Creating smoke on the battle field

[PRiME 1]

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 0]

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 0]

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.