Well, I've gone as far as I can with this. Everything says it should be working and it's not. I'm still getting the Missing FX sprites in game. Aside from a total reinstall of the Modtools, what's left?

Hey JerryAtricks there are a few minor issues here.

mp_mapname.gsc should look like this

main() 
{ 
maps\mp\_load::main();
maps\mp\mp_mapname_fx::main();
maps\createfx\mp_mapname_fx::main();
maps\mp\_explosive_barrels::main();
}

mp_mapname_fx.gsc

//_createfx generated. Do not touch!! 
main()
{ 
level._effect[ "weather" ] = loadFX( "weather/cloud_bank" );

/#

if ( getdvar( "clientSideEffects" ) != "1" )
maps\createfx\mp_mapname_fx::main();
#/

}

This file is in raw/maps/createfx

//_createfx generated. Do not touch!!
main()
{
ent = maps\mp\_utility::createLoopEffect( "weather" );
ent.v[ "origin" ] = ( 0, 0, 0 );
ent.v[ "angles" ] = ( 270, 26.5649, -26.565 );
ent.v[ "fxid" ] = "weather";
ent.v[ "delay" ] = -1;

ent = maps\mp\_utility::createOneshotEffect( "weather" );
ent.v[ "origin" ] = ( 0, 0, 0 );
ent.v[ "angles" ] = ( 270, 26.5649, -26.565 );
ent.v[ "fxid" ] = "weather";
ent.v[ "delay" ] = -1;
}

To be specific you forgot to add this line to your .gsc

maps\createfx\mp_mapname_fx::main();

These in your _fx.gsc., this line has backslash instead of forwardslash

level._effect[ "weather" ] = loadFX( "weather\cloud_bank" );

These symbols check above for usage

/##/

createfx folder you must change these lines

ent = maps\mp\_utility::createLoopEffect( "cloud_bank" );
ent.v[ "fxid" ] = "cloud_bank"; 
ent = maps\mp\_utility::createOneshotEffect( "cloud_bank" );
ent.v[ "fxid" ] = "cloud_bank";

To

ent = maps\mp\_utility::createLoopEffect( "weather" );
ent.v[ "fxid" ] = "weather"; 
ent = maps\mp\_utility::createOneshotEffect( "weather" );
ent.v[ "fxid" ] = "weather";

Hopefully this helps and is not too confusing.

You said that you manually added this line to your zone file

fx,weather\cloud_bank_a

But in the mp_mapname_fx.gsc your FX path and name is

level._effect[ "weather" ] = loadFX( "weather\cloud_bank" );

So, what's the FX called, cloud_bank or cloud_bank_a ?
Besides that, the paths in the zone file contain only forward slashes.

Also, there is no need to call this

maps\createfx\mp_mapname_fx::main();

in your main GSC.

cskiller86 writes...

Could you please elaborate cskiller86? The way i thought it worked was that the "raw/maps/createfx" .gsc actually defines the effect ingame while the "raw/maps/mp" .gsc loads the effect. Without that line wouldnt it just load and not draw the effect? Thanks for any clarity you can provide.

I don't call that file anywhere in my scripts and yet it works. The only reference to that file is in raw/maps/mp/mp_map_fx.gsc. It looks like this

/#

	if ( getdvar( "clientSideEffects" ) != "1" )
		maps\createfx\mp_bhd_fx::main();
#/	

But that's commented; IIRC, everything between /# and #/ is a comment. So the game shouldn't read those lines.
I think the game automatically searches for a mp_map_fx.gsc in the createfx folder.

But moving on, did you take a look at the FX name ? Is everything alright there ?

Yeah, I checked the names. They are correct. I must have typo'd that when I wrote it before.

I made all the changes you guys suggested and still no FX. Now I don't even get the Missing FX sprites anymore. I know it has to be one small misspelling or symbol out of place somewhere that's doing it. All sources say that it should be working. I even copied the files from my first map that I had FX in and they worked for that map but not for this map.

sigh...

hey JerryAtricks I would suggest commenting out all fx in "raw/maps/createfx" except for one and work your way up to it, although you should leave your zone files intact. Also you do not have to recompile for these changes to take effect, just re-build your fast file.

Example:

//_createfx generated. Do not touch!!
main()
{
			ent = maps\mp\_utility::createOneshotEffect( "rain_heavy_mist" );
			ent.v[ "origin" ] = ( 0, 0, 0 );
			ent.v[ "angles" ] = ( 270, 0, 0 );
			ent.v[ "fxid" ] = "rain_heavy_mist";
			ent.v[ "delay" ] = -1;

			//ent = maps\mp\_utility::createOneshotEffect( "lightning" );
			//ent.v[ "origin" ] = ( 0, 0, 550 );
			//ent.v[ "angles" ] = ( 270, 0, 0 );
			//ent.v[ "fxid" ] = "lightning";
			//ent.v[ "delay" ] = -1;

			//ent = maps\mp\_utility::createOneshotEffect( "cloud_cover_a" );
			//ent.v[ "origin" ] = ( 0, 0, 8 );
			//ent.v[ "angles" ] = ( 270, 0, 0 );
			//ent.v[ "fxid" ] = "cloud_cover_a";
			//ent.v[ "delay" ] = -1;
}

edited on Nov. 9, 2010 04:30 pm by odilasa1

Way ahead of you there, odilasa. I've already done that. Still nothing. I even used an effect I KNOW worked in my previous map but doesn't work in this one.

Like I said, I took the files from a previous map that I did (mp_salaambad) where the effects worked, copied those, and replaced all the names and coordinates to fit my map and it still doesn't work.

All I can think of at this time is a total reinstall of the game/tools. It's always the FX that get me stuck. Why do they have to be so friggin' uncooperative?!

Can someone send me their files that work so I can try using them? At least, if they don't work, I will know it's nothing that I'm doing wrong.

If that's ok, send them to JerryAtricks1@gmail.com.

Thanks.

edited on Nov. 9, 2010 09:36 pm by JerryAtricks

So how's it going with the new files JerryAtricks?

@odilasa: Actually, I figured it out on my own. It was the order of the back/forward slashes. Those damn things are so friggin' picky!

I saw that you sent me your files. Thanks! Comparing yours to mine (old ones), that would have solved my issue. So thanks again.

I am curious to see what your setExpFog settings look like. Gonna go try them out.