Trajectory Properties¶

The system has properties that allow you to create specific paths for particles to follow. These trajectory properties let you to have effects where particles move along routes, making shapes or traveling through set points in space.

TrajectorialVertices¶

Description: When this table has at least 1 Vector3 inside the table, the particles will attempt to move to the position of the Vector3, when there are multiple Vector3's in the table, the particles will move from the first, to the second, then back to the first, it will loop.
Default: {}

Example:

emitter:Create({ -- Particles will follow these points in space
    TrajectorialVertices = {
        Vector3.new(0, 0, 0),
        Vector3.new(10, 0, 0),
        Vector3.new(10, 10, 0),
        Vector3.new(0, 10, 0)
    }
})

TrajectorialSmoothening¶

Description: Controls how smooth the particles take corners around the Vector3's used in TrajectorialVertices, higher values will be more aggressive and snappy around corners, smaller values will be more soft and flowy around corners.
Default: 0.1

Example:

emitter:Create({ -- Particles will be slightly smooth around corners
    TrajectorialVertices = {
        Vector3.new(0, 0, 0),
        Vector3.new(5, 5, 5),
        Vector3.new(10, 0, 0)
    },
    TrajectorialSmoothening = 0.25
})

Using trajectorial vertices, you can make particles follow a set path, this can be used for lightning paired with Instability or shapes.