spawning meshes through particle fx

GammaMinus · May 2012

hey yinz. so i'm trying to spawn meshes through a particle effect. i set up a basic effect (the default sprite, you know) and i right click and go to Type Data>New Mesh Data. from there i add a static mesh to that module but nothing shows up in the preview or the game even after saving the package and rebuilding all. (of course, i checked to make sure the static mesh shows up in-game by itself first) i am using the most up to date udk and i admit i am new to particles in udk. any thoughts? any help is appreciated. thanks!

imbueFX · May 2012

Try right-clicking on the little cyan cube on the top and going to unlit or wireframe, see if that works.

ImSlightlyBored · May 2012

this is probably not helpful, but i often get caught out by the fact intial-size is always 25 times what your mesh is.
Sometimes I've added meshes, tested it, and can't see anything because meshes are so big.

GammaMinus · May 2012

right, right! thanks guys, it was the initial size. after taking imbue's advice to check wireframe i saw that it was indeed spawning the models, they were just surrounding the camera. however, if you wouldn't mind helping me with another issue... the models are now spawning, but they are not lit. thoughts? thanks again.

imbueFX · May 2012

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98368

Read the second post

Lew · May 2012

might sound silly, but have your tried saving your package? The amount of stuff saving fixes is crazy...

GammaMinus · May 2012

thanks again, imbue!

spawning meshes through particle fx

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