Lib.point.particle.ParticleSystem - tixl3d/tixl GitHub Wiki
Emits particles on emit points and applies the connected forces.
Please check the howto linked below [HowToUseParticles].
| Name (Relevancy & Type) | Description |
|---|---|
| EmitPoints (BufferWithViewsRequired) | Input for GPoints |
| Emit (Boolean) | Enables emitting of the connected emit points. Tip: For simulations of a fixed number of emitted points, you can set the MaxPointCount to -1 and use [Once] or [Trigger] to only trigger an initial emit burst. |
| Reset (Boolean) | Clears all emitted points. Tip: You can connect [HasTimeChanged] the clean up on rewind or looping. |
| Update (Boolean) | - |
| MaxParticleCount (Int32) | The length of the cycle buffer holding the simulated particles. Depending of the number of emitted particles it defines the maximum possible particle lifetime. If set to -1 it will use the count of emit points. |
| InitialVelocity (Single) | An initial velocity that is set for emitted particles along their z-axis. |
| RadiusFromW (Single) | Some of the forces uses the partcile radius for collision calcuation. The radius is set on emit time by the emit point W attribute and the RadiusFromW factor. For consistency we aligned that factor with the default point size for [DrawPoints] which renders points with a radius of 1/100 units.. |
| EmitMode (Int32) | This will effect how particles are inserted into the particle-buffer. This order will have an effect when drawing with lines. Note that switching this setting might require to reset the system. |
| LifeTime (Single) | The lifetime of particles in bars (depending on the current BPM rate). A negative setting will compute the maximum lifetime from the MaxParticleCount and the number of currently emitted particles. This will lead to flickering if changing the emit count during playback. |
| Speed (Single) | The simulation speed. If set to 0 the simulation will be paused. Negative simulation speed can shortly look like rewinding but the simulation will quickly become inconsistent. |
| OrientTowardsVelocity (Single) | Rotates the particles in relation to their velocity |
| Drag (Single) | A drag factor applied per simulation step. This can be useful for stabilizing simulations where forces insert too much energy (I.e. particle velocity) into the system. |
| SetWTo (Int32) | Can be used for custimizing the rendering of the particles. Note that many operators like [DrawPoints] use the W attribute to control the size of the points. With other operators like [DrawBillboards] you can use the W parameter to colorize particles over their lifetime. Keep Original W -> no change Particle Age -> Normalized age between 0 ... 1 Velocity -> A representation of the particle's velocity. |
| ParticleForces (ParticleSystemRequired) | Input for Forces or [SwitchParticleForce] |
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| OutBuffer | T3.Core.DataTypes.BufferWithViews |
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