Particles Help

[Astram]

Well, I was browsing the forums today and couldn't find anything relatively helpful for me learning particles. Basically if anyone has any documentation or any ideas you want to throw in to this thread, please do so. Thanks!

[Gunderak]

Particles are a little tricky.
Do something like this.

PHP Code:

function onCreated(){
  with(findimg(200)){
    image = "block.png";
      with(emitter){
         speed = 5; //The movement speed
         emitautomaticly = true; //Makes it emit by its self
         lifetime = 5; //How long a particle lives for
         //look up addlocalmodifier in rc script help I can't remember it.
         addlocalmodifier("range", 0, 1, "alpha", "subtract" 0.05);
         //It's something like that
         emit();
       }
    }
} 


Just play around with the add modifiers and change the variables you're editing until you get something you like.

[callimuc]

I would suggest you to mess around with already done particles (like from testbed). Helps to understand it.
Also use this script and create some particles with that, doesn´t matter how they look like. Than get the code and also mess around with that. Should help for the beginning

[Gunderak]

Yes that particle maker works perfectly, I was trying to find the link actually xD