Particle Effects: Config Parameters – Arma 3

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The list of config parameters used for calling of particle effects. For more information, see Arma 3: Particle Effects.

Parameters

- (Hit)

Description: Effect for hit of specified material. Whatever name of parameter is working. Name of parametr must be used in bisurf's parameter impact.
Path: configFile >> CfgAmmo >> Ammo_class >> HitEffects
Type of emitter: constant emitter
Variables:
- intensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), intensity from effect config and some randomly generated value
- interval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), interval from effect config and some randomly generated value
- fireIntensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on intensity from effect config
- fireInterval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on interval from effect config
- lifeTime - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on lifeTime from effect config
- surfNormalX - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalY - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalZ - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- inSpeed - speed of projectile before hit of the object
- inDirX - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirY - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirZ - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- outSpeed - speed of projectile after hit of the object
- outDirX - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirY - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirZ - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- explosionDirX - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirY - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirZ - used for directional explosions
- hit - hit parameter which is defined in given ammo type
- damage - damage caused by hit
- dustness - dustness of material
- randomValue - random value
- distToWater - vertical distance to sea level

breathingBubblesEffect

Description: Bubble effect for units who are able to breath underwater.
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Unit_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- positionX - position of the memorypoint defined in breathingBubblesPoint as vector
- positionY - position of the memorypoint defined in breathingBubblesPoint as vector
- positionZ - position of the memorypoint defined in breathingBubblesPoint as vector
- speedX - direction to the memorypoint defined in breathingBubblesDir as vector
- speedY - direction to the memorypoint defined in breathingBubblesDir as vector
- speedZ - direction to the memorypoint defined in breathingBubblesDir as vector
- speedSize - speed of unit's movement
Related parameters:
- breathingBubblesInterval - how often unit creates the bubbles (number - seconds)
- breathingBubblesPoint - position stored in position variables (string - memorypoint)
- breathingBubblesDir - direction stored in speed variables (string - memorypoint)

rightDustEffect / leftDustEffect

Description: Old dust vehicle effect (it is used only if new one is not defined).
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Vehicle_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- density - speed, dustness of surface
- dustColor - dustness of surface
- positionX - position of the effect as vector
- positionY - position of the effect as vector
- positionZ - position of the effect as vector
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- localSpeedX - speed of the vehicle as vector in vehicle coord
- localSpeedY - speed of the vehicle as vector in vehicle coord
- localSpeedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector in vehicle coord
- humidity - humidity of the air
- dustness - dustness of surface
- speedSize - speed of vehicle
- acceleration - acceleration of vehicle
- turn - turning of vehicle (from -1 to 1, 0 is no turning)
- distToWater - vertical distance to sea level

rightDustEffects / leftDustEffects

Description: New dust vehicle effect. Different effect can be defined for each surface type. These parameters are not strings as usual, they are arrays.
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Vehicle_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- density - speed, dustness of surface
- dustColor - dustness of surface
- positionX - position of the effect as vector
- positionY - position of the effect as vector
- positionZ - position of the effect as vector
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- localSpeedX - speed of the vehicle as vector in vehicle coord
- localSpeedY - speed of the vehicle as vector in vehicle coord
- localSpeedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector in vehicle coord
- humidity - humidity of the air
- dustness - dustness of surface
- speedSize - speed of vehicle
- acceleration - acceleration of vehicle
- turn - turning of vehicle (from -1 to 1, 0 is no turning)
- distToWater - vertical distance to sea level

Example:

class CfgVehicles
{
	class car
	{
		rightDustEffects[] =
		{
			{"GdtStratisConcrete", "RDustEffects"},
			{"GdtStratisConcrete", "RDirtEffects"},
			{"GdtStratisBeach", "RDustEffects"},
			{"GdtStratisBeach", "RStonesEffects"},
		};
		leftDustEffects[] =
		{
			{"GdtStratisConcrete", "RDustEffects"},
			{"GdtStratisConcrete", "RDirtEffects"},
			{"GdtStratisBeach", "RDustEffects"},
			{"GdtStratisBeach", "RStonesEffects"},
		};
	};
};

damageEffect

Description: Effect when vehicle is damaged, it is allways simulated (even if vehicle is not damaged).
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Vehicle_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- damage - total damage of the vehicle
- engineOn - 1 if engine is on, 0 if not
- engineDamage
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- speed - speed of the vehicle in world coord
- distToWater - distance to water surface under the vehicle
- randomValue - random value generated for every emitor (generated when vehicle is created, after that is constant)

