Particle System Reference

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Glossary

// Particle System
{
    "emitters": [{
        "spec" : {<particle properties>},
        <emitter properties>
    }],
    "color": <global color multiplier>
}

Particle System

The group of particle emitters.

Field Name	Field Type (default value) - Description
emitters	array ( [] ) The list of emitter objects in the system.
color	color ( [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0] ) A system wide color multiplier. Value is RGBA linear float color values in a JSON array.

Emitter System

Defines the position and movement behavior of particles.

Field Name	Field Type (default value) - Description
spec	object ( ) The particle spec definition.
type	string ( "POSITION" ) Defines the shape of the particle spawn positions, and how the offsetRange* keys are interpreted.
"POSITION", "SPHEROID", "SHELL", "EMITTER", "CYLINDER_X", "CYLINDER_Y", "CYLINDER_Z"
linkIndex	number ( -1.0 ) Used when the type is set to "EMITTER" to define the emitter to attach to.
offsetX offsetY offsetZ	emitter time curve ( 0.0 ) Define the starting spawn position for the particles in emitter space. The shape of the emitter space depends on the type field.
offseRangetX offseRangetY offseRangetZ	emitter time curve ( 0.0 ) Define the starting spawn position range in which a particle can randomly deviate from offsetX, offsetY, and offsetZ.