Have been trying to work out a way to get realistic rain splashes in Carrara 5.1. The following scene uses a particle generator whose particles are stick-like objects to simulate the streaking effect. Image below doesn't have streaks yet.

How best to simulate the splashes? If the stick-shaped particles bounce it will look odd.

What about the "spawn" function with a sphere particle? Is that possible?

Any ideas appreciated!

Thanks, Richard