PLDX High Definition Gaming Movies - New effects

[Gzero91]

Really nice but not much of an eyecandy

[TheLeoTeam]

Help me!!! Ny TF2 crash every 2-5 min!!! (((

[sUnProductions96]

If I ever get a pc with a 100 core processer I will use these in gameplay.

[VFXCompositor]

Thanks man, you made me happy with these awesome effects!

[gericom982]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!



[HeyLookItsASpah]

I am getting this RIGHT_NOW

[ukijecar]

will my FPS drop (a LOT) after this ?

[QWERTywoohoo]

@ukijecar Probably. It depends on your computer specs.

[ukijecar]

@QWERTywoohoo

PS: this does not work anymore .... when i join a server it says water.pcf not found or something (i installed it alright)...so i delete the water particle and then it says missing this and that ... only fire worked.

Can you add me on steam to help me install this awesome particle pack ????

id: SAGEMOD

[QWERTywoohoo]

@ukijecar There are some pcf files that are now obsolete due to many updates. I strongly recommend you to only use the flamethrower fire, and explosions as they're the only ones that let you play as usual. For other effects, such as the bloody gibs, you'll have to create your own server to see them, or render a demo with them.

[MrVieV]

Pls song name..

[johnydeff3]

awesome,where can i get this?

[skefp]

@johnydeff3 Description has a link..



[GlinkoPlayman]

Magnifficent trails

[MrMacBig273]

How do you use them ingame while playing ? I didn't find any help about that

[DRaytheSPY]

If only you could have this ingame...

oh no there goes the frames.

[tazFRAGS]

epic music is epic

[tazer710]

That medic beam thing was awesome.

[SpyGuysX]

it ruins the cartoony style a bit

[Hitari0]

I tried playing normally using this and with TF2's current engine, I was just watching pretty screenshots of me dying :P

[jazztoid]

using this for regular gameplay :P

[Avaruusmurkku]

AWESOME Effects!

I'm going to download this when i get a better PC. My current PC will explode, if i download this now.

[Bubbiea]

go outside, I heard the particles there are awesome

[megaguy213]

@Bubbiea Dick.

[Dlaory]

Holy fuck, the critical rockets and grenades look mind-blowingly awesome! Good job :D

[SnoweyMan111]

DAAAAMN.

That's better than a double rainbow.

[stickarenafan12]

I think I cried a little.

[cjcoco541]

this is memsmerizing

[ArchTV]

You fuckers need to be hired by Valve. You do it way better than they can dream of.

[Diegox223]

Woah, nice effects mate, I got a question, isnt that the intro music from Cold Case?

[QWERTywoohoo]

@Diegox223 The group that made this music is often used in TV programs and such. Yes, it's the same song: Nara, from E.S. Posthumus

:P

[TheRelentlessWarrior]

Wow! Bloody awesome effects there matey! The editing with the music was wicked too, can I ask what the song name is? Cheers!

[TheZollyz]

If only I had a good computer =/

[kalsa1992]

so beauty in it :'D

[malumvolo]

MUSIC PLEASE?

[sergiuung]

It I used it ingame would it work on sv_pure 1 servers?

[SomeGuyFromCrowd]

Can these be enabled/disabled easily? I'd like to be able to shoot uber-quality demos but still run the game normally (curse you quad-core 2.2 GHz computer).

[TheCatasThe]

Help, i deleted item_fx.pcf but still crashes when i go to server.

[BustAdd]

omg, my eyes are bleeding cause of this epicness

[infinitepixies]

Was awesome for the time I used it. Now I get an unhandled exception error when I attempt to launch TF2 with it :/ v0.55 still works just fine but I would rather use this.

[QWERTywoohoo]

@infinitepixies As I said in the blog post, try not using the item_fx.pcf file. It crashes the game because of the wrangler particles

[tesc011]

could you fix the explosions? you can see them through walls

[Dant3Dip]

That's fuckin' amazing.

[OldSuperMarioBros]

I see a lot of effort was put into this, but a lot of it I find excessive.

I liked how the original pldx effects didn't stray too far from the actual game's design on highest graphics. In fact aren't most of the effects just taken from source filmmaker like its advanced lighting and particles and such?

[QWERTywoohoo]

@OldSuperMarioBros The original pldx effects were the default effects, just on max video options. These effects are somewhat excessive, but you can turn them off with ease in the tool (you should be able to activate/deactivate individual effects if you don't like some)

And no, these effects are all made out of the default effects. I just added all the detail I could, no source filmmaker or anything

[OldSuperMarioBros]

@QWERTywoohoo Ah. You see I meant the effects like the additional spark particles on explosions. They weren't in the actual game, were they? But I thought source filmmaker had them.

Anyway this is amazing work you have here and I see you're experimenting a lot.

It's starting to look like a rave party with all the colours though, but I guess some people want that. :D

Btw, what's the name of the song. I've heard it before...

