Particle Rendering
 

I've got a project where I need to have a character moving through a field of particles and affecting them. Everything renders but the particles for some reason. Here's what I've done so far:

-Linked a directional light to the particles
-Gave the particles a 2d fractal node and also a ramp color

What else do I need to do to render these things!

Thanks!
Randy

particles(except for the ones with S / W next to them) only render in the hardware renderer

Cool, so if I want to use a software render particle like clouds or blobby surface, what wpuld be the best way to assign a dust material to it?

ummm, i am not sure, cloud is like dust, but i dont know how to assign a color map to it....... IM not good at particles ;)

Have a look at the fire ring tutorial available in the downloads section, its free.

Your berst off creting a particle cloud (in the multitiser or hypershade) then adding ramps for the colour, opacity etc like you would a std material then assigning it to the particles