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Laser

Whether a railgun system draws a beam alongside its spiral of particles.

Specification
Applies to
ParticleSystemType
File
rules.ini
Section
[<ObjectType ID>]
Value
boolean
When omitted
no

With Laser=yes, a Railgun system draws a straight beam along its trace, in LaserColor. Every other behavior ignores the flag. The beam does not depend on the particles: a trace too short to lay any particle still draws it.

rules.ini
[MyRailgunSys] ; a ParticleSystemType registered in [ParticleSystems]
BehavesLike=Railgun
HoldsWhat=MyRailgunPart ; a ParticleType registered in [Particles]
Laser=yes
LaserColor=25,20,255

The beam appears on the frame the trace is laid and runs its full length. For an IsRailgun=yes weapon, that is from the firer’s muzzle to the center of the target, or to the first ground that rises above the line of fire if that comes sooner.

The beam is a single line with no outer glow, and it lasts ten frames. Above the lowest detail setting, it fades from half intensity to nothing over those frames. At the lowest detail setting, it does not fade.

Set LaserColor along with the flag. With its default 0,0,0, the beam is invisible above the lowest detail setting. LaserColor explains how the color is applied.

This is not the beam a laser weapon fires. That beam belongs to IsLaser=yes on the WeaponType and takes its colors from the weapon.

See also — BehavesLike, LaserColor, IsRailgun, IsLaser, AttachedParticleSystem