[QWERTywoohoo]

@OldSuperMarioBros ^^

Nara, by E.S. Posthumus. The album is called Unearthed

[tocomeko123]

What FPS was this video recorded at?

[QWERTywoohoo]

@tocomeko123 Ironically, I didn't use the PLDX recorder for this video. All the videos were recorded using Fraps and the timescale was set to 0.25 (4 times slower) so I could get a steady framerate when accelerating it up. If I recorded it realtime the video would be at about 15-20 FPS

[tocomeko123]

@QWERTywoohoo Interesting since its so smooth. Anyway, tried installing the particles into PLDX folder and it didnt work?

Also, in the manifest it says: "file" "!particles/rockettrail.pcf"

yet in the next line and no other line, there is no ! before the "particles" "file" "particles/smoke_blackbillow.p­cf"

[QWERTywoohoo]

@tocomeko123 You shouldn't touch the particles manifest file, because it tells the game what particles it should load (never tried removing some important ones, like blood effects or explosions). However, the "!" thing tells the engine it must preload the specified particle - if the path doesn't have it, it will only load if the effect is "called" by a map (for example, smoke_blackbillow.pcf" is called by well or dustbowl, not by 2fort)

[ligonis5320]

Everything is so beutiful m8 but i dont like the sticky trails much. Dunno maybe its just me. It could be small trails or thats just me... No offence or stuff, i love your work !!!

[ligonis5320]

sticky trails :(

[QWERTywoohoo]

@ligonis5320 What's wrong?

[PokeMario321]

I keep on getting consistency problems on all the servers

[QWERTywoohoo]

@PokeMario321 These effects are supposed to be used in Demo Recording, not usual gameplay.

[PokeMario321]

@QWERTywoohoo So do put the particles in the moviefiles folder for PLDX

[Drainx275]

can you use pldx movie recorder only with tf2?

[QWERTywoohoo]

@Drainx275 I don't actually know, but I think so.

[86108610]

pure cheese

[ecaneMh3TsinneD]

Would love the same sticky bomb trails, a bit smaller on the needleguns.

Other than that, I tfeels like Contenders 2. Awesome! I want to use this for in-game purpose.

[BigBowsa402]

Love it

[dufftf2productions]

Thanks, and can you update PLDX recording tool or not?

[dufftf2productions]

link download?

[QWERTywoohoo]

@dufftf2productions Updated video description with download link :D

[QWERTywoohoo]

@xMusicCompletesMex They're both located within the "stickybomb.pcf" file ^^

[Prnnce]

manly tears

[breznk]

You released this pack on your blog. Thank you, it's awesome!

[TheHTiainen]

Grr, what song did you use?

[SGTNAPALM333]

No Syringe Gun trails.

Never any love for the Medic.

[Kaiza20]

please release.

[magyarock1]

release, but forget the sticky trails

[ChuckStrz]

where and how can i get this for my demo recordings?? xD

[myplaypoint]

it looks awesome, but now everything is going to look awesome, so is it awesome anymore?

[tesc011]

simply awesome, but i agree with latasku about the explosions

[latasku]

Everything except the explosions are awesome.. I hate the explosions.

[Ragard8]

this is sex

[TheMarsik13]

i love it :)

[Iquezeuse]

I think the grenade and sticky bomb trails are a bit long and stand out a tad too much, but that is pretty much everything I don't like. Absolutely epic

[Kaiza20]

WHERE DO I GET?

[Kaiza20]

I came.

[BigPalookaalt]

The only criticizim I can give about this video, is that there's no download link!

[breznk]

Is this released or is it yet to be released? It looks completely amazing.

[QWERTywoohoo]

@breznk The effects are 100% ready, but now the recoding tool program itself needs some coding

[breznk]

@QWERTywoohoo Great news. One more question though. Will you release the effects just with the recording tool or as standalone too?

[QWERTywoohoo]

@breznk I will release a standalone version, along with a list of particles that CANNOT be used in normal servers due to a check that kicks everyone who doesn't have the exact files it checks. Also, I'll link to the PLDX recording tool page, because it's some kind of an agreement: I made these effects for them and they used them, simple :P I'm really happy that someone noticed me :D

[breznk]

@QWERTywoohoo Fantastic. I'm really looking forward to this. Good luck with the coding of the tool! :)

[spdlqjwltlr0]

Ou Wang GOOD

[ThatCrazyGary]

Looks great. Now that I'm getting more into making videos, when I finally make some decent TF2-related ones, I'm definitely using these.

Also, I found out your had a blog for your particles now, so I subscribed to its RSS feed (I also saw that you put that crappy response video of mine up on there, haha).

I hope to see some more of your beautiful work, Bolty. :)

[bigmanpigman]

How new are these?

Did they update the pldx tool?

[Cachiporrax]

*_*

[atarimon]

These look amazing! Can't wait to see some good gameplay footage using em!

[alexmatador118]

epic win!

[FearlezzDesign]

AMAZING :D:D

[Matik1011]

Niiiiice!! Me wants!