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ParticleCap

The size of a spark system's burst, and the fullness a one-frame light's brightness is measured against.

Specification
Applies to
ParticleSystemType
File
rules.ini
Section
[<ObjectType ID>]
Value
integer
When omitted
50

Each burst a Spark system throws holds at least half this figure and never quite the whole of it: the count is half the figure plus a random amount up to one short of that half, so 12 gives a burst of six to eleven. A OneFrameLight system of any behavior reads it a second way, dividing the particles it currently holds by this figure and drawing its glow at that fraction of LightSize, with the fraction held between four tenths and the whole — so the light waxes as the system fills and never falls below the floor.

rules.ini
[MySparkSys] ; a ParticleSystemType registered in [ParticleSystems]
BehavesLike=Spark
HoldsWhat=MySpark ; a ParticleType registered in [Particles]
ParticleCap=12 ; bursts of six to eleven
SparkSpawnFrames=1
SpawnSparkPercentage=1

Nothing enforces the figure as a limit. A system may hold any number of particles at once, and a Smoke, Fire, Gas, Web or Railgun system is not counted against it at all.

See also — BehavesLike, SparkSpawnFrames, SpawnSparkPercentage, OneFrameLight, LightSize