I just confirmed it using the SDK and a debugger. They are at the same offsets. I wonder what other cool tricks can be done this way.

Particles and entities are stored in a similar way in memory, those bits used for particle effects are recycled as event bits in regular entities. The |= is merely a way of setting a single bit rather than a whole bunch of them.

Whats the name and function of the "|=" operator? Not familiar with it.

The | (pipe symbol) is the bitwise 'OR' operator. The |= is just a shortcut like += is.

x += 2; // Same as x = x + 2;

x |= 2; // Same as x = x | 2;

As far as bitwise operators go, there are also the & (bitwise AND) and ^ (bitwise XOR), although Im not sure if C-Script supports them all.

If you want more info, let me know. Im sure I can dig up a link that explains them better.

LOL! Right on!
Two months ago, I started giving bitwise ops any attention. Now, I use "the pipe" all the time. That shortcut caught me by surprise

Thanks!

(PS: I use & and ^ all the time in c-script, so yes, they do work )