glow

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Glow tags are used to create a particle-based glowing plasma effect.

This effect does not render on first person models.

Structure and fields

Field Type Comments

attachment marker TagString

number of particles uint16

boundary effect enum

Option	Value	Comments
bounce	`0x0`
wrap	`0x1`

normal particle distribution enum

Option	Value	Comments
distributed randomly	`0x0`
distributed uniformly	`0x1`

trailing particle distribution enum

Option	Value	Comments
emit vertically	`0x0`
emit normal up	`0x1`
emit randomly	`0x2`

glow flags bitfield

Flag	Mask	Comments
modify particle color in range	`0x1`
particles move backwards	`0x2`
partices move in both directions	`0x4`
trailing particles fade over time	`0x8`
trailing particles shrink over time	`0x10`
trailing particles slow over time	`0x20`

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enum

Shifted by one

Option	Value	Comments
none	`0x0`
a out	`0x1`
b out	`0x2`
c out	`0x3`
d out	`0x4`

particle rotational velocity float

particle rot vel mul low float

particle rot vel mul high float

attachment 1

enum^?

Shifted by one

effect rotational velocity float

effect rot vel mul low float

effect rot vel mul high float

attachment 2

enum^?

Shifted by one

effect translational velocity float

effect trans vel mul low float

effect trans vel mul high float

attachment 3

enum^?

Shifted by one

min distance particle to object float

max distance particle to object float

distance to object mul low float

distance to object mul high float

attachment 4

enum^?

Shifted by one

particle size bounds

Bounds

Unit: world units

Field	Type	Comments
min	`float`
max	`float`

size attachment multiplier Bounds^?

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enum^?

Shifted by one

color bound 0 ColorARGB

Field	Type	Comments
alpha	`float`
red	`float`
green	`float`
blue	`float`

color bound 1 ColorARGB^?

scale color 0 ColorARGB^?

scale color 1 ColorARGB^?

color rate of change float

fading percentage of glow float

particle generation freq

float

Unit: Hz

lifetime of trailing particles

float

Unit: seconds

velocity of trailing particles

float

Unit: world units per second

trailing particle minimum t float

trailing particle maximum t float

texture TagDependency: bitmap

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the following individuals for their research or contributions to this topic:

Kavawuvi (Invader tag definitions)
MosesOfEgypt (Tag structure research)