So I found out festivizers are handled the same way as the GUI models, they have some sort of method they are handled similar to items_game.txt files, or something like that. What I need to do is find out how they work precisely.

Most likely not, it has to do with particles and anything in the particle directory would be filtered out. However they are .dmx files so there could be some reverse engineering happening, but I find it very unlikely. Lots of testing would have to be done. I'm trying to use Notepad++ as a means to mass edit such files though so I don't have to go through each particle definition and manually edit it (which is painful as fuck.

So I'm currently utilizing the dmxconverter from Source Filmmaker's game files, it allows me to encode .pcf files so I can edit them via text editors. I can then encode them again to their original format for use ingame. My intention is to find a method to make particle mods more efficiently based on what I am doing. This thread is for discussion on the topic because my first project for this will be to remove ALL unusual effects, including weapon unusuals. So far it has been a success. And I am now looking into a method to increase the efficiency.

The weapon wasn't meant for airblasting. The Dragon's Fury was supposed to be what the Gunslinger was to the Engineer. A flip in roles, like Engy's defense role to a more offensive and as such Pyro from a more offensive to defensive. But seeing your argument on how it can be used offensively makes sense though. I can also agree that there are better options in most scenarios. I'll reword the last sentence correctly. Just because something is bad doesn't mean it cannot have some broken aspects of it. The Phlog (and Pyro as a whole) is a perfect example of that. Pyro cannot airblast with the weapon but is given the ability to increase his damage even further even without a kritz Medic. Not to mention his damage output even without crits. But then theres the aspects that most people agree on that Pyro has shit survivability and his only way of dealing damage is being right in your face. And the fact that he has rarely any ranged capabilities outside his flare gun, which to utilize effectively requires someone to be on fire, which is what you're supposed to be doing. Pyro in it's current state is complicated, and because of the Jungle Inferno changes it put him even further into a more complicated state.

I mean Demoknight is an example of Valve re purposing a class for a different playstyle (even though its garbage), and so is Gunslinger Engineer (a more viable option). I can see why it would be laughable because the playerbase is smaller than what we initially thought. But such changes are better than nothing, though such changes that we've gotten were in fact totally wrong. I personally don't expect much from Valve, but that doesn't stop interesting discussions and how developers can avoid such mistakes.

Damn, hopefully I can find a fix soon.

There was a large chunk of Props I wanted to keep in because some of them have collisions boxes in maps, and not being able to see such props would be highly disadvantageous for anyone using a mod that was made that way. Most of the props I removed wouldn't have any sort of collision model or are usually just detail props that have no collision to begin with. And I didn't remove any Unusuals because the mod didn't come with that. Perhaps I'll start on that when I'm not busy.

Having that knowledge gives you the feeling that it is easy to hit, which it is in fact. And furthermore, judging by it's design it is supposed to be used passively due to every other flamethrower out DPSing it. You cannot use the Dragon's Fury aggressively especially against other Pyros because of the burst damage it does compared to the broken flail 2 win design on every other flamethrower. Despite that it's a passive weapon, I believe it should be harder to aim with rather than make it's hitbox over half the size of the Scout's player model.

If this is what Valve intended, for this weapon to be used passively then I can see your point of it being shit, but Pyro doesn't always have to be offensive to be viable if balanced correctly.

inb4 pyro is an offense class but then i'll say and sniper is apparently labeled support

experience doesn't always equal to knowledge on the technical side of things, and how such knowledge can be applied in practice. i do agree pyro is garbage, but that doesn't mean that his broken aspects are to be ignored.

oh you sweet summer child. aside from it's obvious drawbacks with airblast, i did some testing. the dragon's fury's hitbox has the size of approximately 42.42 hammer units cubed, which is almost four times as large as the flamethrower's hitbox, and it has more range. not to mention, the max range is 500 hammer units and it moves at a speed of 3000 hammer units per second. in addition, if positioned right due to the size of the hitbox you could hit players that can't even see you. of course i'm not saying it's broken, it's just really dumb.

idk, haven't tested it. it does work on valve servers, but for some reason i can't remove the versus doors on them. must have something to do with the client_precache.txt. a large chunk of everything else works though. such as map props, cosmetics, botkillers, festives, etc...

I was inspired by the Clean TF2 mod so I went and updated a part of the mod which involved removing unnecessary models to help increase my FPS while I was on my laptop. Since that segment of the mod hasn't been updated for Jungle Inferno, I went and removed even more models. I removed every cosmetic, save for the voodoo cursed souls and the heads/feet items.

List of stuff removed:
- Cosmetics
- Detail props (plants, hay bales, etc..)
- Festive lights
- Skybox props
- Volumetric light detailing
- Gibs
- VGUI models (I reccomend using a custom HUD if you're gonna use this mod.)
- Botkillers
- Stat clock models

Download

NOTES:
Based on other posts, such mods like this are apparently banned in ETF2L, so I wouldn't recommend using it for any matches there.

In addition I've also heard comments about the festive light removals not working properly, so I went and did a bit of digging to deduce that the festive lights are handled similar to the items_games.txt, but I kept the modified .vtx files in the .vpk for placebo purposes.

After the Blue Moon update, the removal for the VGUI model elements magically worked again, so that's nice.

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not sure why you're getting downvoted, it is true. when people say "just play the game", they really mean it's building intuition by gaining experience. at the same time assuming you're playing against competent players you'll eventually develop gamesense and also build upon your mechanical skills in the long run.

I actually figured out how to do the festive lights. The thing is though, is you wouldn't be able to remove any of the festive variants from 2014 because they actually have their own separate model. And they have a significantly higher polycount as well, often considered to be the most unoptimized weapon models. Only way you'd be able to unfestivize them is to recompile them with the mesh data from their original variant, as well as their texture from the original model through the SMD file, maybe I'll do that later sometime.

Aside from that, I went and made a variant of a mod I made a couple days ago to remove not only all festive lights, but as well as Stat Track clocks and botkiller models. The mod in question was basically the CleanTF2's prop removal but removing even more props.

heres the link

Try this mod and see if it works.

edit: i'm illiterate, but try this mod anyways.