What will the upcoming particle system be used for?

[Planr]

I had heard about a particle system of some sort being added to the game in the future;
What exactly would this be used for, and could we use it to add special effects to our ships/stations?

schema Calbiri

 

[hindos]

Sounds interesting. Although could you refer to where you heard this? If you remember

 

[Planr]

it was in the last several q&a livestreams with mushroomfleet and schema i believe

 

[der_scheme]

Particles can be used for explosions, engine jet streams, sparks, steam, fire, …
Yes, special effects for your builds should be at least theoretically possible.

 

[Lancake]

I think it will only be for functional blocks and weapon effects like der_scheme mentioned. I'm sure you could use it to your advantage to add some decoration to your ship, putting thrusters down so their sparks come out of a "vent". Exposing power blocks in a reactor to get those nice spark effects. This is all speculation though, I have no idea what effects will be added.

 

[Captain Tankman]

I'm still hoping for engine trails.
Or an option so you could trigger lights source blocks (lights, crystals, and so on) to leave a trail. Would look epic IMO

 

[Krazykat]

some far off and random idea i had for particles: Have it so when ship components such as power or shield blocks get damaged or destroyed they start to leave a trail of plasma or something, as if the ship is bleeding. Damaged ships would be more obvious to see and look much more epic in battles

 

[marcus87]

Nice and with the already implemented debris that would be even more epic :D

 

[Keptick]

I think that we should be able to add them to our ships ourselves. However, the total quatity/size of the effect that we are allocated should be directly proportional to the size of the system it's being added to. This basically means that a mini-ship couldn't completely blind everyone with a gigantic blast.