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[HL2: EP1 & EP2 (GENERAL)] explosion_turret_break missing (precaching due to hl2_episodic == 1) #3762

Open BreakinBenny opened 2 years ago

BreakinBenny commented 2 years ago

Because of how the code's set up, npc_turret_floor tries to precache the explosion_turret_break particle if hl2_episodic is active. Since these three games were put on the same engine build, this problem can come up if you're playing EP1 where the floor turrets have only one appearance(?)

Not to mention, the PCF file where explosion_turret_break and explosion_turret_fizzle are found in is located in EP2's game files. This could be moved to HL2's directory and the data added to its particles_manifest.txt, with the drawback of also adding the Combine Autogun's particles to the predecessors, of course.

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SC1040-TS2 commented 2 years ago

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/3762#issue-1082412666

Greetings.

While a bit of an odd interjection, the mention of particle precaching and trying to fix it through backporting the asset and adding things to the manifest files to reflect it reminded me of this prior thread I had started, https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/3615 , where I had sought to clean up the games' particle manifests to account for files still left in and otherwise.

However, the topic of this thread may mean that more work must be done to unify HL2, EP1, and EP2's asset repositories, as the engine is or may be failing to consistently parse and load things from other .VPK locations simultaneously as one would expect Source 2013 to do in most circumstances. (Great work documenting this and many more long-standing issues with the engine, by the way.)

BreakinBenny commented 2 years ago

Replying to #3762 (comment)

Yes sir, I can see that work needs doing. I was also gonna mention that the unification of HL2's, EP1's, EP2's and even Lost Coast's assets would practically make good use of being merged somehow, so it's like one continuous game or campaign much like if you marathoned through Doom's and Quake's episodes (mainly the first Quake, as you get the maps as part of the "registered" product while Doom doesn't unless you play on particular non-PC ports like the SNES one)... If Lost Coast could be made into a "bonus map" like in the way Portal's bonus map system works.