dustEffect

Description: Dust effect under flying helicopter or airplane (only when airplane is hovering). Simulated only the ground is under vehicle.
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Helicopter_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- speed - speed of vehicle
- density - depends on thrust, distance to surface
- positionX - position of the effect as vector
- positionY - position of the effect as vector
- positionZ - position of the effect as vector
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector
- landContact - 1 if vehicle has land contact, 0 if not

waterEffect

Description: Water effect under flying helicopter or airplane (only when airplane is hovering). Simulated only the water is under vehicle.
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Helicopter_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- speed - speed of vehicle
- density - depends on thrust, distance to surface
- positionX - position of the effect as vector
- positionY - position of the effect as vector
- positionZ - position of the effect as vector
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector
- landContact - 1 if vehicle has land contact, 0 if not

impactEffectsSea

Description: Effect triggered when a collision of the object with the sea surface is detected.
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Vehicle_class
Type of emitter: constant emitter
Variables:
- speed - speed of the object
- density - radius of bounding sphere of the object
- positionX - position of the effect as vector
- positionY - position of the effect as vector
- positionZ - position of the effect as vector
- speedX - speed of the object as vector
- speedY - speed of the object as vector
- speedZ - speed of the object as vector
- landContact - 1 if object has land contact, 0 if not

collisionEffect

Description: Effect triggered when a collision of the object and another object is detected.
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Vehicle_class
Type of emitter: constant emitter
Variables:
- positionX - position where the collision is detected as vector
- positionY - position where the collision is detected as vector
- positionZ - position where the collision is detected as vector
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector in world coord
- localSpeedX - speed of the vehicle as vector in vehicle coord
- localSpeedY - speed of the vehicle as vector in vehicle coord
- localSpeedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector in vehicle coord
- forceSize - force size of collision computed by PhysX

explosionEffect

Description: Explosion of the vehicle when the damage reaches 1. Parameter is reference to AmmoType used to calculate damage to objects around when vehicle explodes (if it have a fuel and can explode), default "FuelExplosion".
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Vehicle_class
Type of emitter: constant emitter

leftFastWaterEffect / rightFastWaterEffect

Description: Effect when vehicle floats on water. Effects are simulated when vehicle speed is more then "waterFastEffectSpeed" (vehicle parameter).
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Boat_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- density - depends on thrust and speed
- size - for some vehicles it is constant, for some (boats) it depends on speed
- positionX - position of the memorypoint defined in memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect as vector
- positionY - position of the memorypoint defined in memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect as vector
- positionZ - position of the memorypoint defined in memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect as vector
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedSize - size of the speed vector
- turn - position of the wheel (-1, 1), for boat it is allways 0
- thrust - current thrust of the vehicle
Related parameters:
- waterFastEffectSpeed - effects are simulated when the vehicle speed is more then this value (number)
- memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect - position stored in position variables (string - memorypoint)

leftWaterEffect / rightWaterEffect

Description: Effect when vehicle floats on water. Effects are simulated when vehicle speed is less then "waterFastEffectSpeed" (vehicle parameter).
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Boat_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- density - depends on thrust and speed
- size - for some vehicles it is constant, for some (boats) it depends on speed
- positionX - position of the memorypoint defined in memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect as vector
- positionY - position of the memorypoint defined in memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect as vector
- positionZ - position of the memorypoint defined in memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect as vector
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedSize - size of the speed vector
- turn - position of the wheel (-1, 1), for boat it is allways 0
- thrust - current thrust of the vehicle
Related parameters:
- waterFastEffectSpeed - effects are simulated when the vehicle speed is less then this value (number)
- memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect - position stored in position variables (string - memorypoint)

leftEngineEffect / rightEngineEffect

Description: Effect when vehicle floats on water. Effects are simulated when vehicle speed is more then "engineEffectSpeed" (vehicle parameter).
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Boat_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- density - depends on thrust and speed
- size - for some vehicles it is constant, for some (boats) it depends on speed
- positionX - position of the memorypoint defined in memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect as vector
- positionY - position of the memorypoint defined in memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect as vector
- positionZ - position of the memorypoint defined in memotyPointsLeftWaterEffect/memotyPointsRightWaterEffect as vector
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedSize - size of the speed vector
- turn - position of the wheel (-1, 1), for boat it is allways 0
- thrust - current thrust of the vehicle
Related parameters:
- engineEffectSpeed - effects are simulated when the vehicle speed is more then this value (number)
- memotyPointsLeftEngineEffect/memotyPointsRightEngineEffect - position stored in position variables (string - memorypoint)

