Prototype/Particle

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Template:Prototype parent An entity with a limited lifetime that can use trigger effects

Mandatory properties

This prototype inherits all the properties from PrototypeBase.

Template:Prototype property Picture variation count and individual frame count must be equal to shadow variation count.

Template:Prototype property Can't be 1.

Optional properties

Template:Prototype property Shadow variation variation count and individual frame count must be equal to picture variation count.

Template:Prototype property Can't be 1.

Template:Prototype property Has to be >= -0.01 and <= 0.01.

Template:Prototype property Defaults to life_time / 5, but at most 60. If this is 0, it is silently changed to 1.