z3dpy.Emitter( vPosition, templateMesh, iMax, vVelocity, fLifetime, vGravity, *fRandomness )

myEmitter = z3dpy.Emitter([0.0, 0.0, 0.0], myMesh, 50, [0.0, 1.0, 0.0], 5.0, [0, 9.8, 0], 50.0)

Properties

• particles Tuple of currently active particles

• position

• template The template mesh to draw at each particle location

• max The max number of particles

• velocity Starting velocity of each particle

• lifetime Lifetime for each particle

• gravity Gravity for each particle

• active

• randomness Randomness of starting velocity

• user

Emitters keep track of their particles, then when drawing, the template mesh is re-used to draw at each particle's location.

Load a mesh to serve as the template

myMesh = z3dpy.LoadMesh("z3dpy/mesh/cube.obj")

Now create an emitter with some info about starting particles

myEmitter = z3dpy.Emitter([0, 0, 0], myMesh, 100, [0, -5, 0], 1.0, [0, 9.8, 0], 15.0)

Internal List

Add the emitter to the internal list

z3dpy.emitters.append(myEmitter)

To get particles to spawn, call HandleEmitters() during the draw loop

while True:

    z3dpy.HandleEmitters()

    for tri in z3dpy.Render():
        # ...

Your own list

HandleEmitters() and RenderThings() have parameters for emitters

while True:

    z3dpy.HandleEmitters([myEmitter])

    for tri in z3dpy.RenderThings([myThing, myOtherThing], [myEmitter]):