Dyanmic particle scaling?

Hi,

I'm working on a flamethrower and would like to scale up the fire particles as they leave the nozzle and disperse into the air. Is there a way to actually do that? I've tried messing around with all of these values and nothing seems to give me what I need:

mDirDev=(X=0.200000,Y=0.200000,Z=0.200000)
mSpeedRange(0)=2.000000
mSpeedRange(1)=15.000000
mMassRange(0)=-0.010000
mMassRange(1)=-0.080000
mRandOrient=True
mSizeRange(0)=10.000000
mSizeRange(1)=20.000000
mColorRange(0)=(B=45,G=45,R=60)
mColorRange(1)=(B=65,G=65,R=100)
Physics=PHYS_Trailer
Skins(0)=Texture'EmitterTextures.MultiFrame.LargeF lames'
ScaleGlow=2.000000
Style=STY_Translucent

mLifeRange(0)=0.300000
mLifeRange(1)=0.300000
mRegenRange(0)=200.000000
mRegenRange(1)=200.000000
mPosDev=(X=3.000000,Y=3.000000,Z=3.000000)
mGrowthRate=1.000000
mAttenKa=0.500000
mNumTileColumns=4
mNumTileRows=4
AmbientSound=Sound'GeneralAmbience.firefx11'
LifeSpan=0.400000

I would have assumed that mGrowthRate would have taken care of that but it just seems to scale them up instantaneously...is there a way to extend or delay the rate of the growth?

[Xyx]

Ugh... xEmitters. You sure you can't use Emitters? For those it'd be easy... but of course there are some things xEmitters can do that Emitters can't.

I'd think mGrowthRate does what you want, but perhaps it needs to be used in combination with another variable that determines the time period in which the particle grows or something.

You could browse the various subclasses of xEmitter and see if you can find one that does what you want, then see how it's done.

[shadinio]

Alright, thanks! I'll give emitters a chance and see what happens!