[donrevan]

I'm wondering.. if you can create your own particle effects and force a client to download them why you cannot display them ?
I can't get it to work :S

I'm using this :

new Float:start_pos[3];
GetClientAbsOrigin(client,start_pos);
start_pos[2]+=20;
new particle = CreateEntityByName("info_particle_system");
 if (IsValidEdict(particle))
 {
  TeleportEntity(particle, start_pos, NULL_VECTOR, NULL_VECTOR);
  DispatchKeyValue(particle, "effect_name", effectName);
  DispatchSpawn(particle);
 
  ActivateEntity(particle);
  AcceptEntityInput(particle, "Start");
 }

But it will not displayed

Edit: added custom pcf

[Nail]

http://www.gamebanana.com/maps/153717

on this map uses custom particle effects luffaren_particles.pcf
ze_predator_ultimate_v2_particles.txt

[donrevan]

thanks but that is not the problem, I want to force client downloading some Custom Particle Effects and then display them ingame

[Pawn 3-pg]

If you want to use custom particle effects, you have to force the client to download a particle manifest file that is named after the current map (for example, cp_dustbowl_particles.txt).

If a client has already downloaded a particle list from another server, the client will not attempt to download your version, and your particle will not be visible to that client. The only way to make it work properly is to use unique map names so there is no chance for the client to download the particle file from anywhere else.