// Generate the sparks particles
private void GenerateSparks()
{
// Inital speed
var speed = 0;
// Generate 3 nodes per 6 rows
for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++)
{
for (int y = 1; y <= 6; y++)
{
// Calculate location of each Spark (5 Sparks per row, for 10 rows)
var location = new CGPoint();
location.X = (((View.Frame.Width / 6) * (2 * i)) - (View.Frame.Width / 6));
location.Y = (((View.Frame.Height / 12) * (2 * y)) - (View.Frame.Height / 12));
// Define inital sparks with location and alpha
var sprite = new SparkNode("spark")
{
Position = location,
XScale = 1.6f,
YScale = 1.6f,
Alpha = 0.3f
};
// Set the Center for the node
sprite.CenterOfNode = location;
sprite.CenterOfNodeFixed = location;
// Define Rotation, is zero because of the inital speed
var action = SKAction.RotateByAngle(NMath.PI * speed * i, 10.0);
sprite.RunAction(SKAction.RepeatActionForever(action));
// Position in comparsion to other SpriteNodes
sprite.ZPosition = 1;
// Define ParentNode, each SparkNode gets a ParentNode
var parent = new ParentNode("spark")
{
Position = location,
XScale = 0.9f,
YScale = 0.9f,
Alpha = 0.3f
};
// Set the Center for the node
parent.CenterOfNode = location;
parent.CenterOfNodeFixed = location;
// Define Rotation, is zero because of the inital speed
var paction = SKAction.RotateByAngle(NMath.PI * speed * i, 10.0);
parent.RunAction(SKAction.RepeatActionForever(paction));
// Position in comparsion to other SpriteNodes
parent.ZPosition = 1;
// Add the SparkNode to the scene
AddChild(sprite);
// Add the ParentNode to the SparkNode
sprite.ParentNode = parent;
// Add the ParentNode to the scene
AddChild(parent);
}
}
// Do first update of the all sparks, that they will have a base movement
UpdateSparks(3, true, true, 4, false);
}
