- Added Smoke Puff effect.
- Replaced the old Star Muzzle effect with one that has the Star trails rendered in 3D, making it look far better at side angles.

- Adjusted a number of particles, namely the Enhanced Explosion and Rain.
- Made the Rain particles more visible and increased the lifetime of the Rain particles.

- Fixed an issue with the Laserbeam effects not spawning when using the Emitter tool.
- Fixed Plaster Impact spawning the Hunter's damage particles instead of the proper effect when using the Emitter tool.
- Related to the above, Added Hunter Damage to the list of Emitter effects if HL2:Episode 2 is mounted.

- Updated several effects, mainly the trail and tracer effects. Biggest change is how their particle lifetimes have been greatly reduced, which should not only improve performance but also make these effects better to use in videos.

- Added Laser Beam effects in Red, Green and Blue colors.
- Adjusted the Ashes effect to fall more like actual ashes.

- Adjusted the size of a number of particle effects. Many start off smaller and a more natural size by default.

- Enhanced SMOD Bullet Trail effect.
- Fixed an issue where a muzzle flash graphic would display through walls and models.

- It's Alive!
- Tweaked many of the effects: The various muzzle and impact particles, as well as the explosion effect in particular have been changed to look better.
- Added "Explosion (Simple)", a Half-Life 1-style explosion effect.
- Added Fire Jet effect.
- Added Rocket Trail effect.
- Added Ashes effect.
- Emitter tool can now spawn the Grenade Explosion effect if you have Half-Life 2: Episode 2 mounted.

- Added "Plasma Ball" effect.
- Added "Fire Ball" effect.
- Added "Glass" effect.
- Added "Plaster Impact" effect.
- Added "Silenced Muzzleflash" effect.
- Added "TF2 Explosion" effect.
- Made a number of tweaks and improvements on several effects.
- Toned down gravity effect on "Fire", so it can be used to simulate fire trails, etc.

- Fixed being unable to spawn the "Shotgun Muzzleeffect" in the Gmod emitter tool.

- Tweaked "Shotgun Muzzleeffect"

- Fixed some lighting issues with the smoke on the "Fire" and "Enhanced Explosion" effects.