// rate at which particle grows (or shrinks)
particleGrowthRate = .6//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 = 80//DAS 1.5
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// random additional lifetime
particleLifetimeVariance = 0

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

// random additional size
particleSizeVariance =  0.1//DAS 0

// particle velocity
particleVelocity = .2//DAS 0

// random additional velocity
particleVelocityVariance = 0

// these value dictate the range in which a random angular velocity is chosen
particleAngularVelocityMin =  -1//DAS 0
particleAngularVelocityMax =  1//DAS 0

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

// number of particles spawned at every launch
burstAmount =  10//DAS 1

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

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

// delay before first particle launch
launchDelay =  0.0//.1//DAS 0.0

// rate at which particles slow
friction =  10

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

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

// establish the color transition for the lifetime of this particle
particleColor0 = .28 .66 .28//DAS .38 .36 .28
particleColor1 = .20 .53 .20//DAS .20 .33 .19
particleColor2 =  .05 .23 .04//DAS 0 0 0

 
dependentParticleSystems ="psexplosion_5" "psexplosion_6" "psexplosion_4" "shocklight_borg_Batt" "borg_glow_Batt" "roidchunks_Batt_md2" "GREENshockwave_Batt" 
 
// modifies the playback speed
speedModifier = 6//DAS 1.0

// randomize initial orientation
rotate = 1//DAS ADDED

// establish a consistent seed
randomSeed = 10
 
//TURNED OFF="shockwaveborg_Batt" "nova_dustborg_Batt" "sparksborg_Batt" 

timetofadeout= 6//DAS .7 
