EvilEngine/PARP

PARP
Particle Emitter Property
Type	Base
Base Type	0x2E
Games used	Battle for Bikini Bottom The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Rise of the Underminer Ratatouille Prototype
Source code	xParEmitter.h

A Particle Emitter Property asset contains settings for particles created by a Particle Emitter.

Format

A Particle Emitter Property asset describes how a particle changes over its lifetime, such as its color, size, and velocity. Each of these properties are defined by an xParInterp struct:

struct xParInterp
{
    float val[2];
    unsigned int interp;
    float freq;
    float oofreq;
};

• val is an array of 2 floats. The 1st float is the start value of the interpolation, and the 2nd float is the end value.
• interp is the interpolation mode, which determines how the current value of the interpolation is computed over time:
  • ConstA (0 or 0x48e48e7a) - Always the start value.
  • ConstB (1 or 0x48e48e7b) - Always the end value.
  • Random (2 or 0x0fe111bf) - A new random value between the start and end value, refreshed every freq seconds.
  • Linear (3 or 0xb7353b79) - A value between the start and end value, found by using linear interpolation.
  • Sine (4 or 0x0b326f01) - A value between the start and end value, found by using sine interpolation.
  • Cosine (5 or 0x498d7119) - A value between the start and end value, found by using cosine interpolation.
  • Time (unused, 6) - The current time of the interpolation.
  • Step (7 or 0x0b354bd4) - The start value until time*freq >= 0.5, then the end value.
• freq is the frequency of the interpolation when using Random, Linear, or Step mode.
• oofreq is the frequency of the interpolation when using Sine or Cosine mode.

The actual asset is defined by an xParEmitterPropsAsset struct, which inherits xBaseAsset (Object Asset):

struct xParEmitterPropsAsset : xBaseAsset
{
    unsigned int parSysID;

    // This union is so that you can either access each xParInterp individually,
    // or as an "array" of xParInterps
    // value is length 1 but you'd access it as if it were a length 14 array
    // (rate is index 0, life is index 1, etc... vel_angle is index 13)
    union
    {
        xParInterp rate;
        xParInterp value[1];
    };

    xParInterp life;
    xParInterp size_birth;
    xParInterp size_death;
    xParInterp color_birth[4];
    xParInterp color_death[4];
    xParInterp vel_scale;
    xParInterp vel_angle;
    xVec3 vel;
    unsigned int emit_limit;
    float emit_limit_reset_time;
};

• parSysID is the ID of the Particle System that the Particle Emitter should use.
• rate is how many times per second a particle is emitted.
• life is the lifetime in seconds of a particle.
• size_birth is the start size in units of a particle.
• size_death is the end size in units of a particle.
• color_birth is the start color of a particle (red, green, blue, and alpha).
• color_death is the end color of a particle (red, green, blue, and alpha).
• vel_scale is unknown/unused (all set to 0).
• vel_angle is unknown/unused (all set to 0).
• vel is unknown/unused (all set to 0).
• emit_limit is always -1.
• emit_limit_reset_time is unknown (usually set to 0 but sometimes not).

At the end of the xParEmitterPropsAsset is a list of Links.

Events

Particle Emitter Property has no events.