Contents 1 Description 2 Emitters 2.1 Point 2.2 Box 2.3 Cylinder 2.4 Ellipsoid 2.5 Hollow Ellipsoid 2.6 Ring 3 Affectors 3.1 Linear Force 3.2 Colour Fader 3.3 Colour Fader 2 3.4 Scaler 3.5 Rotator 3.6 Colour Interpolator 3.7 Colour Image 3.8 Deflector Plane 3.9 Direction Randomiser

Description

1. Name - The name by which this effect will be accessible.
2. Position - The position of the effect relatively to it's parents.
3. Scale - The scaling that will affect the area of emission of the particles relatively to it's parents.
4. Visible - If unchecked the effect will not be visible.
5. Persistent - If unchecked, all the changes made to this effect are lost when all the connected users leave the arena.
6. Material - Opens the Material List Interface. Upon selection, the material will be applied to all the emitted particles. For more details see Material.
7. Quota - Sets the maximum number of particles allowed to be visible at one time. For more details see Quota.
8. Size - Sets the absolute width and the height of the emitted particles. For more details see Size.
9. Cull Each - If checked, only the particles that are visible will be rendered. For more details see Cull Each.
10. Sorted - If checked, the particles will be sorted by distance. For more details see Sorted.
11. Local Space - If checked, the particles will be affected by the transformations the effect parents suffer. For more details see Local Space.
12. Point Rendering -
13. Accurate Facing - If checked, the particles will have a more precise (but slower) calculation to always be facing the camera. For more details see Accurate Facing.
14. Renderer - Sets the particle renderer system. For more details see Renderer.
15. Facing - Sets the way the particles will face the camera. For more details see Billboard Type.
16. Direction - The direction of all the emmited particles. This is only used if the Facing selected is perpendicular_self or perpendicular_common. For more details see Common Direction.
17. UP - The up direction of all the emmited particles. This is only used if the Facing selected is perpendicular_self or perpendicular_common. For more details see Common Up Vector.
18. Origin - The point which acts as the origin point relative to it's position. For more details see Origin.
19. Rotation - The rotation type for the emitted particles. It either rotates the vertices of the generated particle, or its texture. For more details see Rotation Type
20. Interval - The time interval at which the particles are updated. If the value is 0 the particles will be updated at frame rate. For more details see Iteration Interval.
21. Timeout - The amount of time that will take until the effect will stop updating after it leaves the view of the user. If the value is 0 the effect will be always updating. For more details see Update Timeout.
22. Emitter List - The list of particle emitters that compose this effect.
23. Add Emitter - Adds a particle emitter to the Emitter List with the default values.
24. Remove Emitter - Removes the selected particle emitter.
25. Angle - The maximum angle that the particles will deviate from the emitter direction. For more details see Angle.
26. Rate - The number of particles that will be emitted per second. For more details see Emission Rate.
27. Velocity - The velocity range at which each particle will be emitted. For more details see Velocity.
28. Lifespan - The time range where each emitted particle will be visible. This value is in seconds. For more details see Time to Live.
29. Duration - The time range where the emitter is active. If the value is 0 the emitter will be emitting particles until the effect Quota is exausted. This value is in seconds. For more details see Duration.
30. Repeat - The time range where the emitter will restart. This is only valid if the Duration value isn't 0. This value is in seconds. For more details see Repeat.
31. Colour - The range of colours with which each particle will be emitted. This parameter doesn't change the colour of the particle after it is emitted. For more details see Colour.
32. Position - Sets the relative position of the emitter. For more details see Position.
33. Direction - Sets the relative direction of the emitter. For more details see Direction.
34. Type - The shape of the emitter. The available emitter types are: Point, Box, Cylinder, Ellipsoid, Hollow Ellipsoid and Ring.
35. Affector List - The list of particle affectors that compose this effect. The available affectors are: Linear Force, Colour Fader, Colour Fader 2, Scaler, Rotator, Colour Interpolator, Colour Image, Deflector Plane and Direction Randomiser.
36. Add Affector - Adds a particle affector to the Affector List with the default values.
37. Remove Affector - Removes the selected particle emitter.

