Taking a look darkthrone, thank you. I'll try and get an update out later tonight with cvars and such. No gamedata required anymore, just the plugin.
@twistedpanda, i don't know which exact posts you're referring to, but this is the fifth rewrite of the plugin. with it on the new orange box engine, it now uses a much cleaner particle system. it should have zero issues with crashing.
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