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Added Active control, fade controls, alpha control, and updated documentation#22

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@Mikeysax Mikeysax commented Dec 16, 2025

This PR adds:

  • The ability to activate and deactivate a trail
  • The ability to control the whole trail alpha via single parameter
  • The ability to trigger the the whole trail to fade in or out based on time when activated or deactivated
  • The ability to fade out the trail based on each individual trail particle lifetime
  • Updated documentation describing the above parameters added as well as missing mask and mask_strength properties
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…e on activation or deactivation over time. Added independent fade curve parameters to control the alpha of a particle over it's lifetime.
… remainder of the fade in and fade out params.
@celyk celyk self-requested a review December 16, 2025 20:20
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@celyk Let me know if there is more to do here to get it merged?

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Small suggestion: change the default hint of your fade_curve to hint_default_white , as currently it's defaulting to black, resulting in the GPU trail not working with default settings.

Otherwise it gives the impression that the GPUTrails are broken out of the box given the cantankerous reputation that Godot's GPU RibbonMesh particles have. :)

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Mikeysax commented Feb 4, 2026

@jmschrack Awesome; thanks for catching that. I just fixed it.

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Mikeysax commented Feb 4, 2026

@celyk Anything else needed to get this merged?

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