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 ====== Using the ParticleSystem ====== ====== Using the ParticleSystem ======
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 Gorilla3D provides an integrated particle system for rendering complex and individual particle effects. Gorilla3D provides an integrated particle system for rendering complex and individual particle effects.
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 Gorilla3D already supplies some of the most popular effects, like: fire, smoke, rain, snow, waterfall, eruption, explosion. Gorilla3D already supplies some of the most popular effects, like: fire, smoke, rain, snow, waterfall, eruption, explosion.
  
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 It is possible to manipulate each particle by the so-called influencers. It is possible to manipulate each particle by the so-called influencers.
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   * Endless or limited emmittance   * Endless or limited emmittance
   * Physically based particle collision detection with other scene objects (not with particles!)   * Physically based particle collision detection with other scene objects (not with particles!)
 +  * Autosorting of particles depending on assigned camera
  
 ===== Shader / Material ===== ===== Shader / Material =====
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 Of course you can write your own shader if those features do not suit your needs. Of course you can write your own shader if those features do not suit your needs.
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 +===== Shader Attributes =====
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 +To allow extended particle functionality Gorilla3D changes the default values of some vertex attributes, because at the moment it is not possible to declare our own vertex attributes.
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 +In the following table we show the attribute settings for each particle, when using a TGorillaParticleEmitter:
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 +^ Vertex-Attribute ^ Value ^
 +| a_Position | position |
 +| a_Normal | velocity | 
 +| a_Color0 | current color|
 +| a_TexCoord0 | current texture or texture atlas offset |
 +| a_Binormal | X = size, Y = angle, Z = weight |
 +| a_Tangent | X = age, Y = life time, Z = delta time |
 +===== Physics Particle Support =====
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 ===== Example ===== ===== Example =====
  
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 begin begin
   LParticles := TGorillaFireParticleEmitter.Create(FGorilla);   LParticles := TGorillaFireParticleEmitter.Create(FGorilla);
-  LParticles .Camera := FCamera;+  LParticles.Parent := FGorilla; 
 +  LParticles.Camera := FCamera;
  
   // a fire effect contains multiple parts: a front and back flame and smoke   // a fire effect contains multiple parts: a front and back flame and smoke
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 begin begin
   LParticles := TGorillaSmokeParticleEmitter.Create(FGorilla);   LParticles := TGorillaSmokeParticleEmitter.Create(FGorilla);
 +  LParticles.Parent := FGorilla;
   LParticles.Camera := FCamera;   LParticles.Camera := FCamera;
  
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 begin begin
   LParticles := TGorillaEruptionParticleEmitter.Create(FGorilla);   LParticles := TGorillaEruptionParticleEmitter.Create(FGorilla);
 +  LParticles.Parent := FGorilla;
   LParticles.Camera := FCamera;   LParticles.Camera := FCamera;
  
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 begin begin
   LParticles := TGorillaRainParticleEmitter.Create(FGorilla);   LParticles := TGorillaRainParticleEmitter.Create(FGorilla);
 +  LParticles.Parent := FGorilla;
   LParticles.Camera := FCamera;   LParticles.Camera := FCamera;
 end; end;
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 begin begin
   LParticles := TGorillaSnowParticleEmitter.Create(FGorilla);   LParticles := TGorillaSnowParticleEmitter.Create(FGorilla);
 +  LParticles.Parent := FGorilla;
   LParticles.Camera := FCamera;   LParticles.Camera := FCamera;
 end; end;
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 end; end;
 </file> </file>
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