I changed it now, but I've been mounting it non-negative since March 2007 without issue. I must have looked at the one wiki article that doesn't mention it:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/FileSystem_Snippet Regarding the borked particles, all the blood-splatter and bullet impact effect stuff works fine. It just seems to be the newer EP2 stuff that stopped working. Perhaps I need to update the mod code with the latest SDK sources? -- Tim Baker Tony "omega" Sergi" wrote: > Yeah, as I stated before, you must mount negatively, otherwise the > filesystem code tries to remount everything for tools mode. ie: it'll > manually reload all cache files, instead of just adding another one into > load. > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Tom Leighton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> BTW, you might want to mount that with a - sign in there >> >> if (filesystem->MountSteamContent(-420) == FILESYSTEM_MOUNT_FAILED) >> return false; >> >> >> Otherwise running under a debugger in debug mode will crash your mod :P >> >> >> Tim Baker wrote: >> > I'm using SteamAppID 218 plus this on client and server >> > >> > if (filesystem->MountSteamContent(420) == FILESYSTEM_MOUNT_FAILED) >> > return false; >> > >> > I actually extracted a few .pcfs to test the particle editor and they >> > show up there, just not in-game. >> > >> > -- Tim Baker >> > >> > >> > >> >> Are you guys including the .pcf files for these in your mod or are you >> >> loading them from the GCF? Part of the particle system overhaul >> >> involved >> >> updating the .pcf files, which is part of the reason for the recent >> >> update of Ep2 and Portal. >> >> >> >> If you are using old .pcf files then try refreshing them from the GCFs >> >> you got them from before. If you are loading particles via the >> >> filesystem then which GCF's are you mounting to get them. >> >> >> >> -Mike _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
