R part

Syntax: r_part <effectname> { ... }

Defines a particle effect with given properties defined in fields. See Particle Fields.

The following effectnames are special:

• Point effects (effects with a start point and possibly a direction, such as a gunshot)
  • te_blob: TE_TAREXPLOSION (Tar baby explosion)
  • te_blood: QuakeWorld TE_BLOOD and DP_TE_BLOOD (blood from damage)
  • te_explosion: TE_EXPLOSION (rocket and grenade explosion)
  • te_gunshot: TE_GUNSHOT (shotgun wall impacts)
  • te_knightspike: TE_KNIGHTSPIKE (Hell Knight projectile impact)
  • te_lavasplash: TE_LAVASPLASH (Chthon lava splash)
  • te_lightningblood: QuakeWorld TE_LIGHTNINGBLOOD (lightning damage)
  • te_spike: TE_SPIKE (nailgun nail impact)
  • te_teleport: TE_TELEPORT (teleport and respawn)
  • te_superspike: TE_SUPERSPIKE (super nailgun nail impact)
  • te_wizspike: TE_WIZSPIKE (Scrag projectile impact)
  • te_bullet: FTE_PEXT_TE_BULLET's TE_BULLET
  • te_superbullet: FTE_PEXT_TE_BULLET's TE_SUPERBULLET
  • te_bigexplosion: DarkPlaces TE_BIGEXPLOSION
  • te_bloodshower: DP_TE_BLOODSHOWER
  • te_explosionquad: DP_TE_QUADEFFECTS1's TE_EXPLOSIONQUAD
  • te_flamejet: DP_TE_FLAMEJET
  • te_gunshotquad: DP_TE_QUADEFFECTS1's TE_GUNSHOTQUAD
  • te_plasma: DarkPlaces TE_PLASMA
  • te_smoke: DarkPlaces TE_SMOKE
  • te_spark: DP_TE_SPARK
  • te_spikequad: DP_TE_QUADEFFECTS1's TE_SPIKEQUAD
  • te_superspikequad: DP_TE_QUADEFFECTS1's TE_SUPERSPIKEQUAD
• Beams (effects with a start and end point, such as shaft lightning)
  • te_beam: TE_BEAM (Rogue expansion effect)
  • te_lightning1: TE_LIGHTNING1 (Shambler lightning)
  • te_lightning2: TE_LIGHTNING2 (player shaft lightning)
  • te_lightning3: TE_LIGHTNING3 (Chthon trap lightning)
  • te_nexbeam: DarkPlaces TE_TEI_G3 (Nexuiz Nex weapon)
  • te_plasmaburn: DP_TE_PLASMABURN
  • te_bubbletrail: Quake 2 TE_BUBBLETRAIL (bullet underwater bubble trails)
  • te_debugtrail: Quake 2 TE_DEBUGTRAIL
  • te_grapple_cable: Quake 2 TE_GRAPPLE_CABLE (CTF grapple weapon)
  • te_parasite_attack_end: Quake 2 TE_PARASITE_ATTACK (parasite monster attack)
  • te_railtrail: Quake 2 TE_RAILTRAIL or ZQuake's rail trails (railgun)
  • te_stream_icechunks: Hexen 2 TE_STREAM_ICECHUNKS
  • te_stream_sunstaff: Hexen 2 TE_STREAM_SUNSTAFF (Crusader's Sunstaff weapon)
  • te_stream_sunstaff2: Hexen 2 TE_STREAM_SUNSTAFF2 (Crusader's Sunstaff weapon)
• Beam end points (point effects end points of beam temporary entity effects)
  • te_beam_end: used for TE_BEAM end point
  • te_lightning1_end: used for TE_LIGHTNING1 end point
  • te_lightning2_end: used for TE_LIGHTNING2 end point
  • te_lightning3_end: used for TE_LIGHTNING3 end point
  • te_grapple_cable_end: used for Quake 2 TE_GRAPPLE_CABLE end point
  • te_parasite_attack_end: used for Quake 2 TE_PARASITE_ATTACK end point
• Miscellaneous

Example:

// defines a simple, ugly explosion replacement effect
r_part te_explosion
{
   die 1
   count 15
   alpha 0.7
   rgb 255 196 32
   rgbdelta -64 -64 -64
   scale 20
   spawnorg 64
}