Your best way to learn how to make this kind of effect is to learn how to make particle / emitters. In my resources page you can found some tuts & that is how I've learn how to make them.

Also, playing with the emitters values inside someone else map to see what happen is a good way to learn since the result is instantaneous. You can after that replicate that in your map.

Odedge wrote:

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To add what has been said, Nova has a "quiet" stock jump pad, in case you want to have custom "non-jump" sounds.

I watched the tutorials from "Special Edition" of the game, which are now free to download (legally). I have a link on my UT 3 tutorial page as I would guess Steve has one as well.

This is how I learned to at least tweak stock emitters by copying them (use Steve's tutorial) from an Epic emitter and tweak them. Worked well for a few of my maps.

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 lol....that s how i learned to do this: following ode s tuto to use his custom jumpads who himself followed steves tutos who followed....blahblahblah

Bl!tz wrote:

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Odedge wrote:

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To add what has been said, Nova has a "quiet" stock jump pad, in case you want to have custom "non-jump" sounds.

I watched the tutorials from "Special Edition" of the game, which are now free to download (legally). I have a link on my UT 3 tutorial page as I would guess Steve has one as well.

This is how I learned to at least tweak stock emitters by copying them (use Steve's tutorial) from an Epic emitter and tweak them. Worked well for a few of my maps.

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 lol....that s how i learned to do this: following ode s tuto to use his custom jumpads who himself followed steves tutos who followed....blahblahblah

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 Whos blahblahblah? Wasnt that Worlds best mapper? 

http://download.udk.com/tutorials/using-udk/particles.zip

Ofc one of the best ways is to analyze other custom map emitters, and try your hand re-engineering them. Through a process of decompiling and then recompiling in your map.

* As 'per-norm' you can find answer in my custom maps.
- 1 example would be the mirror's edge maps i made & mirror's edge content pack

Custom jumppad Example:

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[code]
- class DARKJumpPad extends UTJumpPad;

defaultproperties

{

Begin Object  Name=ParticleSystemComponent1

Translation=(X=0.0,Y=0.0,Z=-35.0)

Template=particleSystem'xxx'

bAutoActivate=true

SecondsBeforeInactive=1.0f

End Object

Components.Add(ParticleSystemComponent1)

}

[code]

The basics for your PS is:
- Template=particleSystem'YOURCOOLNEWPARTICLESYSTEM'

• ** you can ignore the other stuff- the translation for me is just a way to make  a fast adjustment instead of opening the cascade system
• - learn by looking at other examples- e.g. my maps/ m,y content/ + basic existing tut's if you need them.
• - this will do what you want. so enjoy

-- Edited by TKBS on Friday 5th of March 2021 11:06:24 AM