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ProcyonD

May 18 @ 11:39am

Particles not showing in the Particle Editor Tool

Hello. I really need help, I'm going nuts from this.

So, the issue is that the particles don't even want to show up in the Particle Editor Tool. Specifically the tf particles. The hl or tf movies particles are mostly showing up.

To be more clear:
1. I open the Particle Tool editor.
2. I click file, and then open
3. I go the the tf particle folder via steam\steamapps\common\sourcefilmmaker\game\tf\particles
4. I click on medicgun_beam.pcf (The scenario goes the same with any other particle in this folder, but this is the one I specifically need)
5. Then, the Particle Editor Tool is completely EMPTY

When I skip this and just straight up go to creating an animation set for new partricle system, it exists, but no matter what I do, it doesn't show up at all.

I'm begging for help, I REALLY NEED this particle to finish my animation

Last edited by ProcyonD; May 19 @ 12:41am

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ProcyonD

Jun 4 @ 11:21pm

Hello, I'm still hoping for any help at all. I thought maybe it has something to do with the fact I can't really launch sfm trough steam. I can only launch trough what I have pinned on my task bar.

ProcyonD

Jun 5 @ 1:35am

OKAY, I ACTUALLY FIXED IT ON MY OWN. I'll write here what fixed the issue for me in case anyone in future is having the same problem as me

So, as I said in the comment, sfm didn't want to launch from steam. Sometimes the button said download, even tho I had sfm downloaded already. So at some point I decided to click it and download sfm again to see what will happen (on my other disk for safety cuz I was scared of losing my sessions lol But they didn't disappear after all). And that's basically it. Sfm launches trough steam again, the particles I needed are showing up in the particle editor tool, everything is back to normal, life is good again.