Hi
im just tinkering with the particles 1 demo , ive found the values of a neat rocket booser/space engine flames particle but when i try to add into my game i dont see them . here is the demo changed to show the effect i want . in my main program i put the particle set up part in my set up subroutine and the position particles part in the main loop. i cant figure out why i cant see them , even when i just put them at position 0,0,0
rem Particles Showcase
rem Standard Setup Code for all examples
sync on : sync rate 0 : color backdrop rgb(0,128,0)
set text font "arial" : set text size 16
set text to bold : set text transparent
rem Load image
ImageNumber=1 : load image "fire.bmp",ImageNumber
ImageNumberB=2 : load image "sky\spacesphere.bmp",ImageNumberB
rem Make objects
load object "sky\ss.x",1
scale object 1,150,150,150
set object 1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0
set object texture 1,2,1
set camera range 1,10000
position object 1, 0, 3, 0
yrotate object 1,180
make object box 2,100,20,50
position object 2,0,-25,50
texture object 2,ImageNumberB
ghost object on 2,2
rem Load image
ImageNumber=1 : load image "fire.bmp",ImageNumber
rem Make particles
ParticleNumber=1
make particles ParticleNumber, ImageNumber, 10, 20.0
position particles ParticleNumber, 0, -28, 0
color particles ParticleNumber, 255, 128, 0
set particle speed ParticleNumber, 40
set particle gravity ParticleNumber, 0
set particle emissions ParticleNumber, 5
set particle velocity ParticleNumber, 11
rem Setup camera
position camera 0,3,0
point camera 0,3,400
rem Main loop
desc$="Sparkler Effect (Use Mouse Buttons)"
do
rem Spark Drawing
changetoparticlescaling#=10.0
position particle emissions ParticleNumber, (mousex()-320)*changetoparticlescaling#/40.0, (360-mousey())*changetoparticlescaling#/40.0, 10*changetoparticlescaling#
rem Show Framerate
text 20,screen height()-40,desc$
fps$="DBPro Fps: "+str$(screen fps())
text screen width()-20-text width(fps$),screen height()-40,fps$
rem Update screen
sync
rem End loop
loop
ive read alot of particle posts , in most the advice is to write a whole new particles system, surely there is a way to use the inbuilt features? If i could just get the effect to work and be positioned behind my ships and facing same way as my ship model that would be enough for my needs.
