[CS:GO] Particle System Fix && Particle String Table Expander

SHUFEN · **Author**

About:
:: Particle System Fix

As you know particles should be uncache on end maps (Just like models, materials). But somehow uncache function is broken in CS:GO. Thus string table is filled after played some maps (Reached to 1023/1023). And you can't see particles correctly anymore until restart server.
This plugin does fix uncache function and revert string tables as cleaned up.

:: Particle String Table Expander

This plugin increases the limit on the number of ParticleEffectNames stringtable from 1024 to 2048.
In almost all cases, Particle System Fix alone solves most of the problems, but I've heard that some Mappers are making ultra epic maps with +1500, so I'm releasing this plugin.

Requirements:
:: Particle System Fix

None

:: Particle String Table Expander

DHooks - Experimental dynamic detour support: +detours15 (Downloads)

Thanks:

gubka - Idea for implement this inside SM Plugins. (My older version was an extension) https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=313951
GFLClan.com, ZombiEden.cn - Testing a lot.

Last Update Date for Game Data:

7/20/2021 - 02:54

Changes:

Code:

Particle String Table Expander 1.0 (7/20/2021)
    - Initial release

Particle System Fix 1.1 (29/08/2021)
    - Minor Fix (Download CSGO_ParticleSystemFix_v1_1.zip)
    - Fixed a problem where the 1024th and later particles would not be displayed correctly when using ParticleStringTableExpander with this plugin.
    - If you are not running a server with such a large number of particles, v1.0 is fine and there is no need to update.

Particle System Fix 1.0 (16/03/2020)
    - Initial release (With supporting Windows OS)

Syoudous · *Last edited by Syoudous; 03-16-2020 at 06:13.*

Very cool!

NanoC

Good job! thanks Shufen

ImACow

Thanks!

Agent Wesker · *Last edited by Agent Wesker; 03-16-2020 at 16:56.*

I've been waiting so long for this, it's basically required for ZE servers nowadays.

Edit:

Apparently some maps vscripts also fill up the string table and cause server crash (ze_harry_potter)

Perhaps this method can be used to fix that problem as well.

Zeddy_god

Cheers shufen, thankyou.

Vauff

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent Wesker

Apparently some maps vscripts also fill up the string table and cause server crash (ze_harry_potter)

Perhaps this method can be used to fix that problem as well.

Assuming you're talking about the "CUtlRBTree overflow!" error that happens when you hit the limit of 65536 unique strings within VScript. Unlike the particle cache error, this limit does reset on map change appropriately already. So a fix like this would not help with that issue, unless the limit itself could be changed somehow. Mappers just need to be smarter when designing their scripts, to not be creating a ton of unique strings.