Im trying to get my head round manipulating vertices and want to make a full single surface particle system, here`s a modified version of the code Joker posted, I have added vertex alpha fading and removed the timing codem, but im still not sure how to add scaling?
http://www.apaj15.dsl.pipex.com/SSParticles.zip
http://www.apaj15.dsl.pipex.com/SSParticles.zip