Particle Field List

Amountification

count

Syntax: count <count>

Indicates to spawn <count> number of particles with a point effect.

step

Syntax: step <step>

Indicates to spawn a particle every <step> number of quake units for a trail or beam effect.

spawnchance

Syntax: spawnchance <chance>
Default: 1

Indicates that the effect will be applied with a probability of <chance>. So, spawnchance 0.3 means that an effect will be applied 30% of the time. This does not effect assoc'ed particle effects.

spawntime

Syntax: spawntime

Limits the particle effect to be applied only once every <time> seconds. Only really usable (and useful) with beam effects and emitters. This does not effect assoc'ed particle effects.

die

Syntax: die <time>

Sets the lifetime of the particles spawned to <time> seconds.

diesubrand

Syntax: diesubrand <time>

Expires particles on spawn a random time between 0 and <time> seconds.

Lookification

type

Syntax: type <type>
Default: normal

Changes the render type of a particle.
Values for <type>:

normal, blob: generic textured particle
beam: beam particle with two connected points
spark: line particle, length changes with velocity
sparkfan: triangular spark, size changes with velocity, similar to QMB's sparks
texturedspark: uses a texture to create a similar spark to the other two types
decal: wall decal (restricted in features compared to other types) EXPERIMENTAL

scale

Syntax: scale <scale> [<max>]

Sets the size of the particle as <scale>. When <max> is given, scale will be set to a random value between <scale> and <max> on particle generation.

scalerand

Syntax: scalerand <rand>

Adds a random value from 0 to <rand> to a particle's scale on generation.

scalefactor

Syntax: scalefactor <factor>

Sets the factor in which range will effect the particle scale. A <factor> of 0 means no change, and a <factor> of 1 means normal rendering size decrease due to range.

scaledelta

Syntax: scaledelta <delta>

Sets the rate of change for a particle's scale to <delta> per 1 second.

alpha

Syntax: alpha <alpha>
Default: 1

Sets the transparency for particles generated. An <alpha> of 0 is completely invisible, while an <alpha> of 1 is completely visible.

alphachange

Syntax: alphachange <change>
Default: 1

The rate of change for alpha is normally the starting alpha divided by the die time per second. This field multiplies this rate of change by <change>.
WARNING: This field will be replaced in the near future.

texture

Syntax: texture <texture>

Sets the texture as <texture> to use with certain particle types. Usable with normal, beam, textured spark, and decal particles.

rotationstart

Syntax: rotationstart <angle> [<rand>]
Default: -180 for <angle>, 360 for <rand>

Sets the angle as <angle> in which the texture will be rotated for particles of type normal. When <rand> is given, a number from 0 to <rand> will be added to the particle's angle on generation.

rotationspeed

Syntax: rotationspeed <speed> [<rand>]

Sets the rotation velocity as <speed> angles per second. If <rand> is given, a number from 0 to <rand> will be added to the particle's angle velocity on generation.

blend

Syntax: blend <blend>
Default: blend

Sets the blend mode for particle rendering.
Values for <blend>:

blend: default alpha blending
add: color values of the particle add to the colors previously rendered before it
subtract: color values of the particle subtract to the colors previously rendered before it
blendcolor, blendcolour

stains

Syntax: stains <stain>

Adds staining properties to a particle. A <stain> of 0 is no map staining, and a <stain> of 1 enables map staining.

Coloring

rgb

Syntax: rgb <red> [<green> <blue>]

Sets the initial color of effect particles.

<red> is the red component of the RGB color
<green> is the green component of the RGB color
<blue> is the blue component of the RGB color

If <green> and <blue> are excluded, <red> will be used in the place of their values.
Example:

// These fields do the same thing (change the color to white)
rgb 255
rgb 255 255 255

rgbrand

Syntax: rgbrand <red> [<green> <blue>]

rgbrandsync

Syntax: rgbrandsync <red> [<green> <blue>]

rgbdelta

Syntax: rgbdelta <red> [<green> <blue>]

rgbdeltatime

Syntax: rgbdeltatime <time>

colorindex

Syntax: colorindex <index> [<indexrand>]

Ramps

rampmode

Syntax: rampmode <mode>

ramp

Syntax: ramp <red> [<green> <blue> [<alpha> [<scale>]]]

rampindex

Syntax: rampindex <index> [<alpha> [<scale>]]

rampindexlist

Syntax: rampindexlist <index1> ... <indexn>

Positioning and Movement

spawnmode

Syntax: spawnmode <mode>

spawnparam#

Syntax: spawnparam1 <param> and spawnparam2 <param>

spawnorg

Syntax: spawnorg <xy> [<z>]

spawnvel

Syntax: spawnvel <xy> [<z>]

up

Syntax: up <z>

orgadd

Syntax: orgadd <offset>

veladd

Syntax: veladd <offset>

randomvel

Syntax: randomvel <xy> [<z>]

friction

Syntax: friction <x> [<y> [<z>]]

gravity

Syntax: gravity <gravity>

Emitters

emit

Syntax: emit <type>

emitstart

Syntax: emitstart <time>

emitinterval

Syntax: emitinterval <time>

emitintervalrand

Syntax: emitintervalrand <time>

Associationification

assoc

Syntax: assoc <type>

cliptype

Syntax: cliptype <type>

clipcount

Syntax: clipcount <count>

clipbounce

Syntax: clipbounce <factor>

inwater

Syntax: inwater <type>

Special flags

citracer

Syntax: citracer

perframe

Syntax: perframe

averageout

Syntax: averageout

nostate

Syntax: nostate

nospreadfirst

Syntax: nospreadfirst

nospreadlast

Syntax: nospreadlast