[Dr. Greg House]

The game I'm using is l4d2.

The sprite is loaded at OnPluginStart:

g_sprite = PrecacheModel("materials/particle/fire_explosion_1/fire_explosion_1.vtf");

And that's the way the explosion effect is created:

TE_SetupExplosion(pos, g_sprite, 5.0, 1, 0, 100, 5000);

This results in an explosion of purple-black chessfields. No errors in the logs. What is causing this? Because I looked it up in pak01_dir.vpk and the file exists in

root\materials\particle\fire_explosion_1\fire _explosion_1.vtf

, although it behaves like it doesn't (changing the filepath to something random results in the same behavior).

Thanks in advance!
House

[mcpan313]

try

g_sprite = PrecacheModel("materials/particle/fire_explosion_1/fire_explosion_1.vmt");

[Dr. Greg House]

Still not working, same issue.

[blodia]

try precaching on map start.
also you can't actually choose sprites on some tempents even though they have a parameter for it, most default sprites are in the hl2 gcf's.

[Dr. Greg House]

Still no difference.
Is there a list of models/sprites I can use for sure? Which one can I use for an explosion?

[mcpan313]

try again

PHP Code:

public OnPluginStart()
{
    RegConsoleCmd("test", test);
}

new g_sprite;
public OnMapStart()
{
    // "materials/sprites/glow01.vmt"
    // "materials/sprites/laserbeam.vmt"
    g_sprite = PrecacheModel("materials/sprites/halo01.vmt");
}

public Action:test(client, args)
{
    decl Float:pos[3];
    GetClientAbsOrigin(client, pos);
    TE_SetupExplosion(pos, g_sprite, 5.0, 1, 0, 100, 5000);
    TE_SendToAll();
} 


[Dr. Greg House]

Still the same issue. oO

/* Plugin Template generated by Pawn Studio */

#include <sourcemod>
#include <sdktools>

public Plugin:myinfo = 
{
    name = "New Plugin",
    author = "PP(R)TH: Dr. Gregory House",
    description = "<- Description ->",
    version = "1.0",
    url = "<- URL ->"
}

public OnPluginStart()
{
    RegConsoleCmd("sm_test", test);
}

new g_sprite;
public OnMapStart()
{
    // "materials/sprites/glow01.vmt"
    // "materials/sprites/laserbeam.vmt"
    g_sprite = PrecacheModel("materials/sprites/halo01.vmt");
}

public Action:test(client, args)
{
    decl Float:pos[3];
    GetClientAbsOrigin(client, pos);
    TE_SetupExplosion(pos, g_sprite, 5.0, 1, 0, 100, 5000);
    TE_SendToAll();
    PrintToChatAll("test used");
}

[alongub]

Try again with a different material. That file might be corrupted or not available.

[Dr. Greg House]

GCFScape log:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\pak01_dir.vpk loaded.
Search for 'halo01' returned 0 results.

Which file should I test?

[alongub]

Try this one:

sprites/sprite_fire01.vmt