/// <summary>
/// Spawns a ParticleEmitter of the specified type at the specified
/// location.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">The type ParticleEmitter to spawn</param>
/// <param name="location">The location to spawn the ParticleEmitter
/// at</param>
/// <returns>Returns a reference to the spawned ParticleEmitter
/// </returns>
public static ParticleEmitter spawnParticleEmitter(ParticleEmitterType type, Vector3 location)
{
checkIfInitialized();
ParticleEmitter spawnedParticleEmitter = null;
switch (type)
{
case ParticleEmitterType.explosion:
spawnedParticleEmitter = new ExplosionParticleEmitter(ContentLoader.ExplosionParticleTexture, location, Settings.EXPLOSION_PARTICLE_ACCELERATION,
Settings.EXPLOSION_PARTICLES, Settings.EXPLOSION_PARTICLE_SIZE, Settings.EXPLOSION_PARTICLE_GROWTH_RATE, Settings.EXPLOSION_PARTICLE_LIFESPAN);
break;
case ParticleEmitterType.stream:
spawnedParticleEmitter = new StreamParticleEmitter(ContentLoader.CloudParticleTexture, location, Settings.SMOKE_PARTICLE_ACCELERATION,
Settings.SMOKE_PARTICLE_SIZE, Settings.SMOKE_PARTICLE_GROWTH_RATE, Settings.SMOKE_PARTICLE_LIFESPAN, Settings.SMOKE_PARTICLE_PARTICLES_PER_SECOND);
break;
}
if (spawnedParticleEmitter != null)
{
managedParticleEmitters.Add(spawnedParticleEmitter);
}
return spawnedParticleEmitter;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a PlaneSmokeTrail at the given locaiton.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="location">Location of the PlaneSmokeTrail</param>
public PlaneSmokeTrail(Vector3 location)
: base(location, Vector3.Empty, Vector3.Empty)
{
streamParticleEmitter = (StreamParticleEmitter)ParticleEmitterManager.spawnParticleEmitter(ParticleEmitterType.stream, location);
}