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Mike Johnson
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Posted: 10th Jul 2009 13:09 Edited at: 10th Jul 2009 13:11
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Magic Particles is a special editor that allows you to create visual effects based on particle systems quickly and visually. Ignescent text, flying comets, autumn leaves dancing in a gust of wind, snowstorms and multicolored fog, wriggly tentacles of outlandish creatures, fantastic silhouettes of plants - all these and many more are possible. The program is so simple and easy to use that anyone can create professional special effects in just a few minutes and mouse clicks.



Games developers will be interested in the API version. It allows programmers to implement special effects directly in their programs. The API includes the particle path engine and tools to import particle data. Detailed information about all functions and C++ program examples are supplied along with API.



The API program delivery also includes the advanced Magic Particles application. It supports functions oriented towards application developers such as the creation of image atlases.

For more details check out http://gdk.thegamecreators.com/?f=magic_particles
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Duffer
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Posted: 10th Jul 2009 20:12
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ok - how can we import our magic particles in to DBPro and use them in DBPro?

a long time dabbler with DBC and DBPro with no actual talent but lots of enthusiasm...
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Mike Johnson
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Posted: 10th Jul 2009 20:35
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Expect to see a plugin for DB Pro within the next few weeks.
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bjadams
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Posted: 10th Jul 2009 21:51
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what about a wrapper for gdk that randers to a texture/plane instead of directly to the screen? magic particles would become really useful then!
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Dark Dragon
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Posted: 10th Jul 2009 23:29
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Whoa.



..............................................................................................................I might just have to get dbpro so i can use this. This.......Looks great!....wow.....

Your signature has been erased by a mod because it was too big.CHANGE IT OR DIE!!!!!
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Ekipshi
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Will there be a converter to allow for use in FPSC?
Or if not, can the sprites generated be split into separate frames so we can do the FPSC decals ourselves?
Just wondering


http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=151865&b=25
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Nickydude
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Posted: 14th Jul 2009 01:21 Edited at: 14th Jul 2009 01:21
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What would be good is that the migration version of FPSC had particles and we could use Magic Particles to create our own to include in games.

Edit: Is there any videos showing the particles in action?



THE ANSWER TO ALL FPSC QUESTIONS!
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Mista Wilson
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There is a demo that you can download from the Magic Particles site.... the particles look quite nice, but they are completely 2d atm...

the 3D "look" is due to sprites being made of portions of the image and placed "over the top" of the particles. So, for instance if your game was 3D, it would be difficult to place them where you want them.

If you have a look at the forums aswell, there is a couple of requests for the GDK wrapper to have different rendering options, so that we can render the particles to a 3d object, last time I checked though it hadnt been done.

If it ain't broke.... DONT FIX IT !!!
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bjadams
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Posted: 14th Jul 2009 09:27
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the Magic Particles people said they are interested to revise the wrapper and make a version that is renderable to a texture
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bjadams
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Posted: 21st Jul 2009 18:44
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any news?
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Duffer
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@ Mike - any news on the DBPro plugin and re bjadams query??

a long time dabbler with DBC and DBPro with no actual talent but lots of enthusiasm...
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Red Eye
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Looks Good Mate. Any News about this yet?

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Duffer
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Posted: 2nd Aug 2009 12:16
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ping.... any news yet on plugin for DBPro for magic particles?

a long time dabbler with DBC and DBPro with no actual talent but lots of enthusiasm...
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trinitrone100
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Hi all! We released the beta version of Magic Particles for DarkBasic Pro and we need your help with testing.

Thegamecreators forum theme, or official forum theme

Visual effects editor Magic Particles (for DarkBasic Pro and GDK)
www.astralax.com
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Whoa.cool!!!


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Mistrel
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How does this work with object sorting in 3D? Or is this only for 2D particles?

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bjadams
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Posted: 21st Oct 2009 11:39
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only 2d
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AriEf
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wow!

Im Indonesian, so I cant speak english
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