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This mod item creates and places particle systems when an FX action is triggered. Inherits ActionFX. Read ActionFX first for the common properties.

Particles (self.Particles) - Particles4 (self.Particles4) : The id of the particle system which will be spawned. One of the entities is picked at random when the FX is triggered.

Flags (self.Flags) : Allowed values are: OnGround, LockedOrientation, Mirrored, OnGroundTiltByGround.

AlwaysVisible (self.AlwaysVisible) : Toggle on/off. When enabled it will bypass the engine optimization for drawing off-screen and far away objects at a performance cost.

Scale (self.Scale) : Scale in %.

ScaleMember (self.ScaleMember) : Object member which will be used for the scale. This can also be a method which will be called and the result will override the Scale property.

FollowTick (self.FollowTick) : The time interval (in ms) for setting the particles' position when following an object.

UseActorColorModifier (self.UseActorColorModifier) : If true, parsys:SetColorModifer(actor). If false, sets dynamic param 'color_modifier' to the actor's color.

Source (self.Source) : Particles source object or position. Allowed values are: Actor, ActorParent, ActorOwner, Target, ActionPos, Camera.

SourceProp (self.SourceProp) : Source object property object.

Spot (self.Spot) : Particles source object spot. : Allowed values are: Origin, Muzzle, Muzzlea, Muzzleb, Stepl, Stepr.

SpotsPercent (self.SpotsPercent) : Percent of random spots that should be used. One random spot is used when the value is negative.

Attach (self.Attach) : Set true if the particles should move with the source.

SingleAttach (self.SingleAttach) : When enabled the FX will not place a new particle on the same spot if there is already one attached there. Only valid with Attach enabled.

Offset (self.Offset) : Offset against source object.

OffsetDir (self.OffsetDir) : Offset direction. Allowed values are "", "SourceAxisX", "SourceAxisX2D", "SourceAxisY", "SourceAxisZ", "ActionDir", "ActionDir2D", "FaceTarget", "FaceTarget2D", "FaceActor", "FaceActor2D", "FaceActionPos", "FaceActionPos2D", "Random2D", "SpotX", "SpotY", "SpotZ", "RotateByPresetAngle".

Orientation (self.Orientation) : Particles orientation. Has the same allowed values as OffsetDir.

PresetOrientationAngle (self.PresetOrientationAngle) : Orientation angle used when Orientation is set to "RotateByPresetAngle".

OrientationAxis (self.OrientationAxis) : Axis used for orientation of the object.

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