/**
* Loads particle parameters from xml node.
**/
public void LoadXMLParticlePars(XmlNode particlePars)
{
position = LoadXMLParameter3D(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("position"));
velocity = LoadXMLParameter3D(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("velocity"));
/**
* Speed and Direction: Not implemented yet.
**/
// speed = LoadXMLParameterDouble(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("speed"));
// direction = LoadXMLParameterDouble(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("direction"));
acceleration = LoadXMLParameter3D(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("acceleration"));
color = LoadXMLParameter3D(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("color"));
angle = LoadXMLParameterDouble(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("angle"));
angularVelocity = LoadXMLParameterDouble(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("angularVelocity"));
transparency = LoadXMLParameterDouble(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("transparency"));
transparencyDelta = LoadXMLParameterDouble(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("transparencyDelta"));
size = LoadXMLParameterDouble(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("size"));
size.alpha *= GlobalScaling;
size.beta *= GlobalScaling;
growth = LoadXMLParameterDouble(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("growth"));
ttl = LoadXMLParameterDouble(particlePars.SelectSingleNode("ttl"));
}
/**
* Transposes a parameter using magnitude and direction to
* one using a 3D vector.
* TODO: Implement.
**/
public Parameter3D MagnitudeDirectionTo3DVector(
ParameterDouble magnitude,
ParameterDouble direction)
{
Parameter3D vector = new Parameter3D();
/**
* Randomly-distributed magnitude and direction variables
* transformed to randomly-distributed 3d x,y,z vectors.
**/
return vector;
}
/**
* Loads a Double parameter from the specified
* XMLNode.
**/
public ParameterDouble LoadXMLParameterDouble(XmlNode node)
{
ParameterDouble newPar = new ParameterDouble();
newPar.alpha = Convert.ToDouble(node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("alpha").Value);
newPar.beta = Convert.ToDouble(node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("beta").Value);
newPar.distribution = (Distribution)Enum.Parse(typeof(Distribution),
Convert.ToString(node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("distribution").Value));
return newPar;
}
