Particle problems

[Michael Betke]

I'm using this Emittereditor 1.0 and managed to make a nice underwater particle.

But after saving the emitter to .lua and placing it in my level the emitters are acting different.

 

My particle should flow in the air, rotate and move a bit. In Sandbox Editor it flows upwards very fast.

Plus the particles are flickering which looks odd.

In emitterEDitor theres all fine.

 

Here's the .lua I get exported:

require('scripts/class')

local class=CreateClass(...)

function class:CreateObject(model)
 local object=self.super:CreateObject(model)

 if fw~=nil then
	SetWorld(fw.transparency.world)
                   object.Unterwasser=CreateEmitter(100,20000,Vec3(0,0,0),0,object.model)
                   object.Unterwasser:SetPositionf(0,01,0,0,02)
                   object.Unterwasser:SetOrder(0, 0)
                   object.Unterwasser:Paint(LoadMaterial('abstract::unterwasser.mat'),0)
                   object.Unterwasser:SetRadius(0,2,0,2)
                   object.Unterwasser:SetColorf(1,1,1,1)
                   object.Unterwasser:SetWaver(0,5)
                   object.Unterwasser:SetVelocity(Vec3(-0,02,-0,01,0,01),Vec3(0,0,0))
                   object.Unterwasser:SetRotationSpeed(0,06)
                   object.Unterwasser:SetArea(Vec3(12,12,12))
                   SetEmitterAcceleration(object.Unterwasser, Vec3(0,0,0))
               SetWorld(fw.main.world)
end


function object:SetKey(key,value)
	if key=='color' then
	elseif key=='intensity' then
	else
		return self.super:SetKey(model,key,value)
	end
	return 1
end


function object:GetKey(key,value)
	if key=='color' then
	elseif key=='intensity' then
	else
		return self.super:GetKey(model,key,value)
	end
	return value
end

function object:Render()
end

end

 

Suggestions?

[Michael Betke]

Oh just found it out mayself. This is silly.

 

The Edmitter Editor exports like this:

 object.Unterwasser:SetPositionf(0,01,0,0,0,02)

 

But Leadwerks understands needs it with points and no commas

 object.Unterwasser:SetPositionf(0.01,0.0,0.02)

 

I need to change this in the .lua after export.

Maybe it will help someone else.

 

Seems I tunr into a coder now, hehe...

[macklebee]

hmmm weird... your code just crashes my editor no matter what... but in any case, why are you re-inventing the wheel? the emitter entity that comes with the editor has all of the options that you are setting and you dont even have to touch the script... just change the properties dialog to the settings you want...

[Marleys Ghost]

has anything changed since the particle editor was created and 2.31 ? ... but I agree with mack try setting up a normal emiiter in the editor to your settings, atleast then you have a comparison?

[Michael Betke]

I used the Emitter Editor because it seems to be a nice program. Plus it can export my emitters so I can reuse them like models in several levels.

With the build in emitter I have to set it up each time again.

This is the main reason.

[Marleys Ghost]

I agree it seems like a nice program but was created a "few syncs" ago and maybe needs updating? I thought it just saved the a script? dont yu still have to create the object and folder?

[Michael Betke]

No it creates a .gmf, lua and .phy file.

 

Well I think I'll use it a bit more and enter my points instead of commas and all is well.