Hey does anyone here understand particle systems? i need one fore blood and fire and smoke....... maybe like muzzle flashes off of guns too..... help!
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Registered 23/09/2002
Points 4811
24th May, 2003 at 17:29:59 -
i think i know what you mean... <shameless plug> poodles 4 uses all these effects you describe. download the alpha version (link on sig)</shamelesss plug> and if that's what you want, i can send you the source code.
umm..... it's not letting me download.... but what i mean is like one of those things that creates particles of blood to make the full splatter. they are used a lot in 3d games. and they are also used a lot in make like trails and also smoke and fire.
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Assault Andy Administrator
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Registered 29/07/2002
Points 5686
24th May, 2003 at 18:03:07 -
Particle effects are when you have hundreds (maybe not that many because it can't handle that many objects) of objects that move in differant directions to give the effect of something bigger. They are easy.
For a simple explosion particle effect create a small object about 4x4 or smaller. Make it have bouncy ball movement with deceleration and go to the event editor. In the event editor make some events:
player died (make a sqaure or something):
-create particle at player
always:
-set particle semi-transperity to semi transperity + 2
if particle semi-transperity is >= to 180:
-destroy
I'm not sure about the 180 part i did that off the top of my head. Check in the transperity thing to see what the max is then take off about 20. IF you want to see what this looks like check one of my engines that uses it.
yea i dont think the adding semitransparency part is possible during runtime in MFX... i do know that semitransparency is possible though. i did try having the morph tool make them fade to black against a black background and it worked but the backgrounds in my game aren't all solid colors... only the outdoor backgrounds.
If you got a spare few hours, download my Zombies Now demo, cos that features blood and pyrotechnics that took me feckin ages to do. See if that's what you're looking for. http://create-gamescom.readyhosting.com/download.asp?id=2223 Also you should upgrade to Multimediua Fusion 1.5, cos it lets you change transparency during runtime, and is generally a lot sweeter.
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