Every thing is based on a template. A template can have the following params.
| Param Name | Value Type | Unit | Description
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| aiclass | filename | | The .ai file that a thing uses.
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| airdrag | flex | | Amount of drag a thing has with respect to air.
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| angvel | vector | degrees/second | [Form: (pitch/yaw/roll)] The speed and direction in which a thing spins.
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| attach | ? | ? | Unknown, but found with the other params in the exe.
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| blasttime | flex | seconds | Duration of an explosion.
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| buoyancy | flex | | The floating ability of a thing. Positive values makes the thing sink, negative values make it float. Guessing it would be gravity precentage if the thing is in water.
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| chance | flex | percent | Chance that the dark jedi will block with his saber.
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| cog | filename | | The .cog file that a thing uses.
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| collide | int | | Collide type.
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| count | int | | The amount of sprites that a thing produces.
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| creatething | template | | Create an additional thing with this template.
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| damage | flex | | Base amount of damage a thing inflicts.
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| damageclass | int | | Type of damage a thing inflicts.
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| debris | template | | Create an additional thing with this template.
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| elementsize | flex | jku | Distance between each trailthing.
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| error | flex | percent | Chance of aiming error.
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| explode | template | | When thing hits a surface, create another thing with this template.
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| eyeoffset | vector | jku | The offset from an actor's or player's position where its eyes are.
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| fireoffset | vector | jku | The offset from thing's position where a projectile is created. (Only used with actor?)
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| flashrgb | vector | RGB | [Form: Red/Green/Blue] Color of a flash produced by a thing. (Only used with explosion?)
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| fleshhit | template | | When thing hits an actor or player, create another thing with this template.
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| force | flex | | The force of a thing's impact.
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| fov | flex | degrees | Field Of Vision. Range of vision from left to right that an actor or player can see at once.
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| frame | offset_pyr | jku:degrees | [Form: (x/y/z:p/y/r)] Used in the Things Section, yet found with the other params in the exe, so it might work as a param, too.
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| health | flex | | The starting health of a thing.
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| height | flex | jku | The distance a thing is placed from the surface to which it is attached. If movesize is smaller than height when thing attaches, then thing will initially attach at movesize distance from surface, and then move away from surface until it reaches the height.
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| jumpspeed | flex | 0.1 jku/second | The speed at which an actor or player can jump.
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| light | flex | | Amount of light a thing gives off.
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| lightintensity | flex | | The intensity of a player's field light.
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| lightoffset | vector | jku | The offset from the player's position where light is created.
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| mass | flex | | Thing's mass.
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| material | filename | | The .mat file that a thing uses. (Only used with particle?)
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| maxheadpitch | flex | degrees | The highest an actor or player can look up.
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| maxhealth | flex | | The maximum amount of health an actor or player can get.
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| maxlight | flex | | Maximum light a thing can give off.
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| maxrotthrust | flex | jku/second? | Maximum rotational thrust?
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| maxrotvel | flex | jku/second? | Maximum rotational speed. The fastest that an actor or player can turn around.
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| maxthrust | flex | 0.1 jku/second | Maximum thrust?
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| maxvel | flex | 0.1 jku/second | Maximum speed. It's the fastest an actor or player can move in a straight line.
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| mindamage | flex | | The minimum damage a thing can inflict.
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| minheadpitch | flex | degrees | The lowest an actor or player can look down.
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| minsize | flex | | Minimum size that a particle can be.
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| model3d | filename | | The thing shows up as a 3DO (3D Object) defined in a .3do file.
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| move | none|path|physics | | The movement type for a thing.
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| movesize | flex | jku | The size of the collide sphere when thing is moving.
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| numframes | int | | Used in the things section, yet found with the other params in the exe, so it might work as a param, too.
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| orient | vector | degrees | [Form: (p/y/r)] Orientation of a thing when created.
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| orientspeed | ? | ? | Unknown, but found with the other params in the exe.
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| particle | filename | | The .par file that a thing uses.
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| physflags | int | | Physics flags.
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| points | ? | | Unknown, but found with the other params in the exe.
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| pitchrange | flex | degrees? | The vertical range in which a particle is shown.
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| puppet | filename | | The .pup file used by a thing.
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| range | flex | jku? | The maximum range that a particle will spread before disappearing.
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| rate | flex | seconds | Rate of creation.
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| respawn | flex | seconds | The time before a thing respawns. (Only used with item?)
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| size | flex | jku | Collide size of a thing when not moving.
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| soundclass | filename | | The .snd file a thing uses.
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| sprite | filename | | The thing shows up as a sprite (2D image), defined by a .spr file.
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| staticdrag | flex | | Amount of drag a thing has with respect to sector thrust?
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| surfdrag | flex | | Amount of drag a thing has with respect to surfaces?
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| thingflags | int | | Thing flags.
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| timer | flex | seconds | Time before thing is destroyed. Also known as "life left".
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| trailcylradius | flex | jku? | Possibly the radius of the trailing thing or the radius of a cylinder in which the trailing thing is created. Used in +force_lightning template in LEC levels.
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| trailrandangle | flex | degrees? | Randomizes the aim of a trailing thing.
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| trailthing | flex | | Creates a trailing thing for a projectile.
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| type | int | | The type of thing created. Each type has its own default template params and which params are used or ignored by engine.
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| typeflags | int | | Type flags. The type determines what these flags mean. See Actor Flags, Explosion Flags, Item Flags, Particle Flags, Weapon Flags
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| vel | vector | 0.1 jku/second | A thing's velocity.
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| weapon | template | | Template of the primary weapon an actor uses.
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| weapon2 | template | | Template of the secondary weapon an actor uses.
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| yawrange | flex | degrees? | The horizontal range in which a particle is shown.
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