impactEffectsBlood

Description: Blood effect, only for Person object (and if blood is enabled).
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Unit_class
Type of emitter: constant emitter
Variables:
- intensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), intensity from effect config and some randomly generated value
- interval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), interval from effect config and some randomly generated value
- fireIntensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on intensity from effect config
- fireInterval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on interval from effect config
- lifeTime - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on lifeTime from effect config
- surfNormalX - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalY - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalZ - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- inSpeed - speed of projectile before hit of the object
- inDirX - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirY - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirZ - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- outSpeed - speed of projectile after hit of the object
- outDirX - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirY - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirZ - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- explosionDirX - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirY - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirZ - used for directional explosions
- hit - hit parameter which is defined in given ammo type
- damage - damage caused by hit
- dustness - dustness of material
- randomValue - random value
- distToWater - vertical distance to sea level

impactEffectsNoBlood

Description: Blood effect, only for Person object (and if blood is disabled).
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Unit_class
Type of emitter: constant emitter
Variables:
- intensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), intensity from effect config and some randomly generated value
- interval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), interval from effect config and some randomly generated value
- fireIntensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on intensity from effect config
- fireInterval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on interval from effect config
- lifeTime - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on lifeTime from effect config
- surfNormalX - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalY - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalZ - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- inSpeed - speed of projectile before hit of the object
- inDirX - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirY - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirZ - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- outSpeed - speed of projectile after hit of the object
- outDirX - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirY - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirZ - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- explosionDirX - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirY - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirZ - used for directional explosions
- hit - hit parameter which is defined in given ammo type
- damage - damage caused by hit
- dustness - dustness of material
- randomValue - random value
- distToWater - vertical distance to sea level

mineJumpEffects

Description: Effect when the jumping mine jumps.
Path: configFile >> CfgAmmo >> Explosive_class
Type of emitter: constant emitter
Variables:
- speed - indirectHit of the mine
- positionX - distance from the original position (from where the mine is jumping) as vector
- positionY - distance from the original position (from where the mine is jumping) as vector
- positionZ - distance from the original position (from where the mine is jumping) as vector

craterEffects

Description: Crater part of explosion of given ammo, it is a parameter of the ammoType of the projectile that creates the crater. This is used for craters above the water.
Path: configFile >> CfgAmmo >> Explosive_class
Type of emitter: constant emitter
Variables:
- intensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), intensity from effect config and some randomly generated value
- interval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), interval from effect config and some randomly generated value
- fireIntensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on intensity from effect config
- fireInterval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on interval from effect config
- lifeTime - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on lifeTime from effect config
- surfNormalX - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalY - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalZ - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- inSpeed - speed of projectile before hit of the object
- inDirX - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirY - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirZ - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- outSpeed - speed of projectile after hit of the object
- outDirX - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirY - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirZ - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- explosionDirX - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirY - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirZ - used for directional explosions
- hit - hit parameter which is defined in given ammo type
- damage - damage caused by hit
- dustness - dustness of material
- randomValue - random value
- distToWater - vertical distance to sea level

craterWaterEffects

Description: Same as „createrEffects“ this is used for craters under water.
Path: configFile >> CfgAmmo >> Explosive_class
Type of emitter: constant emitter
Variables:
- intensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), intensity from effect config and some randomly generated value
- interval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), interval from effect config and some randomly generated value
- fireIntensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on intensity from effect config
- fireInterval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on interval from effect config
- lifeTime - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on lifeTime from effect config
- surfNormalX - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalY - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalZ - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- inSpeed - speed of projectile before hit of the object
- inDirX - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirY - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirZ - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- outSpeed - speed of projectile after hit of the object
- outDirX - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirY - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirZ - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- explosionDirX - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirY - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirZ - used for directional explosions
- hit - hit parameter which is defined in given ammo type
- damage - damage caused by hit
- dustness - dustness of material
- randomValue - random value
- distToWater - vertical distance to sea level

effectFlare

Description: Effect of the Flare projectile.
Path: configFile >> CfgAmmo >> Ammo_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- colorR - color defined by parameter "smokeColor" in AmmoType
- colorG - color defined by parameter "smokeColor" in AmmoType
- colorB - color defined by parameter "smokeColor" in AmmoType
- colorA - color defined by parameter "smokeColor" in AmmoType

