Advanced Particle Effects Programming Tutorial

Table of Content

0.Introduction

Lesson 1. Getting started: the basics of particle programming Lesson 2. Building a simple particle fountain Lesson 3. Creating a laser beam (without the beam flag!) Lesson 4: Leaving trails: creating a complex fireworks effect Lesson 5. Polar coordinates: going in circles and defining orbits Lesson 6. Cylindrical coordinates: the "Soul Reaver portal" effect Lesson 7. Spherical coordinates: creating spheres out of particles Lesson 8. Putting it all together: the BIG one

9. Conclusion: what to try next?

Content: This tutorial contains the html files and images of this text, and folders lesson2.cd, lesson3.cd, lesson4.cd, lesson5.cd, lesson6.cd, lesson7.cd and lesson8.cd. Each of these directories contains a small working level which illustrates the notions discussed in the text. Just put your template_6 directory path in the script, compile and launch the level from WED. Then, to make the demo work, follow the instructions on the screen and press "0" if necessary to move the camera around.

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