/// <summary>
/// Creates a copy of this <see cref="EntityParticleEffect"/> to another <see cref="EntityBone"/> to simplify applying the same effect to many Entities.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entityBone">The <see cref="EntityBone"/> to copy to.</param>
/// <returns>An <see cref="EntityParticleEffect"/> that has all the same properties as this instance, but for a different <see cref="EntityBone"/>.</returns>
public EntityParticleEffect CopyTo(EntityBone entityBone)
{
var result = new EntityParticleEffect(_asset, _effectName, entityBone)
{
Offset = _offset,
Rotation = _rotation,
Color = _color,
Scale = _scale,
Range = _range,
InvertAxis = _InvertAxis
};
if (IsActive)
{
result.Start();
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a <see cref="ParticleEffect"/> on an <see cref="EntityBone"/> that runs looped.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="effectName">The name of the Effect</param>
/// <param name="entityBone">The <see cref="EntityBone"/> the effect is attached to.</param>
/// <param name="off">The offset from the <paramref name="entityBone"/> to attach the effect.</param>
/// <param name="rot">The rotation, relative to the <paramref name="entityBone"/>, the effect has.</param>
/// <param name="scale">How much to scale the size of the effect by.</param>
/// <param name="invertAxis">Which axis to flip the effect in. For a car side exahust you may need to flip in the Y Axis.</param>
/// <param name="startNow">if <c>true</c> attempt to start this effect now; otherwise, the effect will start when <see cref="ParticleEffect.Start"/> is called.</param>
/// <returns>The <see cref="EntityParticleEffect"/> represented by this that can be used to start/stop/modify this effect</returns>
public EntityParticleEffect CreateEffectOnEntity(string effectName, EntityBone entityBone,
Vector3 off = default(Vector3), Vector3 rot = default(Vector3), float scale = 1.0f,
InvertAxis invertAxis = InvertAxis.None, bool startNow = false)
{
var result = new EntityParticleEffect(this, effectName, entityBone)
{
Offset = off,
Rotation = rot,
Scale = scale,
InvertAxis = invertAxis
};
if (startNow)
{
result.Start();
}
return(result);
}
