{"name":"setParticleClass","operator":null,"title":"setParticleClass","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setParticleClass","revid":369209,"updated":"2024-09-03T10:34:52Z","groups":["Particles"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":"global","effect":"local","server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Sets particle source parameters using existing particle config from `CfgCloudlets` class. Use setParticleParams subsequently if you need to overwrite some values.\n\n> [!IMPORTANT]\n> If `CfgCloudlets` class contains simple expressions, they will not be evaluated by this command, which might make the whole class unusable in script.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"source setParticleClass className","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"source","type":"Object","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"particle source","types":["Object"],"since":null,"text":"source: Object - particle source"},{"name":"className","type":"String","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"CfgCloudlets class","types":["String"],"since":null,"text":"className: String - CfgCloudlets class"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"source","types":["Object"]},"right":{"text":"className","types":["String"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_source01 = \"#particlesource\" createVehicleLocal _pos01;\n_source01 setParticleClass \"ObjectDestructionFire1Smallx\";\n_source01 attachTo [_object,[0,0,0]];\n```","code":["_source01 = \"#particlesource\" createVehicleLocal _pos01;\n_source01 setParticleClass \"ObjectDestructionFire1Smallx\";\n_source01 attachTo [_object,[0,0,0]];"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["Arma 3: Particle Effects","ParticleArray","setParticleParams","setParticleRandom","setParticleCircle","setParticleFire","setDropInterval","drop"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Particles","Introduced with Arma 3 version 0.50","Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands: Local Effect"]}