Effects

Here I will try to explain the meaning of incomprehensible effects parameters.

Effect

Each effect has two parts: the effect parameters and parameters generating elements

• Effect has elements «Generation Type». Some of types does not generate elements even effect has elements in «Generation Types».

• Effect Generation Type has «Generation Data». Some of this attributes have no action at all for current «Generation Type».

• Orientation Range = unknown action

• Max radius of element from center of emitter = «Outer Origin Range»

• Min radius of element from center of emitter = «Inner Origin Range»

• Element rotates around it direction vector from speed = «Sprite Spin Rate Range»

• Elements rotates around Y-axis from speed = «Whirlpool Rate»

• Elements rotates increases if «Circular Path Rate» is increases (not sure that is all actions)

• Elements max Y-coordinate random from «Lower Height Limit» to «Upper Height Limit»

• Effect has own mesh with own attributes mass, speed and other.

• Effect has light. If effect has fade than light fades too.

Effect element

1. Element health random from «Min Health» to «Max Health»

• «Min Health» and «Max Health» – ticks count time (not sure)

2. If element has flag «Shrinks»? (not sure)

• Element has size from «Max Scale» to «Min Scale» with step = «Scale Ratio»
  Else if has flag «Expands»?
• Element has size from «Mix Scale» to «Max Scale» with step = «Scale Ratio»
  Else
• Element size random from «Min Scale» to «Max Scale»

3. If element has flag «Directional Friction» Air Friction apply to element Direction for different friction to each component x, y, z (not sure).

4. Element speed YZ-plane – random from «Min Speed YZ» to «Max Speed YZ»

5. Element speed in XZ-plane – random from «Min Speed XY» to «Max Speed XY». This velocity is directed radially.

6. Element Speed decrease = «Air Friction»

7. Elements Speed decrease if elements has «Mass». I think in each tick Speed = Speed – Air Friction * (1 + Mass)