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Cyborg ART
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Posted: 14th Nov 2009 19:27
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I have tried to add particles to my project, but they wont show up.

I made a test:
Quote: "Rem ***** Included Source File *****

sync on
sync rate 0

load image "fire.bmp",1
make particles 1,1,10,10
position particles 1,0,-10,0
position particle emissions 1,0,10,0
set particle emissions 1,1
set particle speed 1, 0.001
set particle gravity 1, 20

do



sync
loop"

This works exactly the way I want, but when I add it to my project they wont show up.

Should I put something inside the loop? Or is there anything else I should do?

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Kira Vakaan
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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 10:36
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If this is an included source file, as the comment at the top suggests, the code is essentially appended to the bottom of your main source file. Thus, if you have an end command before the end of your main source file, that code will never run.

That doesn't mean you should just take out the end command in your main source file, but it means you should figure out what each command in that code does, and then figure out how to work it into your main source file. Never expect good results from copy/paste.

Of course, everything I just said is all dependent on whether or not you've included that code as a separate file.
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Cyborg ART
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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 15:23
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That code is a seperate file, nothing to do with the mainfile.

But this code works seperate, but when I put it into my main it wont show up.

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Kira Vakaan
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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 15:26 Edited at: 16th Nov 2009 15:29
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...which is what I assumed, and so my explanation as to why it wasn't showing up still holds true.

Edit: How do you mean putting it in your main? By attaching the file to the project? Or by copying and pasting the code into the main source file?
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Cyborg ART
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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 15:41 Edited at: 16th Nov 2009 15:42
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Copying and paste it into the main.

[edit] If I offer some kind of compensation, would you be able to take a look at my code and get particles to work?

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Kira Vakaan
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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 15:47
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I dunno, I think it would be much more beneficial to you to get them working by yourself. If you get really stuck, perhaps I could look at it and nudge you in the right direction. Hm, my first thought is that the camera is not in a place from which it can see the particles.
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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 15:49
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I will try to hide everything except the particles.

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Cyborg ART
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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 15:53
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This is just weird, copied and pasted the code I wrote... and now it works!

I dont know what I did but it works

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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 15:56
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Well alrighty then. A little weird...
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Cyborg ART
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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 15:57
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Sent you an e-mail

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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 16:07 Edited at: 16th Nov 2009 16:45
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Did you? I don't think I got it.

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I got it the second time. I'm out right now, but I'll take a look when I get back home.
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Posted: 16th Nov 2009 16:28 Edited at: 16th Nov 2009 17:23
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Maybe in the spam?

Anyways, particles work. But now I try to move them around ingame.

I have a "player" which moves around, and I want the particles to move together with the player. But they move away from player instead.

I use this code:

position particles 1,(object position x(4),0,0

[edit] Fixed this by using "position particle emissions" instead

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