XML/Splash particle

Splash particle systems are most commonly used to create special effects from a unit being attacked.

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<splash-particle-system>
                                     <!-- An optional texture used for each particle (what does luminance do exactly?) -->
    <texture value="true|false" path=".../texture_name.bmp" luminance="true"/>
                                     <!-- An optional model used, uhhh, maybe... does this work? -->
    <model value="true|false" path=".../model_name.g3d"/>
    <primitive value="quad|line"/>   <!-- hmmm? -->
    <offset x="0" y="0" z="0"/>      <!-- ??? -->
                                     <!-- Colors at epicentre (specifically of a particle when it's first created) -->
    <color red="0.0" green="0.0" blue="1.0" alpha="0.5" />
                                     <!-- Colors at edge (specifically, the color the particle will become when it runs
                                          out of energy) -->
    <color-no-energy red="1.0" green="1.0" blue="1.0" alpha="0.0" />
    <size value="1" />               <!-- Particle start size (center) -->
    <size-no-energy value="2" />     <!-- Ending particle size -->
    <speed value="5" />              <!-- The Maximum Radius of the explosion -->
    <gravity value="0"/>             <!-- Gravity effects -->
    <emission-rate value="20" />     <!-- How many particles are emitted -->
    <energy-max value="30" />        <!-- Energy -->
    <energy-var value="10" />        <!-- Variation -->
    <emission-rate-fade value="1"/>  <!-- Particles last longer with a lower number / disappear quicker with a higher
                                          number -->
    <vertical-spread a="0" b="0"/>   <!-- Direction splash goes after hitting -->
    <horizontal-spread a="1" b="0"/> <!-- Direction splash goes after hitting -->
</splash-particle-system>

Clarifications: The energy value is actually the number of server frames (40 per second) the particle will be "alive." As the particle reaches it's end of life, the color will transition from the value specified by <color> to the value specified by <color-no-energy>. Similarly, the size of each particle starts out the value specified by <size> and gradually decreases to <size-no-energy> as it runs out of energy. (And please do correct any of this if you find it to be inaccurate.)

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