// 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 = 100//DAS 1.5

// random additional lifetime
particleLifetimeVariance = 0

// particle size
particleSize = .48
particleStartSize = 0

// random additional size
particleSizeVariance = 0

// particle velocity
particleVelocity = 0.05//DAS 0

// random additional velocity
particleVelocityVariance = 0.0

// these value dictate the range in which a random angular velocity is chosen
particleAngularVelocityMin = -0.15
particleAngularVelocityMax = 0.15

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

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

// time between particle creation
launchPeriod = .1

// radius of particle creation area
launchRadius = 2

// delay before first particle launch
launchDelay = 0.0

// rate at which particles slow
friction =  6//DAS 10

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

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

// rotate particles to random but fixed orientation
rotate = 1//DAS ADDED

// establish the color transition for the lifetime of this particle
particleColor0 =  .3 .7 .3//DAS .7 .7 .7
particleColor1 =  .4 .6 .425//DAS 0.5 0.5 0.425
particleColor2 = .05 .08 .01//DAS 0 0 0

// modifies the playback speed
speedModifier = 8//DAS 1.0

// establish a consistent seed
randomSeed = 10

// also fire these dependent particle systems
dependentParticleSystems = "khanBG2_Batt"  "psexplosion_5" "psexplosion_4" "psexplosion_6" "shocklight_borg_Batt" "roidchunks_Batt_lrg1" "GREENshockwave_Batt_P" "borg_glow_Batt"     

//TURNED OFF= "sparksborg_Batt" "impact_torpborg_Batt" "nova_dustborg_Batt"

timetofadeout= 10//DAS .7 