START & STOP EMITTERS

Each emitter can be launched or stopped at any time using these commands:

Emitter_Start MyEmitter

Emitter_Stop  MyEmitter

If you start an emitter that has been running already, it simply restarts its emission from the beginning.

You can also stop ALL active emitters at once:

Emitters_Stop

Stopping an emitter will ONLY stop it's particle emission. It will not free it's attached particle types or sounds, so the emitter may be launched again at any time.

You can also check if an amitter is currently emitting any particles:

If Emitter_IsActive (MyEmitter) = True Then ...

This command returns TRUE if the specified emitter is emitting any particles at this time or FALSE if it has not been started or has already finished its emission.

If Emitter_HasFinished (MyEmitter) = True Then ...

This command returns TRUE after the last paricles have left the emitter completely. If there are no more particles to emit, an emitter will fall asleep (become inactive) until launched again.