Merge pull request #65040 from Calinou/doc-3d-particles-color

Document 3D particle color properties requiring vertex color as albedo

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/classes/CPUParticles3D.xml b/doc/classes/CPUParticles3D.xml
index 99fd0501fc..6b39c08b3f 100644
--- a/doc/classes/CPUParticles3D.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/CPUParticles3D.xml
@@ -123,13 +123,16 @@
 			Minimum particle animation speed.
 		</member>
 		<member name="color" type="Color" setter="set_color" getter="get_color" default="Color(1, 1, 1, 1)">
-			Each particle's initial color. To have particle display color in a [BaseMaterial3D] make sure to set [member BaseMaterial3D.vertex_color_use_as_albedo] to [code]true[/code].
+			Each particle's initial color.
+			[b]Note:[/b] [member color] multiplies the particle mesh's vertex colors. To have a visible effect on a [BaseMaterial3D], [member BaseMaterial3D.vertex_color_use_as_albedo] [i]must[/i] be [code]true[/code]. For a [ShaderMaterial], [code]ALBEDO *= COLOR.rgb;[/code] must be inserted in the shader's [code]fragment()[/code] function. Otherwise, [member color] will have no visible effect.
 		</member>
 		<member name="color_initial_ramp" type="Gradient" setter="set_color_initial_ramp" getter="get_color_initial_ramp">
 			Each particle's initial color will vary along this [GradientTexture1D] (multiplied with [member color]).
+			[b]Note:[/b] [member color_initial_ramp] multiplies the particle mesh's vertex colors. To have a visible effect on a [BaseMaterial3D], [member BaseMaterial3D.vertex_color_use_as_albedo] [i]must[/i] be [code]true[/code]. For a [ShaderMaterial], [code]ALBEDO *= COLOR.rgb;[/code] must be inserted in the shader's [code]fragment()[/code] function. Otherwise, [member color_initial_ramp] will have no visible effect.
 		</member>
 		<member name="color_ramp" type="Gradient" setter="set_color_ramp" getter="get_color_ramp">
 			Each particle's color will vary along this [GradientTexture1D] over its lifetime (multiplied with [member color]).
+			[b]Note:[/b] [member color_ramp] multiplies the particle mesh's vertex colors. To have a visible effect on a [BaseMaterial3D], [member BaseMaterial3D.vertex_color_use_as_albedo] [i]must[/i] be [code]true[/code]. For a [ShaderMaterial], [code]ALBEDO *= COLOR.rgb;[/code] must be inserted in the shader's [code]fragment()[/code] function. Otherwise, [member color_ramp] will have no visible effect.
 		</member>
 		<member name="damping_curve" type="Curve" setter="set_param_curve" getter="get_param_curve">
 			Damping will vary along this [Curve].
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@
 		</member>
 		<member name="emission_colors" type="PackedColorArray" setter="set_emission_colors" getter="get_emission_colors" default="PackedColorArray()">
 			Sets the [Color]s to modulate particles by when using [constant EMISSION_SHAPE_POINTS] or [constant EMISSION_SHAPE_DIRECTED_POINTS].
+			[b]Note:[/b] [member emission_colors] multiplies the particle mesh's vertex colors. To have a visible effect on a [BaseMaterial3D], [member BaseMaterial3D.vertex_color_use_as_albedo] [i]must[/i] be [code]true[/code]. For a [ShaderMaterial], [code]ALBEDO *= COLOR.rgb;[/code] must be inserted in the shader's [code]fragment()[/code] function. Otherwise, [member emission_colors] will have no visible effect.
 		</member>
 		<member name="emission_normals" type="PackedVector3Array" setter="set_emission_normals" getter="get_emission_normals">
 			Sets the direction the particles will be emitted in when using [constant EMISSION_SHAPE_DIRECTED_POINTS].