Particle String

The particle string is a long string of values separated by the a character that defines how particle systems in-game such as the particle object behave. Here is an example of a particle string:

30a-1a1.3a0.2a20a90a0a10a5a20a20a0a0a8a0a0a0a4a1a0a0a0a0a1a0a1a0a1a0a1a1a0a0a0 a0a0.784314a0a1a0a1a0a0.27a0a0.27a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a2a1a0a0a0a0a0a0a0.25a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0

(this is the particle string of the particles around the Mythic rating fire)

The Values

Index	Name	Description
1	Max Particles	The maximum number of particles to be generated
2	Duration	The animation duration. -1 for indefinite
3	Lifetime	How long the particles last. -1 for indefinite
4	Lifetime +-	Random offset for Lifetime
5	Emission	Particle spawn rate. -1 for max
6	Angle	In what direction the particles are generated towards
7	Angle +-	Random offset for Angle
8	Speed	How fast the particles are
9	Speed +-	Random offset for Speed
10	PosVar X	The horizontal particle spawn area
11	PosVar Y	The vertical particle spawn area
12	Gravity X	The horizontal gravitational pull
13	Gravity Y	The vertical gravitational pull
14	AccelRad	Radial particle acceleration
15	AccelRad +-	Random offset for AccelRad
16	AccelTan	Tangential particle acceleration
17	AccelTan +-	Random offset for AccelTan
18	StartSize	The scale the particles start at
19	StartSize +-	Random offset for StartSize
20	StartSpin	The rotation of the particles when they spawn
21	StartSpin +-	Random offset for StartSpin
22	StartR	The red color value the particles start at
23	StartR +-	Random offset for StartR
24	StartG	The green color value the particles start at
25	StartG +-	Random offset for StartG
26	StartB	The blue color value the particles start at
27	StartB +-	Random offset for StartB
28	StartA	The opacity the particles start at
29	StartA +-	Random offset for StartA
30	EndSize	The scale the particles end at
31	EndSize +-	Random offset for EndSize
32	EndSpin	The rotation of the particles at the end of their lifetime
33	EndSpin +-	Random offset for EndSpin
34	EndR	The red color value the particles end at
35	EndR +-	Random offset for EndR
36	EndG	The green color value the particles end at
37	EndG +-	Random offset for EndG
38	EndB	The blue color value the particles end at
39	EndB +-	Random offset for EndB
40	EndA	The opacity the particles end at
41	EndA +-	Random offset for EndA
42	Fade in	Fade time for particles to appear
43	Fade in +-	Random offset for Fade in
44	Fade out	Fade time for particles to disappear
45	Fade out +-	Random offset for Fade out
46	StartRad	Start radius of the particles
47	StartRad +-	Random offset for StartRad
48	EndRad	End radius of the particles
49	EndRad +-	Random offset for EndRad
50	RotSec	Rotation per second
51	RotSec +-	Random offset for RotSec
52	Mode	0 for Gravity, 1 for Radius
53	Mode 2	0 for Free, 1 for Relative, 2 for Grouped
54	Additive	Whether the particles color is blending or not
55	Start spin = end	Whether the particles have the same rotation through their lifetime
56	Start rot is dir	Whether the particles’ direction will be their starting rotation
57	Dynamic rotation	Whether particles rotate towards the direction they are going towards
58	Texture	The particle texture. 0 for Square, and the ID matches the order in the particle object
59	Uniform obj color	Whether the particles color is the same through their lifetime
60	FrictionP	Particle friction
61	FrictionP +-	Random offset for FrictionP
62	Respawn	Particle respawning rate
63	Respawn +-	Random offset for Respawn
64	Order Sensitive	The newest particles are layered on top of the older ones
65	Start size = end	Whether the particles have the same size through their lifetime
66	Start rad = end	Whether the particles have the same radius through their lifetime
67	StartRGB Var Sync	Whether to sync the Start R/G/B values
68	EndRGB Var Sync	Whether to sync the End R/G/B values
69	FrictionS	Particle speed friction
70	FrictionS +-	Random offset for FrictionS
71	FrictionR	Particle rotation friction
72	FrictionR +-	Random offset for FrictionR