/// <summary>
/// Releases one or more particles.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="currentTime">The current time.</param>
/// <param name="amount">The number of particles to release.</param>
void ReleaseParticles(TickCount currentTime, int amount)
{
// Find how many we can actually release
var lastIndex = Math.Min(Budget - 1, _lastAliveIndex + amount);
// Ensure our particles array is large enough to fit the new particles.
// When we resize the array, we use the "next power of two" sizing concept to reduce the
// memory fragmentation (.NET internally does the same with most collections). To speed things up,
// we just find the next power of two instead of looping until we have a large enough value.
if (_particles.Length - 1 < lastIndex)
{
var newSize = BitOps.NextPowerOf2(lastIndex + 1);
Debug.Assert(BitOps.IsPowerOf2(newSize),
"If this assert fails, something is probably wrong with BitOps.NextPowerOf2() or BitOps.IsPowerOf2().");
Debug.Assert(newSize >= lastIndex + 1);
Array.Resize(ref _particles, newSize);
}
// Start releasing the particles
var hasReleaseModifiers = ParticleModifiers.HasReleaseModifiers;
for (var i = _lastAliveIndex + 1; i <= lastIndex; i++)
{
var particle = _particles[i];
if (particle == null)
{
particle = Particle.Create();
_particles[i] = particle;
}
// Set up the particle
particle.Momentum = Vector2.Zero;
particle.LifeStart = currentTime;
particle.LifeEnd = (TickCount)(currentTime + ParticleLife.GetNext());
particle.Rotation = ReleaseRotation.GetNext();
particle.Scale = ReleaseScale.GetNext();
ReleaseColor.GetNext(ref particle.Color);
// Get the offset and force
Vector2 offset;
Vector2 force;
GenerateParticleOffsetAndForce(particle, out offset, out force);
// Set the position
Vector2.Add(ref _origin, ref offset, out particle.Position);
// Set the velocity
Vector2.Multiply(ref force, ReleaseSpeed.GetNext(), out particle.Velocity);
if (hasReleaseModifiers)
{
ParticleModifiers.ProcessReleasedParticle(this, particle);
}
}
// Increase the index of the last active particle
_lastAliveIndex = lastIndex;
}
