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With this option, particles will not be removed, but kept and their velocities are limited to “Min | Max Speed”.
Split
Instead of deleting the particles you can also force the daemon to create more particles at a certain life value. The amount of split particles is specified under “# child”.
# child
Here you can define the number of child particles to be created if “Split” is set to “Yes”.
Bounded
The bounding sphere is displayed in the viewport as three circles.