darkplaces explosion not showing

[jaws45]

ive seemed to have some problems, i cant get the explosions to show up in darkplaces, i got sevens effect changer, making it better, but the explosions dont seem to show up, theres just nothing. can anyone help me out, it would be nice.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

try these console commands + options menu setting...


cl_explosions_alpha_end "0"
cl_explosions_alpha_start "1.5"
cl_explosions_lifetime ".5"
cl_explosions_size_end "128"
cl_explosions_size_start "16"

go into Options ,Customize Effect, Explosion Shell - Switch it to ON,

[JDSTONE]

if you have the new dark places go in to the autoexect.cfg and make sure you have it set like this
set darkplaces_build 1
set player_reflection_fix 1
it may help i know i forgot to do it when i updated my .cfg

[Seven]

Hello jaws45,

As always, if you encounter issues like these, be sure to try "naked" DarkPlaces.
Temporary delete ALL your replacement stuff, .pk3 and pak files.
Also rename ALL your config�s.

Then start your darkplaces again. The issue should be gone by then.


If you use the "small mod compilation", the explosions have a NEW effect name.
Original naming is: TE_EXPLOSION
SMC uses different ones (depending on entity that causes the explosion).

So, i think you use an unsupported effectinfo.txt inside your ID1 folder.
That effectinfo.txt overrides the correct one inside the "small mod compilation" .pk3. It doesnt contain the effect names, which are needed (as mentioned above). That is why you do not see anything !

If you use one of the "complete" compilation packs, that are available for Darkplaces, then I cannot help you, as I do not know what they changed...

Be sure to start your Quake without all these compilations/mods/replacements as mentioned ontop of this post to see if Darkplaces works as it should.
I bet everything is fine then
Be very careful with the replacement packs you are using, if you start to mix them...
They often contain similar things or override each other if you are not sure what you are doing.

Good luck,
Seven