Sandstorm Particle Engine

Sandstorm

Bedrock/Snowstorm compatible particle engine but for fabric, java – using polymer for packet-based display entities

Use the webapp snowstorm.app (or VSCode extension or app from Microsoft Store) to create particle effects.

WIP™

Command

/sandstorm <effect> [position]

Adding effects

Custom effects can be added by placing the particle json files from snowstorm in config/sandstorm/particles

Component implementation

🟢 = Fully implemented
🟠 = Partially implemented
🔴 = Not implemented

Emitter:

• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_initialization
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_lifetime_looping
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_lifetime_once
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_shape_disc
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_shape_box
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_shape_point
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_shape_sphere
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_rate_instant
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_rate_steady
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_rate_manual
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_shape_custom
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_lifetime_expression
• 🟢 minecraft:emitter_lifetime_events
• 🔴 minecraft:emitter_shape_entity_aabb
• 🔴 minecraft:emitter_local_space

Particle:

• 🟢 minecraft:particle_initial_speed
• 🟢 minecraft:particle_initial_spin
• 🟢 minecraft:particle_lifetime_expression
• 🟢 minecraft:particle_motion_collision
• 🟢 minecraft:particle_motion_dynamic
• 🟢 minecraft:particle_motion_parametric
• 🟠 minecraft:particle_appearance_billboard
• 🟢 minecraft:particle_appearance_lighting
• 🟢 minecraft:particle_appearance_tinting
• 🟢 minecraft:particle_expire_if_in_blocks
• 🟢 minecraft:particle_expire_if_not_in_blocks
• 🟢 minecraft:particle_lifetime_events
• 🔴 minecraft:particle_kill_plane

Issues

• Very "long" numbers can’t be parsed by the molang compiler (Ex: 0.4398741874364278346234372)
• Transparency is not supported yet (switch to text display entities?)
• Molang expression support for UV mappings is limited due to resource-pack limitations in minecraft java edition
• No support for bezier_curve-type curves