Ribbons On Projectiles And Vehicles

90% of the code comes from Tim at MaxGaming for TGE/A, 10% from myself to get it working in Torque3D.
www.yorkshirerifles.com/downloads/ribbons_Torque3D.zip

Make sure you've got ribbon.cpp/h and ribbonNode.cpp/h in T3D/fx and the ribbon shaders basicRibbonShaderP/V.hlsl in shaders/ribbons.

ribbons.cs goes in art/datablocks, don't forget to exec it in art/datablocks/datablockExec.cs.

ribbons.cs

new ShaderData( basicRibbonShader )
{
   DXVertexShaderFile   = "shaders/ribbons/basicRibbonShaderV.hlsl";
   DXPixelShaderFile    = "shaders/ribbons/basicRibbonShaderP.hlsl";
 
   pixVersion = 2.0;
};
 
//custom material////////////////////////////////////
 
singleton CustomMaterial( basicRibbonGlow )
{
   shader = basicRibbonShader;
   version = 2.0;
   
   emissive[0] = true;
   glow[0] = true;
   
   doubleSided = false;
   translucent = true;
   BlendOp = AddAlpha;
   translucentBlendOp = AddAlpha;
   
   preload = false;//yorks
};
 
//ribbon data////////////////////////////////////////
 
datablock RibbonData(basicRibbon)
{
	category = "Misc";
	
   size[0] = 0.8;
   color[0] = "1.0 0.3 0.0 1.0";
   position[0] = 1.0;
 
   size[1] = 0;
   color[1] = "1.0 0 0.0 0.0";
   position[1] = 0.0;
 
   RibbonLength = 6;
   fadeAwayStep = 0.25;
   RibbonMaterial =  basicRibbonGlow;
};

datablock RibbonData(longRibbon)
{
   size[0] = 0.5;
   color[0] = "0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0";
   position[0] = 1.0;
 
   size[1] = 0.25;
   color[1] = "0.6 0.7 0.8 0.5";
   position[1] = 0.5;
   
   size[2] = 0;
   color[2] = "0.6 0.7 0.8 0.0";
   position[2] = 0.0;
 
   RibbonLength = 40;
   fadeAwayStep = 0.25;
   UseFadeOut = true;
   RibbonMaterial = basicRibbonGlow;
};

datablock RibbonData(amberRibbon)
{
   size[0] = 0.2;
   color[0] = "1.0 0.65 0.1 1.0";
   position[0] = 1.0;
   
   size[1] = 0;
   color[1] = "1.0 0.65 0.1 0.0";
   position[1] = 0.0;
 
   RibbonLength = 30;
   fadeAwayStep = 0.25;
   UseFadeOut = true;
   RibbonMaterial = basicRibbonGlow;
};

datablock RibbonData(greenRibbon)
{
   size[0] = 0.2;
   color[0] = "0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0";
   position[0] = 1.0;
   
   size[1] = 0;
   color[1] = "0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0";
   position[1] = 0.0;
 
   RibbonLength = 30;
   fadeAwayStep = 0.25;
   UseFadeOut = true;
   RibbonMaterial = basicRibbonGlow;
};

datablock RibbonNodeData(DefaultRibbonNodeData)
{
   timeMultiple = 1.0;
};

function createRibbon(%emitter, %pos)
{
   %r = new RibbonNode()
   {
      datablock = DefaultRibbonNodeData;
      emitter = %emitter;
      position = %pos;
   };
   if(isObject(MissionCleanup))
      MissionCleanup.add(%r);

   return %r;
}

scripts/server/weapon.cs weaponImage::onFire function at the end.

// Create the projectile object
      %p = new (%this.projectileType)()
      {
         dataBlock = %this.projectile;
         initialVelocity = %muzzleVelocity;
         initialPosition = %obj.getMuzzlePoint(%slot);
         sourceObject = %obj;
         sourceSlot = %slot;
         client = %obj.client;
         sourceClass = %obj.getClassName();
      };
      MissionCleanup.add(%p);
	  
	  //yorks we now have a projectile so let's attach a ribbon to it
	    %ribbon = createRibbon(longRibbon, %obj.getMuzzlePoint(%slot));
        %p.mountObject(%ribbon, 0);
   }
}

Next lets add some ribbons to the Cheetah. scripts/server/cheetah.cs, onAdd function

// Mount the brake lights
   %obj.mountObject(%obj.rightBrakeLight, %this.rightBrakeSlot);
   %obj.mountObject(%obj.leftBrakeLight, %this.leftBrakeSlot);
   
   //yorks add ribbons!
   %ribbon1 = createRibbon(amberRibbon, %obj.getTransform());
   %ribbon2 = createRibbon(greenRibbon, %obj.getTransform());
   
   %obj.mountObject(%ribbon1, %this.rightBrakeSlot);
   %obj.mountObject(%ribbon2, %this.leftBrakeSlot);

And make sure we don't get console spam when the vehicle is removed.
scripts/server/vehicle.cs VehicleData::onRemove function

function VehicleData::onRemove(%this, %obj)
{
   //echo("c4VehicleData::onRemove("@ %this.getName() @", "@ %obj.getClassName() @")");

   // if there are passengers/driver, kick them out
   for(%i = 0; %i < %obj.getDatablock().numMountPoints; %i++)
   {
      if (%obj.getMountNodeObject(%i))
      {
         %passenger = %obj.getMountNodeObject(%i);
         if(isMethod(%passenger, doDismount))//yorks in
            %passenger.getDataBlock().doDismount(%passenger, true);
         else//yorks in
            %passenger.delete();//yorks in for ribbons etc
      }
   }
}

Also resourced at forums.torque3d.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=35