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Particle

The particle system released where the warhead detonates.

Specification
Applies to
WarheadType
File
rules.ini
Section
[<ObjectType ID>]
Value
class
When omitted
none

An ordinary blast creates a system of the named type at the impact and has it release one particle. A type whose BehavesLike=Gas is handled differently: no system is created for the blast, and the particle is released into the scenario’s shared gas cloud instead. An ordinary system that holds nothing releases nothing; on the gas path what is released comes from the shared cloud’s own type, so the named type’s HoldsWhat is not consulted at all.

rules.ini
[MyGasWH] ; example WarheadType
Particle=MyGasSys ; example ParticleSystemType

A Webby=yes warhead uses the setting on a different path: it releases one particle in every cell the web covers rather than one at the impact, and the gas substitution above is not made there.

A name no particle system declares is registered as a new system rather than refused.

See also — Webby, WebRadius, BehavesLike, HoldsWhat