Smoke etc animations files location?

[The Real Bunc 136]

I've been trying to do some particle effects but Im finding the documentation not very clear re the location of the relevant files that I can use for particle animations.

In the documentation for examples of using billboard particles the files tend to be referenced as for example \Ca\Data\ParticleEffects\FireAndSmokeAnim\SmokeAnim.p3d

but this doesn't seem to work for arma 3. 

From another script I managed to use \A3\data_f\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal_02 which I found in another script and that works.

 

So I thought I'd look in the file structure of my Arma 3 installation and see what other Particle effects are there.

But I simply cant the find \A3\Data_f\  part of my installation and so I cant locate the files.

Is there a reference to the available particle billboards anywhere? Can anyone advise me how to find these files in my installation so I can see what is available?

Ive tried all the pages I can think of on the WIki but many of them ( including the particle templates ) seem out of date and look as if they have the wrong particle file references.

Any help at all would be very much appreciated!

[POLPOX 766]

The files in \A3\Data_f\ is located in addons\data_f.pbo, so look into it.

Not everything and just a rough memo, but you may find my sandbox thing is useful. -> here

 

Particle effects are usually located in data_f pbos.

[The Real Bunc 136]

Many thanks POLPOX I've now located it thanks to your advice. I was banging my head on the desk trying to find it!