Once you designed a cool particle type or effective combination
of several particle types, you might want to re-use it
in a later project. You can simply automatize the process of
creating particle types using a function:
Function CreateEmitter_Smoke% ()
EM% = CreateEmitter()
; SMOKE
P1% = CreateParticleType()
ParticleType_SetImage P1,5
ParticleType_SetSpeed P1,5,2
ParticleType_SetSize P1,1,1,2,3
ParticleType_SetAlpha P1,.7,.5,-.8
ParticleType_SetWeight P1,-1,.5
ParticleType_SetRotation P1,1,90
ParticleType_SetColor P1,125,125,140,60,-50,-50,-55
ParticleType_SetEmissionAngle P1,0,75
ParticleType_SetLifeTime P1,1500
ParticleType_SetAddedBlend P1,0
Emitter_SetSound EM,"smoke.mp3",1
Emitter_AddParticleType EM, P1, 0,5000,75
Return EM
End Function
This re-usable function creates a new emitter, feeds it
with smoke particles, attaches an emitter sound and returns the emitter handle each time
it is called. You can store such functions in a seperate file
(your particle library) and re-use it at any time.
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