🌌 Particle Converter

This program allows you to convert any Sins of a Solar Empire .particle into a fully compatible Sins 2 .particle_effect with a simple drag-and-drop! Also supports .texanim

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Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/largeBIGsnooze/particle-converter.git

cd particle-converter

2. Install the required dependencies:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

pip install -r requirements.txt

Build instructions

1. Install pyinstaller

pip install pyinstaller

2. Compile to binary executable

pyinstaller particle_converter.spec

3. You will see the executable in the dist directory as ParticleConverter.exe

Usage

1. Drop any .particle or .texanim files you have onto the executable you just built.

The files are then saved to:

• <executable>/out/effects for .particle (.particle_effect)
• <executable>/out/texture_animations for .texanim (.texture_animation)

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Demo

The particles on the left are original Sins 1 effects while those on the right are their Sins 2 counterpart converted using this tool.

Explosion Frigate - 6

• Explosion_Frigate6.particle

Explosion CapitalShip - 1

• Explosion_CapitalShip1.particle

Psi Capital Planet Bombing - Hit

• Weapon_PsiCapitalPlanetBombing_Hit.particle

Kultorask Nano Leech

• TitanAbility_NanoLeech_Self.particle