made all the shifts and type checks use defines, so it can be changed easier, and put it back to normal with a shift of 8.

includes/defines.h

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 #define MAXSIGNS 16
 #define TAG_MAX 256
 
+#define PS 8 //the particle number shift that also determines element limit
+#define TYPE (int)pow(2,PS)-1 //where the type of the particle is stored in pmap
+
 #define ZSIZE_D	16
 #define ZFACTOR_D	8
 extern unsigned char ZFACTOR;