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Enhancements to the Particle Emitter


Thirsty Panther
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Leadwerks had some extra options to the particle emitter that Ultra Engines emitter dose not.

I'm wondering if the following are going to be added?

- Duration/ Timer

- Random velocity  (vec 3)

- Shape of emitter. Box, cylinder, shere etc.

- Alpha channel changes over time.

- Scale changes over time.

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Duration is a function of the particle count, burst quantity, and emission frequency.

I just added emitter shapes for box and ellipsoid, including area.

The scale beginning and end is in the radius properties, although I think that should be renamed.

Alpha is automatic.

I was not planning on the graph mechanism for scale and alpha that Leadwerks uses, because I think it is overcomplicated and I never saw it getting used.

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It could also be possible to make the particle count automatically calculated and hidden from the user, and it would just adjust to whatever the settings required.

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That result is controlled by the velocity and particle count right now. I am saying, maybe the inverse should be true.

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The particle count is specified when the emitter is created. It's an optional parameter in the Create function.

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Life time for particles needed for 1-time effects like blood sprays, shots and explosion.

With it would be possible to make such effects with fast enough particles that will not be over whole map.

Also some kind of checkbox for 1-timed effects would be nice with a method to start burst on command.

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