effectFly

Description: Trail effect for flying ammo.
Path: configFile >> CfgAmmo >> Ammo_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- hit - hit from AmmoType
- speedX - speed of projectile as vector
- speedY - speed of projectile as vector
- speedZ - speed of projectile as vector
- speedSize - size of the speed vector
- flyTime - how long the projectile is flying (time since the shot)
- distToSurface - distance to surface (under the bullet)

effectsMissile

Description: Trail effect for flying missile.
Path: configFile >> CfgAmmo >> Missile_class
Type of emitter: constant emitter
Variables:
- intensity - intensity from effect config
- interval - interval from effect config
- fireIntensity - intensity from effect config
- fireInterval - interval from effect config
- lifeTime - lifeTime from effect config and thrustTime from AmmoType

effectsMissileInit

Description: Init effect for missile (before the engine of the missile is started).
Path: configFile >> CfgAmmo >> Missile_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- speed - speed of the missile in world coord
- density - value that goes from 1.0 to 0.0 according to time (0.0 when time from shot is equal to "initTime" ammoType atribute)
- speedX - full vector of the speed in world coord
- speedY - full vector of the speed in world coord
- speedZ - full vector of the speed in world coord
- parentSpeedX - speed of parent unit/vehicle that fired the missile as vector
- parentSpeedY - speed of parent unit/vehicle that fired the missile as vector
- parentSpeedZ - speed of parent unit/vehicle that fired the missile as vector
- landContact - 1 if has land contact, 0 otherwise

effectsSmoke

Description: Effect for smoke grenades and countermeasures. Parameters depends on if the projectile is grenade or countermeasure.
Path: configFile >> CfgAmmo >> Ammo_class
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables for smoke grenades:
- colorR - color defined by parameter "smokeColor" in AmmoType
- colorG - color defined by parameter "smokeColor" in AmmoType
- colorB - color defined by parameter "smokeColor" in AmmoType
- colorA - color defined by parameter "smokeColor" in AmmoType
Variables for smoke countermeasure:
- time - time since the coutnermeasure has been created

explosionEffects

Description: Effect when explosion should happen (ex. Missile hit).
Path: configFile >> CfgAmmo >> Ammo_class
Type of emitter: constant emitter
Variables:
- intensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), intensity from effect config and some randomly generated value
- interval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), interval from effect config and some randomly generated value
- fireIntensity - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on intensity from effect config
- fireInterval - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on interval from effect config
- lifeTime - depends on damage done (projectile hit, speed), on lifeTime from effect config
- surfNormalX - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalY - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- surfNormalZ - normal to the surface of the object as vector in world coord
- inSpeed - speed of projectile before hit of the object
- inDirX - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirY - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- inDirZ - direction of projectile before hit of the object as vector
- outSpeed - speed of projectile after hit of the object
- outDirX - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirY - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- outDirZ - direction of projectile after hit of the object as vector
- explosionDirX - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirY - used for directional explosions
- explosionDirZ - used for directional explosions
- hit - hit parameter which is defined in given ammo type
- damage - damage caused by hit
- dustness - dustness of material
- randomValue - random value
- distToWater - vertical distance to sea level

effectName (GunParticles)

Description: Weapon muzzle effect.
Path: configFile >> CfgWeapons >> Weapon_class >> GunParticles >> Random_class_name
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- positionX - position of the memorypoint defined in paremeter positionName as vector
- positionY - position of the memorypoint defined in paremeter positionName as vector
- positionZ - position of the memorypoint defined in paremeter positionName as vector
- directionX - direction to the memorypoint defined in paremeter directionName as vector in world coord
- directionY - direction to the memorypoint defined in paremeter directionName as vector in world coord
- directionZ - direction to the memorypoint defined in paremeter directionName as vector in world coord
- directionLocalX - direction to the memorypoint defined in paremeter directionName as vector in weapon coord
- directionLocalY - direction to the memorypoint defined in paremeter directionName as vector in weapon coord
- directionLocalZ - direction to the memorypoint defined in paremeter directionName as vector in weapon coord
- vehicleSpeedX - weapon movement as vector in world coord
- vehicleSpeedY - weapon movement as vector in world coord
- vehicleSpeedZ - weapon movement as vector in world coord
- vehicleSpeedSize - speed of weapon movement
- vehicleSpeedLocalX - weapon movement as vector in weapon coord
- vehicleSpeedLocalY - weapon movement as vector in weapon coord
- vehicleSpeedLocalZ - weapon movement as vector in weapon coord
- vehicleSpeedLocalSize - speed of weapon movement
- isWaterSurface - 1 if the surface under weapon is land, -1 for water
- distToSurface - vertical distance between muzzle and surface
- dustness - dustness of surface
- humidity - humidity of the air (depends on rain)
Related parameters:
- directionName - direction stored in direction variables (string - memorypoint)
- positionName - position stored in position variables (string - memorypoint)

