Direction and Movement

FXMaster uses geometric direction degrees:

Direction	Degrees
East / Right	0°
North / Up	90°
West / Left	180°
South / Down	270°
Northeast	45°
Northwest	135°
Southwest	225°
Southeast	315°

The Preset API also accepts compass strings such as north, sw, left, or down.

Directional movement

Creature and ambient particles may expose a Directional Movement toggle. When disabled, the effect can use its natural wandering or procedural behavior. When enabled, direction, spread, and lateral movement shape the path.

• Direction establishes the main vector.
• Spread allows particles to deviate from that vector.
• Lateral Movement adds side-to-side variation without changing the destination direction.

Orbit

Orbit circulates particles around a focal area. Orbit Distance controls how far the path extends from the center. It is useful for Bats around a tower, Birds above a battlefield, Fireflies around a clearing, or Clouds around a focal point.

Synchronized direction

Compatible particles and filters include Synchronized Direction. When enabled, Wind or Duststorm direction changes also update the linked effect. This keeps Clouds, Fog particles, the Fog filter, Rain, Snow, Autumn Leaves, Summer Leaves, Embers, and other supported effects moving with the same wind direction.

The synchronized effect retains its own speed, density, scale, and presentation controls.

Direction randomization

Wind and Duststorm provide:

• Base direction.
• Direction randomization amount.
• Randomization radius.
• Time between direction changes.

Small randomization produces evolving weather without obvious turns. Large values are better for magical or chaotic scenes.

Preset speed and density overrides

The Preset API supports named relative multipliers:

Value	Multiplier
very-low	0.0
low	0.5
medium	1.0
high	1.5
very-high	2.0

Numeric multipliers are also accepted and are clamped to the registered effect ranges.