User:Toady Nakamura/Particle Sparkler Touch on off
Create your sparkler, probably a cylinder with a tiny sphere on top. Link the two with the tiny sphere on top as the root.
Place this script into the root.
<lsl> //SPARKLER 06/27/14 // Inspired by Jopsy Pendragon // Visit the Particle Lab at Teal Sim if you have never done so. // Modified by Toady Nakamura for classes
float life = 10.0; // time in seconds before sparkler burns out
updateParticles() { llParticleSystem([
PSYS_PART_FLAGS,
PSYS_PART_EMISSIVE_MASK // glow
| PSYS_PART_BOUNCE_MASK // don't go below emitter | PSYS_PART_INTERP_COLOR_MASK // change color | PSYS_PART_INTERP_SCALE_MASK // change size // | PSYS_PART_WIND_MASK // blow on wind // | PSYS_PART_FOLLOW_SRC_MASK // follow emitter or stay stuck (true?) | PSYS_PART_FOLLOW_VELOCITY_MASK// rotate towards where they're going // | PSYS_PART_TARGET_POS_MASK // for targetting particles
,// you need this comma
PSYS_PART_MAX_AGE, 1.75, // each sprite PSYS_PART_START_COLOR, < 0.9, 0.9, 1.0 >, PSYS_PART_END_COLOR, < 1.0, 0.8, 0.3 >, PSYS_PART_START_SCALE, < 0.05, 0.13, 0.0 >, PSYS_PART_END_SCALE, < 0.004, 0.009, 0.0 >, PSYS_SRC_PATTERN, PSYS_SRC_PATTERN_EXPLODE, // PSYS_SRC_PATTERN_EXPLODE (sends particles in all directions) // PSYS_SRC_PATTERN_DROP (ignores minSpeed and maxSpeed. Don't bother with count>1 ) // PSYS_SRC_PATTERN_ANGLE_CONE (set innerangle/outerange to make rings/cones of particles) // PSYS_SRC_PATTERN_ANGLE (set innerangle/outerangle to make flat fanshapes of particles) PSYS_SRC_BURST_RATE, 0.1, PSYS_SRC_ACCEL, < 0.0 , 0.0, -0.1>, PSYS_SRC_BURST_PART_COUNT, 8, PSYS_SRC_BURST_RADIUS, 0.0, PSYS_SRC_BURST_SPEED_MIN, 0.8, PSYS_SRC_BURST_SPEED_MAX, 1.2, //PSYS_SRC_TARGET_KEY, target, PSYS_SRC_INNERANGLE, PI, PSYS_SRC_OUTERANGLE, 0.0, PSYS_SRC_OMEGA, < 0, 0, 0 >, PSYS_SRC_MAX_AGE, life, //* PSYS_SRC_TEXTURE, "", PSYS_PART_START_ALPHA, 1.0, PSYS_PART_END_ALPHA, 0.0
]);
}
all_off() { llParticleSystem([ ]); // off particles llSetTimerEvent(0); // off time }
default {
state_entry() { all_off(); } touch_start(integer i) { updateParticles(); // touch to reset/turn on the particles llSetTimerEvent(life); // run timer just as long as particle life // to be sure they turn off } timer() { all_off(); }
}
//// NOTES
// if you wish to target owner, the target = llGetOwner(), // if you wish to target the prim itself, target = llGetKey(), // best to leave everything about targetting commented out unless it's in use.
</lsl>
Touch & it goes!