private void UpdateParticlesLife()
        {
            int counter = 0;

            MinerWars.AppCode.Game.Render.MyRender.GetRenderProfiler().StartProfilingBlock("ParticleGeneration-UpdateParticlesLife");

            MyParticleGeneration inheritedGeneration = null;
            Vector3 previousParticlePosition         = m_effect.WorldMatrix.Translation;
            float   particlesToCreate = 0;

            m_AABB = m_AABB.CreateInvalid();
            m_AABB = m_AABB.Include(ref previousParticlePosition);

            if (OnDie.GetValue <int>() != -1)
            {
                inheritedGeneration = GetInheritedGeneration(OnDie.GetValue <int>());

                if (inheritedGeneration == null)
                {
                    OnDie.SetValue(-1);
                }
                else
                {
                    inheritedGeneration.IsInherited = true;
                    particlesToCreate = inheritedGeneration.m_particlesToCreate;
                }
            }

            MinerWars.AppCode.Game.Render.MyRender.GetRenderProfiler().EndProfilingBlock();

            MinerWars.AppCode.Game.Render.MyRender.GetRenderProfiler().StartProfilingBlock("ParticleGeneration-Update01");

            Vector3 previousTrail0 = previousParticlePosition;
            Vector3 previousTrail1 = previousParticlePosition;

            using (ParticlesLock.AcquireExclusiveUsing())
            {
                while (counter < m_particles.Count)
                {
                    float motionInheritance;
                    MotionInheritance.GetInterpolatedValue(m_effect.GetElapsedTime(), out motionInheritance);

                    MyAnimatedParticle particle = m_particles[counter];

                    if (motionInheritance > 0)
                    {
                        m_effect.CalculateDeltaMatrix = true;
                    }

                    if (particle.Update())
                    {
                        if (motionInheritance > 0)
                        {
                            particle.AddMotionInheritance(ref motionInheritance, ref m_effect.DeltaMatrix);
                        }

                        if (counter == 0)
                        {
                            previousParticlePosition = particle.ActualPosition;
                            previousTrail0           = particle.Quad.Point1;
                            previousTrail1           = particle.Quad.Point2;
                            particle.Quad.Point0     = particle.ActualPosition;
                            particle.Quad.Point2     = particle.ActualPosition;
                        }

                        counter++;


                        if (particle.Type == MyParticleTypeEnum.Trail)
                        {
                            if (particle.ActualPosition == previousParticlePosition)
                            {
                                particle.Quad.Point0 = particle.ActualPosition;
                                particle.Quad.Point1 = particle.ActualPosition;
                                particle.Quad.Point2 = particle.ActualPosition;
                                particle.Quad.Point3 = particle.ActualPosition;
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                MyPolyLine polyLine = new MyPolyLine();
                                polyLine.Thickness = particle.Thickness;
                                polyLine.Point0    = particle.ActualPosition;
                                polyLine.Point1    = previousParticlePosition;

                                Vector3 direction           = polyLine.Point1 - polyLine.Point0;
                                Vector3 normalizedDirection = MyMwcUtils.Normalize(polyLine.Point1 - polyLine.Point0);


                                polyLine.Point1 = polyLine.Point0 + (polyLine.Point1 - polyLine.Point0);

                                polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized = normalizedDirection;
                                MyUtils.GetPolyLineQuad(out particle.Quad, ref polyLine);

                                particle.Quad.Point0 = previousTrail0 + direction * 0.15f;
                                particle.Quad.Point3 = previousTrail1 + direction * 0.15f;
                                previousTrail0       = particle.Quad.Point1;
                                previousTrail1       = particle.Quad.Point2;
                            }
                        }

                        previousParticlePosition = particle.ActualPosition;

                        m_AABB         = m_AABB.Include(ref previousParticlePosition);
                        particle.Flags = GetEffect().IsInFrustum ? particle.Flags | MyAnimatedParticle.ParticleFlags.IsInFrustum : particle.Flags & ~MyAnimatedParticle.ParticleFlags.IsInFrustum;
                        continue;
                    }

                    if (inheritedGeneration != null)
                    {
                        inheritedGeneration.m_particlesToCreate = particlesToCreate;
                        inheritedGeneration.EffectMatrix        = Matrix.CreateWorld(particle.ActualPosition, Vector3.Normalize(particle.Velocity), Vector3.Cross(Vector3.Left, particle.Velocity));
                        inheritedGeneration.UpdateParticlesCreation();
                    }

                    m_particles.Remove(particle);
                    MyTransparentGeometry.DeallocateAnimatedParticle(particle);
                }
            }

            MinerWars.AppCode.Game.Render.MyRender.GetRenderProfiler().EndProfilingBlock();
        }
        //  Update position, check collisions, etc. and draw if particle still lives.
        //  Return false if particle dies/timeouts in this tick.
        public bool Draw(MyBillboard billboard)
        {
            MyTransparentGeometry.StartParticleProfilingBlock("Distance calculation");
            //  This time is scaled according to planned lifespan of the particle

            // Distance for sorting
            Vector3 campos = MyCamera.Position;

            Vector3.DistanceSquared(ref campos, ref m_actualPosition, out billboard.DistanceSquared);

            MyTransparentGeometry.EndParticleProfilingBlock();

            // If distance to camera is really small don't draw it.
            if (billboard.DistanceSquared <= 1)
            {
                return(false);
            }

            MyTransparentGeometry.StartParticleProfilingBlock("Quad calculation");

            MyTransparentGeometry.StartParticleProfilingBlock("actualRadius");
            float actualRadius = 1;

