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Jackoalan: RSOP description

2018-05-13T01:51:31Z

RSOP description

Jackoalan at 05:42, 5 March 2016

2016-03-05T05:42:39Z

Jackoalan: Major RE research dump

2016-03-03T07:31:25Z

Major RE research dump

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Jackoalan: /* PART Keys */

2015-03-14T21:29:44Z

‎PART Keys

Jackoalan: /* PART Keys */

2015-03-14T21:27:15Z

‎PART Keys

Jackoalan at 02:22, 21 February 2015

2015-02-21T02:22:06Z

Jackoalan: /* PART Keys */

2015-02-21T02:20:29Z

‎PART Keys

Jackoalan: /* PART Keys */

2015-02-21T02:20:02Z

‎PART Keys

Jackoalan: /* PART Keys */

2015-02-21T02:18:28Z

‎PART Keys

Jackoalan: /* Sphere Emitter (SPHE) */

2015-02-21T01:52:59Z

‎Sphere Emitter (SPHE)

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 {{ParticlePropertyRow|LIT_|bool|{{unknown|Unknown}}|System Init|Unused in demo|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
 {{ParticlePropertyRow|ORNT|bool|Orient To Origin|System Init|''New in retail'' - Simultaneously orients particle instances toward the local origin and view-point via cross-product. <code>ROTA</code> is used to control the width of quads in this mode, while <code>SIZE</code> controls the length.|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
-{{ParticlePropertyRow|RSOP|bool|{{unknown|Unknown}}|System Init|''New in retail'' - Needs to be discovered|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
+{{ParticlePropertyRow|RSOP|bool|Right Vector Scaled on Particle|System Init|''New in retail'' - The right vector (particle width) is proportionally scaled with length|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
 {{ParticlePropertyRow|MBLR|bool|Motion Blur|System Init|Enables sub-positional overdraw of each particle instance between its previous position and new position each frame; draw count controlled by <code>MBSP</code>|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
 {{ParticlePropertyRow|PMAB|bool|Model Additive Alpha|System Init|Equivalent of <code>AAPH</code> for models and <code>PMUS</code> quads|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}

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 the emitter initializing the position and velocity-vector for each.
-== PART Properties ==
+== Properties ==
 Particle generator properties are assembled into a [[Particle Script|particle script]]
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 {{ParticlePropertyRow|PISY|IntElement|Interval Child System Frame Interval|System Init|Frame interval to emit <code>IITS</code> instances|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
 {{ParticlePropertyRow|SISY|IntElement|Interval Child System Start Frame|System Init|Frame index to start emitting <code>IITS</code> instances|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
-{{ParticlePropertyRow|KSSM|SpawnSystemKeyframeData|Timed-Spawn Particle Systems|System Init|List of start-frame events and corresponding child systems to spawn|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
+{{ParticlePropertyRow|KSSM|[[#SpawnSystemKeyframeData|SpawnSystemKeyframeData]]|Timed-Spawn Particle Systems|System Init|List of start-frame events and corresponding child systems to spawn|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
 {{ParticlePropertyRow|SSWH|[[SWHC (File Format)|SWHC]]|Child Swoosh System|System Init|Child swoosh system parented to this system|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
 {{ParticlePropertyRow|SSSD|IntElement|Child Swoosh System Start Frame|System Init|Frame index to start emitting <code>SSWH</code>|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
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 {{ParticlePropertyRow|LSLA|RealElement|System Light Cutoff Angle|Post Particles Update|Cutoff angle for angular-attenuation (only applicable to spot)|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
 {{ParticlePropertyRow|ADVn|RealElement|Advance Parameters [1-8]|Pre Particles Update|Parameters to compute per system update, values shared across all particle instances via <code>PAPn</code> real elements|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}|{{check}}}}
 |}

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 |<code>TEXR</code>
 |Constant
-|<code>int</code> ([[TXTR (File Format)|TXTR]] ref)
+|<code>int</code> ([[TXTR (File Format)|TXTR]] ref), <code>ATEX</code>
 |Texture attachment
 |Specifies the texture resource to map to each particle instance’s surface.

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 |<code>ICTS</code>
 |Constant
-|<code>int</code> (data ref)
+|<code>int</code> ([[PART (File Format)|PART]] ref)
 |Concurrent particle-system
 |Specifies an external particle script to construct into a parallel system that shares time and space.
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 |<code>IDTS</code>
 |Constant
-|<code>int</code> (data ref)
+|<code>int</code> ([[PART (File Format)|PART]] ref)
 |Deferred particle-system
 |Specifies an external particle script to construct a particle system that shares space, but doesn’t start emitting until this system’s emitter stops.
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 |<code>TEXR</code>
 |Constant
-|<code>int</code> (data ref)
+|<code>int</code> ([[TXTR (File Format)|TXTR]] ref)
 |Texture attachment
 |Specifies the texture resource to map to each particle instance’s surface.
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 |<code>TIND</code>
 |Constant
-|<code>int</code> (data ref)
+|<code>int</code> ([[TXTR (File Format)|TXTR]] ref)
 |Indirect texture attachment
 |Certain particle effects are drawn after the main scene against the player’s ‘visor’. Effects that simulate visor water-droplet refraction use an indirect texture to warp texture coordinates when sampling the underlying scene.

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	{{research\|1\|Key descriptions are subject to corrections}}		{{research\|1\|Key descriptions are subject to corrections}}
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	The '''PART''' [[Effect Script\|effect script]] format is used to configure ''particle effects''.		The '''PART''' [[Effect Script\|effect script]] format is used to configure ''particle effects''.

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 |<code>float</code>
 |View-aligned rotation angle
-|Angle (in degrees) to rotate the particle counter-clockwise around the view-axis. In `ORNT` mode, this specifies the particle's aspect ratio instead.
+|Angle (in degrees) to rotate the particle counter-clockwise around the view-axis. In <code>ORNT</code> mode, this specifies the particle's aspect ratio instead.
 |-
 |<code>POFS</code>

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 |Particle
 |<code>float3</code>
-|View-aligned particle offset
+|Particle offset
-|Vector to translate particle instance after view-alignment
+|Vector to translate particle instance within system
 |-
 |<code>COLR</code>

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 === Sphere Emitter (<code>SPHE</code>) ===
-The *sphere emitter* randomly evaluates a point on a sphere of specified
+The ''sphere emitter'' randomly evaluates a point on a sphere of specified
 offset-vector and radius. The velocity vector is computed from the sphere's
 normal and scaled by a specified amount.