Alchemy Nodes

Overview

Properties

These are the list of known properties used in alchemy node archetypes.

Name	Type	Description
Node_Name	String	Archetype name. Mandatory property.
Node_LifeSpan	Float	Node lifespan. Mandatory property.
Node_Transform	Transform	Node transform. Mandatory property.
Node_ClassName	String	Unused.
Emitter_LODCurve	Animated float	Emitter LOD bias curve.
Emitter_InitialParticles	Integer	Number of particles spawned initially.
Emitter_Frequency	Animated curve	Particle sawn rate/frequency (units per second).
Emitter_MaxParticles	Animated curve	Maximum particles allowed.
Emitter_EmitCount	Animated curve	Unknown.
Emitter_InitialLifeSpan	Animated curve	Particle lifespan assigned when generated.
Emitter_Pressure	Animated curve	Initial velocity. Must be above 0 for some particles to be visible.
Emitter_VelocityApproach	Animated curve	Inherits velocity of parent object.
CubeEmitter_Width	Animated curve	FxCubeEmitter width.
CubeEmitter_Height	Animated curve	FxCubeEmitter height.
CubeEmitter_Depth	Animated curve	FxCubeEmitter depth.
CubeEmitter_MinSpread	Animated curve	FxCubeEmitter minimum spread angle.
CubeEmitter_MaxSpread	Animated curve	FxCubeEmitter maximum spread angle.
SphereEmitter_MinRadius	Animated curve	FxSphereEmitter inner radius (hollow).
SphereEmitter_MaxRadius	Animated curve	FxSphereEmitter outer radius.
ConeEmitter_MinRadius	Animated curve	FxConeEmitter inner radius (hollow).
ConeEmitter_MaxRadius	Animated curve	FxConeEmitter outer radius.
ConeEmitter_MinSpread	Animated curve	FxConeEmitter minimum spread angle.
ConeEmitter_MaxSpread	Animated curve	FxConeEmitter maximum spread angle.
Appearance_LODCurve	Animated float	Appearance LOD bias curve.
BasicApp_TriTexture	Boolean	Use triangle mesh.
BasicApp_QuadTexture	Boolean	Use quad mesh.
BasicApp_MotionBlur	Boolean	Applies motion blur for non-textured appearances.
BasicApp_Color	Animated color	Color tint animation.
BasicApp_Alpha	Animated float	Color alpha animation.
BasicApp_Size	Animated float	Mesh size.
BasicApp_HtoVAspect	Animated float	Horizontal to vertical aspect ratio.
BasicApp_Rotate	Animated float	Rotation animation. Ignored when MotionBlur is enabled.
BasicApp_TexName	String	Texture name.
BasicApp_BlendInfo	Color blending	Color blending mode.
BasicApp_UseCommonTexFrame	Boolean	Use common texture animation.
BasicApp_TexFrame	Animated float	Individual particle texture animation.
BasicApp_CommonTexFrame	Animated curve	Common node texture animation.
BasicApp_FlipTexU	Boolean	Flip texture horizontally.
BasicApp_FlipTexV	Boolean	Flip texture vertically.
OrientedApp_Width	Animated float
OrientedApp_Height	Animated float
RectApp_CenterOnPos	Boolean
RectApp_ViewingAngleFade	Boolean	Sprite fades out at steep viewing angle.
RectApp_Scale	Animated float
RectApp_Length	Animated float
RectApp_Width	Animated float
BeamApp_DisablePlaceHolder	Boolean
BeamApp_DupeFirstParticle	Boolean
BeamApp_LineAppearance	Boolean
ParticleApp_LifeName	String	Refers to effect name displayed during lifespan.
ParticleApp_DeathName	String	Refers to effect name displayed at the end.
ParticleApp_UseDynamicRotation	Boolean	Applies transformation from this node.
ParticleApp_SmoothRotation	Boolean
MeshApp_MeshId	Integer	Unknown. Mesh FLCRC? Mesh group start index?
MeshApp_MeshName	String	Unknown
MeshApp_UseParticleTransform	Boolean	Enables individual particle transform?
MeshApp_ParticleTransform	Transform	Individual particle transform?
RadialField_Approach	Animated curve
RadialField_Attenuation	Animated float
RadialField_Magnitude	Animated curve
RadialField_Radius	Animated curve
CollideField_Height	Animated curve
CollideField_Reflectivity	Animated curve
CollideField_Width	Animated curve
AirField_Approach	Animated curve
AirField_Magnitude	Animated curve
GravityField_Gravity	Animated curve
TurbulenceField_Approach	Animated curve
TurbulenceField_Magnitude	Animated curve
0x1C65B7B9	Boolean	Duplicate of BeamApp_LineAppearance.
0x0BA0B3BB	Transform	Unknown.
0x03503B61	Boolean	Unknown.
0x0ABE0402	Boolean	Unknown.
0xE63AA248	Animated curve	Unknown.

• ❔ 0xE63AA248 type appears in some FLDustField nodes.
• ❔ 0x0BA0B3BB, 0x03503B61 and 0x0ABE0402 types appear in tail.app (FLBeamAppearance) of gf_tradelaneship01.ale.
• BasicApp_CommonTexFrame can animate textures with multiple sub-textures (i.e. texture count > 1) while BasicApp_TexFrame cannot (will default to last texture). Frame rate property is ignored and depends on playback is controlled by the curve (0.0 - first frame, 1.0 - last frame).

Nodes

• "FL" prefix in some names is not a typo.