Emitters

Point

This emitter has no configurable parameters. The particles are all emitted from the exact position of the effect.

Box

With this emitter the particles are randomly emitted from inside the bounding limits of a box.

1. Type - The selected emitter type.
2. Size - The absolute size of the box.

Cylinder

With this emitter the particles are randomly emitted from inside the bounding limits of a cylinder oriented along the Z-axis.

1. Type - The selected emitter type.
2. Size - The absolute size of the cylinder.

Ellipsoid

With this emitter the particles are randomly emitted from inside the bounding limits of an ellipsoid.

1. Type - The selected emitter type.
2. Size - The absolute size of the ellipsoid.

Hollow Ellipsoid

With this emitter the particles are randomly emitted from inside the bounding limits of a hollow ellipsoid. The hollowed part is defined by another ellipsoid with the size specified in Inner Size.

1. Type - The selected emitter type.
2. Size - The absolute size of the ellipsoid.
3. Inner Size - The absolute size of the inner ellipsoid.

Ring

With this emitter the particles are randomly emitted from inside the bounding limits of a ring. Like the Hollow Ellipsoid emitter there won't be any particles emitted from the inner area of the ring specified in Inner Size.

1. Type - The selected emitter type.
2. Size - The absolute size of the ring.
3. Inner Size - The absolute size of the inner area of the ring.

Affectors

Linear Force

This affector applies a force vector to all emitted particles modifying their trajectory. For more details see Linear Force.

1. Type - The selected affector type.
2. Force - The force vector.
3. Application - They way the force is applied to the particles.

Colour Fader

This affector modifies the colour of the emitted particles. For more details see Colour Fader

1. Type - The selected affector type.
2. Colour - The colour that will be subtracted to the particles starting colour per second.

Colour Fader 2

This affector modifies the colour of the emitted particles. This affector work just like the Colour Fader but with two colour states instead of only one. For more details see Colour Fader 2.

1. Type - The selected affector type.
2. Colour 1 - The colour that will be subtracted to the particles starting colour per second. Until its time to live reaches the time specified in State.
3. Colour 2 - The colour that will be subtracted to the particles colour per second when State is reached..
4. State - When the particle time to live reaches this value the affector will start changing the particle colour using the Colour 2 value.

Scaler

This affector modifies the size of the emitted particles. For more details see Scaler.

1. Type - The selected affector type.
2. Rate - The amount with which to scale the particles per second.

Rotator

This affector modifies the rotation of the emitted particles. For more details see Rotator.

1. Type - The selected affector type.
2. Rotation Range - The range of rotations applied to the particles by this affector.
3. Rotation Speed Range - The range of rotation speeds applied to the particles by this affector.

Colour Interpolator

This affector modifies the colour of the emitted particles. This affector work just like the Colour Fader but with six colour states instead of only one. For more details see Colour Interpolator.

1. Type - The selected affector type.
2. Colour - The colour to which the particle colour will be changed when the affector enters the respective state.
3. Time - The time at which the affector will start the transition to the respective state.

Colour Image

This affector modifies the colour of the emitted particles based on the first row of colours of the selected image. For more details see Colour Image.

1. Type - The selected affector type.
2. Image - When clicked opens the Library Explorer Interface showing all the available textures on the user media libraries. The selected image will be the one where the affector will get the range of colours that will be used as modifiers for the original colour.

Deflector Plane

This affector defines a plane which deflects particles which collide with it. For more details see Deflector Plane.

1. Type - The selected affector type.
2. Position - The position of the plane. If Local Space is selected this position is relative to the effect, otherwise it's absolute.
3. Direction - The direction the plane is facing.

Direction Randomiser

This affector randomises the direction of the movement of the emitted particles. For more details see Direction Randomiser.

1. Type - The selected affector type.
2. Variation - The amount of variation that will be applied to the particles direction.
3. Scope - The percentage of particles affected in each update.
4. Keep Velocity - If unchecked the velocity of the particles will also change along with the direction variation.