files. Extract them, which will let you edit them as well, and it'll work.