Hello,

Is it possible to create custom particle effects in 3DGameStudio A8 ? How ?

Suppose I have downloaded some animated gif or png files from the internet containing a spectacular special effect like explosion, snow, lightning, rain, thunderstorm, motion trail etc.
Is it possible to use them in my game as particle effects ? If so, how ?

Thanks,

GIF or PNGs are Animations and no particles..
But you can use them as animation by using a PANEL with a window, or as a Sprite Entity with ent_animate.
Except of GIF.. you need to edit the GIFs into a line-stream animation, cause GS can´t handle Frame-Animations of a GIF ^^

for PARTICLES
Go to the 3DGS Manual, hit STRG+F and search for "PARTICLE"

And you´ll need this one: effect

You can take a look into the Wiki too. There, you´ll find this:
GS-Tools: Particle Editors
i prefer "Particle Effect Builder"

Hello Espér,

Thank you for your answer and helping me out. I will certainly look into the manual as you have directed.

I looked into the wiki and have downloaded the "Particle Effect Builder" to try out the program. It appears that the other particle editor - "Easy Particle 3.1 Editor" is not available anymore, since the website http://www.easyparticle.de/ is down.

You said - ".......... GS can´t handle Frame-Animations of a GIF"

Can GS handle other file formats like say - PNG, TGA, TIF etc. ?

And can GS stream video files (AVI, MPG, MOV, FLV) on 3D mesh surfaces / textures ?

Thanks,

Yes to both questions.
It can handle all these file formats AND it can play via media_play vieo streams on a model/mesh

Hello Ch40zzC0d3r,

Thank you for confirming . Looks like GS is loaded with features to make our life easy.

Thanks,

That is not even true...

GS cannot use TIF or FLV...

Oh sorry didnt know this with TIF.