Example:

class CfgWeapons
{
	class LMG_Minigun
	{
		class gunParticles
		{
			class effect1
			{
				positionName	= "machinegun_eject_pos";
				directionName	= "machinegun_eject_dir";
				effectName		= "MachineGunCartridge1";
			};

			class effect2
			{
				positionName	= "machinegun_end";
				directionName	= "machinegun_beg";
				effectName		= "MachineGun1";
			};
		};
	};
};

effect (Exhausts)

Description: Vehicle's exhaust effects.
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Vehicle_class >> Exhausts >> Random_class_name
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- intensity
- damage - damage of vehicle
- positionX - position of the memorypoint defined in paremeter position as vector
- positionY - position of the memorypoint defined in paremeter position as vector
- positionZ - position of the memorypoint defined in paremeter position as vector
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector
- vehicleSpeedSize - speed of vehicle as scalar
- engineOn - starting (temperature) of engine
- distToWater - vertical distance between position memorypoint and sea level
- randomValue - generated when the vehicle is created
Related parameters:
- direction - direction stored in position variables (string - memorypoint)
- position - position stored in position variables (string - memorypoint)

Example:

class CfgVehicles
{
	class Ifrit_Base
	{
		class Exhausts
		{
			class Exhaust1
			{
				position	= "exhaust_pos";
				direction	= "exhaust_dir";
				effect		= "ExhaustEffectHTruck";
			};
		};
	};
};

effectName (WingVortices)

Description: Wingtip vortices and similar effects on planes.
Path: configFile >> CfgVehicles >> Vehicle_class >> WingVortices >> Random_class_name
Type of emitter: real-time emitter
Variables:
- positionX - position of the memorypoint defined in paremeter position as vector
- positionY - position of the memorypoint defined in paremeter position as vector
- positionZ - position of the memorypoint defined in paremeter position as vector
- speedX - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedY - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speedZ - speed of the vehicle as vector
- speed - speed of vehicle as scalar
- accelX - acceleration of the vehicle as vector
- accelY - acceleration of the vehicle as vector
- accelZ - acceleration of the vehicle as vector
- accel - acceleration of vehicle as scalar
- altitude - altitude of the vehicle in meters
- humidity - humidity of air
Related parameters:
- position - position stored in position variables (string - memorypoint)

Example:

class CfgVehicles
{
	class Plane_Fighter_03_base_F
	{
		class WingVortices
		{
			class WingTipLeft
			{
				position	= "body_vapour_L_E";
				effectName	= "WingVortices";
			};
		};
	};
};

Particle Effects: Config Parameters – Arma 3

Contents

Parameters

- (Hit)

breathingBubblesEffect

rightDustEffect / leftDustEffect

rightDustEffects / leftDustEffects

damageEffect

dustEffect

waterEffect

impactEffectsSea

collisionEffect

explosionEffect

leftFastWaterEffect / rightFastWaterEffect

leftWaterEffect / rightWaterEffect

leftEngineEffect / rightEngineEffect

impactEffectsBlood

impactEffectsNoBlood

mineJumpEffects

craterEffects

craterWaterEffects

effectFlare

effectFly

effectsMissile

effectsMissileInit

effectsSmoke

explosionEffects

effectName (GunParticles)

effect (Exhausts)

effectName (WingVortices)

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Particle Effects: Config Parameters – Arma 3

Parameters

- (Hit)

breathingBubblesEffect

rightDustEffect / leftDustEffect

rightDustEffects / leftDustEffects

damageEffect

dustEffect

waterEffect

impactEffectsSea

collisionEffect

explosionEffect

leftFastWaterEffect / rightFastWaterEffect

leftWaterEffect / rightWaterEffect

leftEngineEffect / rightEngineEffect

impactEffectsBlood

impactEffectsNoBlood

mineJumpEffects

craterEffects

craterWaterEffects

effectFlare

effectFly

effectsMissile

effectsMissileInit

effectsSmoke

explosionEffects

effectName (GunParticles)

effect (Exhausts)

effectName (WingVortices)

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