Im starting to get confused then, are we still working on the spaceship, or something different?

I'll explain our code-snip a bit and see if it helps. The code you added to mine only makes the spray longer
the further away from height=zero it is (I think).
Code:
   VECTOR particles_right, particles_dir;           //declare vector variables
   vec_for_vertex(particles_right, ball, 1753);     //get engine position
   //
   vec_set(particles_dir, vector(-1,0,30));    //set direction AND distance of particles in relation to UNROTATED entity
   vec_rotate(particles_dir, ball.pan);       //rotate direction and distance to match ROTATED entity (AS IT IS NOW)
   effect(effect_smokes,15,particles_right,particles_dir);  //start spewing particles
Can you try explaining again what you are looking for, AND what it is meant to represent so I can
find the flaw in my understanding of what you want?
Maybe a picture of what shappening now, and a pic of what you want?

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