            Radius.GetInterpolatedValue <float>(m_normalizedTime, out actualRadius);
            MyTransparentGeometry.EndParticleProfilingBlock();

            billboard.ContainedBillboards.Clear();

            billboard.Near   = m_generation.GetEffect().Near;
            billboard.Lowres = m_generation.GetEffect().LowRes || MyRenderConstants.RenderQualityProfile.LowResParticles;

            float alpha = 1;

            if (Type == MyParticleTypeEnum.Point)
            {
                MyTransparentGeometry.StartParticleProfilingBlock("GetBillboardQuadRotated");
                MyUtils.GetBillboardQuadRotated(billboard, ref m_actualPosition, actualRadius, m_actualAngle);
                MyTransparentGeometry.EndParticleProfilingBlock();
            }
            else if (Type == MyParticleTypeEnum.Line)
            {
                if (MyMwcUtils.IsZero(Velocity.LengthSquared()))
                {
                    Velocity = MyMwcUtils.GetRandomVector3Normalized();
                }

                MyQuad quad = new MyQuad();

                MyPolyLine polyLine = new MyPolyLine();
                polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized = MyMwcUtils.Normalize(Velocity);

                if (m_actualAngle > 0)
                {
                    polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized = Vector3.TransformNormal(polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized, Matrix.CreateRotationY(MathHelper.ToRadians(m_actualAngle)));
                }

                polyLine.Point0   = m_actualPosition;
                polyLine.Point1.X = m_actualPosition.X + polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized.X * actualRadius;
                polyLine.Point1.Y = m_actualPosition.Y + polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized.Y * actualRadius;
                polyLine.Point1.Z = m_actualPosition.Z + polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized.Z * actualRadius;

                if (m_actualAngle > 0)
                { //centerize
                    polyLine.Point0.X = polyLine.Point0.X - polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized.X * actualRadius * 0.5f;
                    polyLine.Point0.Y = polyLine.Point0.Y - polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized.Y * actualRadius * 0.5f;
                    polyLine.Point0.Z = polyLine.Point0.Z - polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized.Z * actualRadius * 0.5f;
                    polyLine.Point1.X = polyLine.Point1.X - polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized.X * actualRadius * 0.5f;
                    polyLine.Point1.Y = polyLine.Point1.Y - polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized.Y * actualRadius * 0.5f;
                    polyLine.Point1.Z = polyLine.Point1.Z - polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized.Z * actualRadius * 0.5f;
                }

                polyLine.Thickness = Thickness;
                MyUtils.GetPolyLineQuad(out quad, ref polyLine);

                if (this.m_generation.AlphaAnisotropic)
                {
                    float angle     = 1 - Math.Abs(Vector3.Dot(MyMwcUtils.Normalize(MyCamera.ForwardVector), polyLine.LineDirectionNormalized));
                    float alphaCone = (float)Math.Pow(angle, 0.5f);
                    alpha = alphaCone;
                }

                billboard.Position0 = quad.Point0;
                billboard.Position1 = quad.Point1;
                billboard.Position2 = quad.Point2;
                billboard.Position3 = quad.Point3;
            }
            else if (Type == MyParticleTypeEnum.Trail)
            {
                if (Quad.Point0 == Quad.Point2) //not moving particle
                {
                    return(false);
                }
                if (Quad.Point1 == Quad.Point3) //not moving particle was previous one
                {
                    return(false);
                }
                if (Quad.Point0 == Quad.Point3) //not moving particle was previous one
                {
                    return(false);
                }

                billboard.Position0 = Quad.Point0;
                billboard.Position1 = Quad.Point1;
                billboard.Position2 = Quad.Point2;
                billboard.Position3 = Quad.Point3;

                //if (this.m_generation.AlphaAnisotropic)

                /*   { //Trails are anisotropic by default (nobody wants them to see ugly)
                 *     Vector3 lineDir = Vector3.Normalize(Quad.Point1 - Quad.Point0);
                 *     float angle = 1 - Math.Abs(Vector3.Dot(MyMwcUtils.Normalize(MyCamera.ForwardVector), lineDir));
                 *     float alphaCone = (float)Math.Pow(angle, 0.3f);
                 *     alpha = alphaCone;
                 * }*/
            }
            else
            {
                throw new NotSupportedException(Type + " is not supported particle type");
            }

            MyTransparentGeometry.EndParticleProfilingBlock();

            MyTransparentGeometry.StartParticleProfilingBlock("Material calculation");

            Vector4 color;

            Color.GetInterpolatedValue <Vector4>(m_normalizedTime, out color);

            int   material1         = (int)MyTransparentMaterialEnum.Test;
            int   material2         = (int)MyTransparentMaterialEnum.Test;
            float textureBlendRatio = 0;

            if ((Flags & ParticleFlags.BlendTextures) != 0)
            {
                float prevTime, nextTime, difference;
                Material.GetPreviousValue(m_normalizedTime, out material1, out prevTime);
                Material.GetNextValue(m_normalizedTime, out material2, out nextTime, out difference);

                if (prevTime != nextTime)
                {
                    textureBlendRatio = (m_normalizedTime - prevTime) * difference;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Material.GetInterpolatedValue <int>(m_normalizedTime, out material1);
            }

            MyTransparentGeometry.EndParticleProfilingBlock();

            //This gets 0.44ms for 2000 particles
            MyTransparentGeometry.StartParticleProfilingBlock("billboard.Start");


            billboard.MaterialEnum      = (MyTransparentMaterialEnum)material1;
            billboard.BlendMaterial     = (MyTransparentMaterialEnum)material2;
            billboard.BlendTextureRatio = textureBlendRatio;
            billboard.EnableColorize    = false;

            billboard.Color = color * alpha * m_generation.GetEffect().UserColorMultiplier;

            MyTransparentGeometry.EndParticleProfilingBlock();

            return(true);
        }