Creating smoke on the battle field

[PRiME]

Altho I can get the particle system to work is so darn complex I can't figure it out properly, even when I know what is what I still can't get much to happen except from what has already been done "flaming vehicles etc" What I would like to do is make small sized smoke particles shoot accross the ground in a medium sized strip and perhaps ramdom direction, The smoke clouds must be whiteish tho and they must also not stay around forever were as this other script I had the smoke clouds never went away.

Can anyone help me out?

[Novellus]

sample here.

mission.sqm

version=11;
class Mission
{
randomSeed=10377219;
class Intel
{
};
class Groups
{
items=1;
class Item0
{
side="WEST";
class Vehicles
{
items=1;
class Item0
{
position[]={6492.488281,148.160202,6379.062500};
azimut=140.000000;
id=0;
side="WEST";
vehicle="SoldierWB";
player="PLAYER COMMANDER";
leader=1;
skill=0.600000;
};
};
};
};
class Vehicles
{
items=1;
class Item0
{
position[]={6544.639648,142.824249,6319.040039};
azimut=140.000000;
id=1;
side="EMPTY";
vehicle="HeliH";
skill=0.600000;
text="target";
};
};
class Sensors
{
items=1;
class Item0
{
position[]={6410.239258,143.423920,6370.240234};
a=100.000000;
b=100.000000;
rectangular=1;
activationBy="WEST";
repeating=1;
age="UNKNOWN";
expActiv="[] exec ""HEAVYARTY.sqs""";
class Effects
{
};
};
};
};
class Intro
{
randomSeed=11694595;
class Intel
{
};
};
class OutroWin
{
randomSeed=4162051;
class Intel
{
};
};
class OutroLoose
{
randomSeed=14596099;
class Intel
{
};
};





put heavyarty.sqs in same directry

[GetPos Target,"SmokeShellRed",50,5,20,5,1,2,150] exec "g_arty.sqs"
EXIT




this g_arty.sqs too.

_coords = _this select 0
_ord =_this select 1
_height = _this select 2
_VolleyNr = _this select 5
_ShotNr =2
_vTime = _this select 5
_vTimeVar = _this select 6
_vTimeVol = _this select 5
_radius = _this select 8
_nr = 0
#loop
?(_nr > _Volleynr):goto "ende"
_volnr = 0
#volley
_volnr = _volnr + 1
_ord camCreate [(_coords select 0) + (random _radius) - (_radius / 2), (_coords select 1) + (random _radius) - (_radius / 2), _height]
?(_shotnr == 0):goto "avoid"
~(Random(_vTimeVol / _Shotnr))
goto "endrnd"
#avoid
~0.1
#endrnd
?(_volnr <= _Shotnr):goto "volley"
_nr = _nr + 1
~(_vtime + (Random _vTimeVar ))
goto "loop"
#ende

[T J]

prime, you can make a particle do anything. its well worth spending the time playing with each variable to get to know the particle array well.