boat wash particles

Hi
Im trying to add boat wash particles to a boat project I am working on And I have searched everywhere in sl for examples of this so I can get an idea on how to script it but have been unlucky so far so I hope somone can point me in right direction here .I have been to ivory towers and I do already know how to make particles I am just looking for an example as a template.

thank you
Eazel

hmm, might be easier to use one large particle picture that repeats rapidly while the boat is moving. the PSYS_PART_FOLLOW_VELOCITY_MASK should make make the particle trail correctly as the boat moves/turns. i think that's the same method that footprint particles use. my quick search in the forum didn't find any results though. maybe the particle lab?

ill see what i can come up with i may have a few hidden in my 30k inv somewhere from when i made a few boats

Thank you that would be a help if you can find any .

And thank you Ruthven I will try that Ive also been experimenting with drop age and size and that works quite well because you get a nice spread as the wake gets longer. I think to really get it right im going to have to draw something in ps so when the wake spreads the particle it seperates into 2 wakes.

Any other ideas would be welcome .

JP Sample Ripple Script from The Particle Lab http://slurl.com/secondlife/Teal/180/74/21 may provide a starting point; most boats I've seen seem to use something based upon it;

// The BARE BONES Particle Script, Vers 4.0 - 10/23/2006 - Jopsy Pendragon
//        A sample script from the Particle Laboratory of Teal
// You may copy, mod, sell, spindle, mutilate this script as you please.
// If you distribute MOD derivatives of this script please include
// a mention of The Particle Lab of Teal in the comments.  Thanks! :)


default {
    state_entry() {
        llParticleSystem( [ 
           PSYS_SRC_TEXTURE, llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_TEXTURE, 0), 
           PSYS_PART_START_SCALE, <.2,.1, 0>,  PSYS_PART_END_SCALE, <.5,.2, 0>, 
           PSYS_PART_START_COLOR, <1,1,1>,       PSYS_PART_END_COLOR, <1,1,1>, 
           PSYS_PART_START_ALPHA, 1.0,            PSYS_PART_END_ALPHA, 1.0,     
         
           PSYS_SRC_BURST_PART_COUNT, 20, 
           PSYS_SRC_BURST_RATE,  0.4,  
           PSYS_PART_MAX_AGE, 2.0, 
           PSYS_SRC_MAX_AGE, 0.0,  
        
           PSYS_SRC_PATTERN, 4, // 1=DROP, 2=EXPLODE, 4=ANGLE, 8=ANGLE_CONE,
           PSYS_SRC_ACCEL, <0.0,0.0,0.0>,  
           
        // PSYS_SRC_BURST_RADIUS, 0.0,
           PSYS_SRC_BURST_SPEED_MIN, .5,   PSYS_SRC_BURST_SPEED_MAX, .5, 
        
           PSYS_SRC_ANGLE_BEGIN,  0.0*DEG_TO_RAD,        PSYS_SRC_ANGLE_END,  45.0 *DEG_TO_RAD,  
           PSYS_SRC_OMEGA, <0,0,0>, 
        
        // PSYS_SRC_TARGET_KEY,      llGetLinkKey(llGetLinkNum() + 1),       
              
           PSYS_PART_FLAGS, ( 0      
                                | PSYS_PART_INTERP_COLOR_MASK   
                                | PSYS_PART_INTERP_SCALE_MASK   
                                | PSYS_PART_EMISSIVE_MASK   
                                | PSYS_PART_FOLLOW_VELOCITY_MASK
                             // | PSYS_PART_WIND_MASK            
                             // | PSYS_PART_BOUNCE_MASK          
                             // | PSYS_PART_FOLLOW_SRC_MASK     
                             // | PSYS_PART_TARGET_POS_MASK     
                             // | PSYS_PART_TARGET_LINEAR_MASK    
            ) ]  );
    }
}

Hope this helps.