// rate at which particle grows (or shrinks)
particleGrowthRate = 1.0//DAS .6

// regulates the particle growth rate
particleGrowthInterpolant = 1

// disable texture animation
enableTextureAnimation = 1//DAS 0

// randomize the start frame
// with texture animation disabled, this randomizes the texture
randomizeStartFrame = 0

// particle lifetime
particleLifetime = 40//DAS 1.5

// random additional lifetime
particleLifetimeVariance = 0

// particle size
particleSize = .48//DAS .48
particleStartSize = 0

// random additional size
particleSizeVariance = 0

// particle velocity
particleVelocity = 0.03//DAS 0

// random additional velocity
particleVelocityVariance = 0

// these value dictate the range in which a random angular velocity is chosen
particleAngularVelocityMin =  0
particleAngularVelocityMax =  0

// total number of particles that can exist at one time
maxParticles = 30//DAS 20

// number of particles spawned at every launch
burstAmount = 5//DAS 1

// time between particle creation
launchPeriod = 6//DAS .1

// delay before first particle launch
launchDelay = .2//DAS 0.0

// radius of particle creation area
launchRadius = 0//DAS 2

// rate at which particles slow
friction = 10//DAS 10

// total time during which new particles are created
lifetime = 6//DAS 1

// Sprite is selected randomly from this list on particle creation
spriteList =  "explosionb" //DAS "x_blast1"

// establish the color transition for the lifetime of this particle
particleColor0 = 1 1 1
particleColor1 = 0 0 0
particleColor2 = 0 0 0

// modifies the playback speed
speedModifier = 5//DAS 1.0

// establish a consistent seed
randomSeed = 10


dependentParticleSystems = "borg_glow_Cruz" "impact_torpborg_Cruz" "shocklight_borg_Cruz" "roidchunks_Cruz_lrg1" "GREENshockwave_Cruz" "sparksborg_Cruz" "borg_glow_Cruz" 

//TURNED OFF= "nova_dustborg_Cruz" "shockwaveborg_Cruz"   

// regulates the color change rate; only two colors can be specified when a color interplant is used
//pparticleColorInterpolant = 5 // fast ramp up

timetofadeout= 4//DAS .7 