Help needed for new scripter

I am HOOKED on particles right now. I love making "poofers" for myself. BUT, I would like to be able to put more than one picture in per poofer. Like I have an idea for a gem poofer, but with just one gem it looks kind of boring LOL! So, how would I add more "POW" to my poofers? Also, every time I try to add a keyword to it, to turn it off or on, it messes up the whole shebang. Don't let my creation age fool ya. I've only been ACTIVE for the last 3 weeks LOL

Particles are a prim property so each prim can have exactly one particle effect active at the same time. with one particle image.

You have two options:

a) use a fast timer to trigger new particle effects with different textures.

b) use multiple prims and scripts to toggle several emitters at the same time that use different graphics.

can they all be coded with the same trigger word?
And thank you so much for the fast reply!

Generally, to keep the lag down, you use one listen for the "trigger word" and then use a link message to communicate with the other prims in the object.

The main script has:
llListen(3,"",llGetOwner(),"triggerword";
in it's state_entry() eventt

And in the listen(...) event:
llMessageLinked(LINK_ALL_OTHERS,0,"","go";
together with your particle effect.

In the other prims is a script with the link_message(...) event which triggers your particle effect.

I have made something similar.

The solution is to make the llParticleSystem() call subject to a llSetTimerEvent(), at very fast intervals.

Immediately prior to the llParticleSystem() call, but still within the Timer() event, is where you make the necessary changes to PSYS_SRC_TEXTURE.

You could use a system of flags and counters, or llFrand() to determine which texture will populate PSYS_SRC_TEXTURE for a particular iteration.

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WOW! you guys really know your stuff! I hope to be able to write my own someday. Of coiurse, by that time, I'll have pulled all my hair out and will be a bald old woman sitting behind this desk hehe. Someone tolde me that particles was basically html on crack. now I believe them!

Hehe, that's one way to look at it