# Glitchy particle effect?

**URL:** <https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/glitchy-particle-effect/2835>\
**Category:** Portal\
**Created:** [March 25, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/glitchy-particle-effect/2835 "2016-03-25T04:36:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kojlax](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/d9b06d/32.png) [@kojlax](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/kojlax)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/glitchy-particle-effect/2835/1 "2016-03-25T04:36:03Z")

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Missed a portal peek, and a sphere of red stars appeared in the goo beside me, disappearing after around 3 seconds. When I tried to play back the demo, the star effect didn’t show. Is this a known thing?

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**Author:** ![SuperPcow](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@SuperPcow](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/SuperPcow)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/glitchy-particle-effect/2835/2 "2016-03-25T05:13:03Z")

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![](https://forum-content.sourceruns.org/original/2X/4/4be574be1eed960fb202a5bf25d76abc5b1bf98e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![nicefrog](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nicefrog](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/nicefrog)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/glitchy-particle-effect/2835/3 "2016-03-25T23:44:55Z")

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What the fuck was it if it didn’t play on the demo o.O

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**Author:** ![kojlax](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/d9b06d/32.png) [@kojlax](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/kojlax)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/glitchy-particle-effect/2835/4 "2016-03-26T00:39:49Z")

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[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxCabqi2EPhASnQxazNxbk1HWU0/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxCabqi2EPhASnQxazNxbk1HWU0/view?usp=sharing)  
The demo, in case anyone’s interested, pulled straight out of the run in the video

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**Author:** ![Jukspa](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@Jukspa](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Jukspa)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/glitchy-particle-effect/2835/5 "2016-03-26T22:15:37Z")

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That’s a placeholder error effect that usually happens when you are missing a particle effect file, not sure why it appeared here. Sorta like the violet/black error texture you can get sometimes when you alt-tab. It has no effect apart from the visual difference.