Affecting or changing the speed of an emitter

[Elvis Deane]

Those sparkles are pretty complex, so there are a number of things you’d need to do to slow the effect down. Since it’s a super emitter, there is an extra layer of properties to look at.

Below the graphs that say f-Life, f-Velocity, etc, you have a list of other graphs that just say Life, Velocity, Size, Weight, etc. Those are the overall controls of the particle types.

Lowering the Weight, Velocity and Motion Randomness, and increasing the Life will slow all the particles down and increase the amount of time they stay on screen. If you change those same properties on the top most layer of the emitter, it will only slow down the free emitters (the little rings that emit all the particles in a Super Emitter), rather than slowing down the particles themselves.

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Elvis Deane!
The particleIllusion FAQ
particleIllusion Resources and tutorial CD
Astounding Adventures

[Avidoom]

I see, thank you very much

I assume that this workaround applies to almost all emitters, its that correct?

[Elvis Deane]

It should work in most cases. If the particles are mostly animated by the Over Life graphs, then just increasing the Life should be enough to slow them down.

—
Elvis Deane!
The particleIllusion FAQ
particleIllusion Resources and tutorial CD
Astounding Adventures

[Avidoom]

Many thanks, I really appreciated your response