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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

FieldTypeComments
attachment markerTagString
number of particlesuint16
boundary effectenum
OptionValueComments
bounce0x0
wrap0x1
normal particle distributionenum
OptionValueComments
distributed randomly0x0
distributed uniformly0x1
trailing particle distributionenum
OptionValueComments
emit vertically0x0
emit normal up0x1
emit randomly0x2
glow flagsbitfield
FlagMaskComments
modify particle color in range0x1
particles move backwards0x2
partices move in both directions0x4
trailing particles fade over time0x8
trailing particles shrink over time0x10
trailing particles slow over time0x20
attachment 0enum
  • Shifted by one
OptionValueComments
none0x0
a out0x1
b out0x2
c out0x3
d out0x4
particle rotational velocityfloat
particle rot vel mul lowfloat
particle rot vel mul highfloat
attachment 1enum?
  • Shifted by one
effect rotational velocityfloat
effect rot vel mul lowfloat
effect rot vel mul highfloat
attachment 2enum?
  • Shifted by one
effect translational velocityfloat
effect trans vel mul lowfloat
effect trans vel mul highfloat
attachment 3enum?
  • Shifted by one
min distance particle to objectfloat
max distance particle to objectfloat
distance to object mul lowfloat
distance to object mul highfloat
attachment 4enum?
  • Shifted by one
particle size boundsBounds
  • Unit: world units
FieldTypeComments
minfloat
maxfloat
size attachment multiplierBounds?
attachment 5enum?
  • Shifted by one
color bound 0ColorARGB
FieldTypeComments
alphafloat
redfloat
greenfloat
bluefloat
color bound 1ColorARGB?
scale color 0ColorARGB?
scale color 1ColorARGB?
color rate of changefloat
fading percentage of glowfloat
particle generation freqfloat
  • Unit: Hz
lifetime of trailing particlesfloat
  • Unit: seconds
velocity of trailing particlesfloat
  • Unit: world units per second
trailing particle minimum tfloat
trailing particle maximum tfloat
textureTagDependency: bitmap

Acknowledgements

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

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