Particles

This page should correctly be named "[Particles]"; it is wrong due to technical restrictions.

[Particles] is a section of rules(md).ini, listing the available particles to the game. If a particle isn't listed, it doesn't get initialized and therefore isn't usable.

According to The Guide, Particles is also a flag on particles (the objects), defining "the number of particles that this particle comprises of.". This revision's author has searched both YR's and TS's rules and has not found evidence of the existence of this flag, neither on itself nor in comments. If anybody has used this flag on particles before and can talk about its effects, please expand this page.

Applicable INI Flags

These tables show all INI flags applicable¹ to Particles. The flags are grouped by the internal classes the flags are inherited from, and then listed in the order they are read in by the game. You can re-sort the rows by column values by clicking the arrow icons in the column headings. Each flag can be clicked to visit its page for detailed information.

Please note that this section is accurate only for Yuri's Revenge. All other C&C games use different sets of flags.

¹ ↑ "Applicable" in this context means "read from the INI files". Certain flags listed here don't have any effect ingame , but they are read and in certain cases cause a crash if not present. Again, refer to each flag's individual page for detailed information.

AbstractTypes

INI File	Section	Key	Value Type	Default Value	Adds to list
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Name	string(48 symbols)	ID
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	UIName	string(31 symbol)	""

ObjectTypes

INI File	Section	Key	Value Type	Default Value	Adds to list
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Image	string (31 symbol)	Object's ID
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	AlphaImage	string (31 symbol)	""
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	CrushSound	Sound (128 symbols)	""
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	AmbientSound	Sound (128 symbols)	""
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Crushable	boolean	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Bombable	boolean	1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	NoSpawnAlt	boolean	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	AlternateArcticArt	boolean	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	RadarInvisible	boolean	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Selectable	boolean	1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	LegalTarget	boolean	1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Armor	Armor	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Strength	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Immune	boolean	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Insignificant	boolean	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	HasRadialIndicator	boolean	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	RadialColor	Color	0,0,0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	IgnoresFirestorm	boolean	0
Art(md).ini	Object's Image	UseLineTrail	boolean	0
Art(md).ini	Object's Image	LineTrailColor	Color	0,0,0
Art(md).ini	Object's Image	LineTrailColorDecrement	int	16
Art(md).ini	Object's Image	Theater	boolean	0
Art(md).ini	Object's Image	NewTheater	boolean	0
Art(md).ini	Object's Image	Voxel	boolean	0

Particles

INI File	Section	Key	Value Type	Default Value	Adds to list
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	ColorList	vector<Color>	{}
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	MaxDC	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	MaxEC	int	1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Damage	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Warhead	WarheadType	0	+
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	StartFrame	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	NumLoopFrames	int	1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Translucency	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	WindEffect	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Velocity	float	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Deacc	float	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Radius	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	DeleteOnStateLimit	boolean	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	EndStateAI	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	StartStateAI	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	StateAIAdvance	int	4
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Translucent50State	int	-1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Translucent25State	int	-1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	Normalized	boolean	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	ColorSpeed	float	0.0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	XVelocity	int	1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	YVelocity	int	1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	MinZVelocity	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	ZVelocityRange	int	1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	NextParticleOffset	XYZ	{0;0;0}
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	StartColor1	Color	{0;0;0}
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	StartColor2	Color	{0;0;0}
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	FinalDamageState	int	0
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	NextParticle		-1
Rules(md).ini	Object's ID	BehavesLike	Behaviour2	-1

See also

• ParticleSystems