FxNode

Can be used to group multiple nodes for transformations.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform

FxCubeEmitter

Cube volume emitter.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• Emitter_LODCurve
• Emitter_InitialParticles
• Emitter_Frequency
• Emitter_MaxParticles
• Emitter_EmitCount
• Emitter_InitLifeSpan
• Emitter_Pressure
• Emitter_VelocityApproach
• CubeEmitter_Width
• CubeEmitter_Depth
• CubeEmitter_Height
• CubeEmitter_MinSpread
• CubeEmitter_MaxSpread

FxSphereEmitter

Sphere volume emitter.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• Emitter_LODCurve
• Emitter_InitialParticles
• Emitter_Frequency
• Emitter_MaxParticles
• Emitter_EmitCount
• Emitter_InitLifeSpan
• Emitter_Pressure
• Emitter_VelocityApproach
• SphereEmitter_MinRadius
• SphereEmitter_MaxRadius

FxConeEmitter

Cone volume emitter.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• Emitter_LODCurve
• Emitter_InitialParticles
• Emitter_Frequency
• Emitter_MaxParticles
• Emitter_EmitCount
• Emitter_InitLifeSpan
• Emitter_Pressure
• Emitter_VelocityApproach
• ConeEmitter_MinRadius
• ConeEmitter_MaxRadius
• ConeEmitter_MinSpread
• ConeEmitter_MaxSpread

FxBasicAppearance

Simple camera-facing billboard sprite.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• Appearance_LODCurve
• BasicApp_TriTexture
• BasicApp_QuadTexture
• BasicApp_MotionBlur
• BasicApp_Color
• BasicApp_Alpha
• BasicApp_Size
• BasicApp_HToVAspect
• BasicApp_Rotate
• BasicApp_TexName
• BasicApp_BlendInfo
• BasicApp_UseCommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_TexFrame
• BasicApp_CommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_FlipTexU
• BasicApp_FlipTexV

FxRectAppearance

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• Appearance_LODCurve
• BasicApp_MotionBlur
• RectApp_CenterOnPos
• RectApp_ViewingAngleFade
• BasicApp_Color
• BasicApp_Alpha
• RectApp_Scale
• RectApp_Length
• RectApp_Width
• BasicApp_TexName
• BasicApp_BlendInfo
• BasicApp_UseCommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_TexFrame
• BasicApp_CommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_FlipTexU
• BasicApp_FlipTexV

FxOrientedAppearance

Flat sprite with orientation unaffected by particle direction.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• Appearance_LODCurve
• RectApp_ViewingAngleFade
• OrientedApp_Width
• OrientedApp_Height
• BasicApp_Color
• BasicApp_Alpha
• BasicApp_TexName
• BasicApp_BlendInfo
• BasicApp_UseCommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_TexFrame
• BasicApp_CommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_FlipTexU
• BasicApp_FlipTexV

FxPerpAppearance

Billboard sprite facing perpendicular to its particle direction.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• Appearance_LODCurve
• RectApp_ViewingAngleFade
• BasicApp_Color
• BasicApp_Alpha
• BasicApp_Size
• BasicApp_TexName
• BasicApp_BlendInfo
• BasicApp_UseCommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_TexFrame
• BasicApp_CommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_FlipTexU
• BasicApp_FlipTexV

FLBeamAppearance

Crossing rect appearances forming line segments from particles.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• Appearance_LODCurve
• BasicApp_Color
• BasicApp_Alpha
• RectApp_Scale
• RectApp_Width
• BasicApp_TexName
• BasicApp_BlendInfo
• BasicApp_UseCommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_TexFrame
• BasicApp_CommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_FlipTexU
• BasicApp_FlipTexV
• BeamApp_DisablePlaceHolder
• BeamApp_DupeFirstParticle
• BeamApp_LineAppearance

FLDustAppearance

Billboard sprite which changes transparency with camera motion: when idle sprites are transparent and gain opacity as camera either moves or rotates.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• BasicApp_Color
• BasicApp_Alpha
• BasicApp_Size
• BasicApp_TexName
• BasicApp_BlendInfo
• BasicApp_UseCommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_TexFrame
• BasicApp_CommonTexFrame
• BasicApp_FlipTexU
• BasicApp_FlipTexV

FxParticleAppearance

Appearance which uses other effects in same .ale to visualize. When alive particles will play effect referenced in ParticleApp_LifeName and play ParticleApp_DeathName once expired. ParticleApp_UseDynamicRotation will apply rotation from particle orientation. ParticleApp_SmoothRotation toggles spherical linear interpolation for rotation motion.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• ParticleApp_LifeName
• ParticleApp_DeathName
• ParticleApp_UseDynamicRotation
• ParticleApp_SmoothRotation

FxMeshAppearance

❗ Does not work.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• MeshApp_MeshId
• MeshApp_MeshName
• MeshApp_UseParticleTransform
• MeshApp_ParticleTransform

FxRadialField

Attractor/reflector field.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• RadialField_Radius
• RadialField_Attenuation
• RadialField_Magnitude
• RadialField_Approach

FxGravityField

Accelerates particles. Use Node_Transform rotation to change direction.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• GravityField_Gravity

FxCollideField

Creates flat surface reflection field.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• CollideField_Reflectivity
• CollideField_Width
• CollideField_Height

FxTurbulenceField

Randomly shake particles.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• TurbulenceField_Magnitude
• TurbulenceField_Approach

FxAirField

Overwrites particle velocity.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• AirField_Magnitude
• AirField_Approach

FLDustField

Keeps particles visualized within its sphere volume only.

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform
• SphereEmitter_MaxRadius

FLBeamField

• Node_Name
• Node_LifeSpan
• Node_Transform