How do I make animated particles? I only know how to make static particles, and change them via my.bitmap (old A6).

Is there a way to make animated particles in A8? Also with roll rotation?

Well I use sprite particles for that. There should be more information ins particles.c and the manual

thank you friend!!!!!

"Every emulated particle adds a function to the scheduler that runs during its lifespan."

Is this the same as having multiple entities each having a while() loop?

, hi, might be cause of "Adjust max_entities and nexus if necessary. ". Check if the amount of functions raises in de f11 / diag window.

Well kind of... as far as I know they are rendered faster than normal entities.

I don't think that "particle sprites" are rendered much faster than non-particle sprites. Maybe if you use instancing, because you have the pro edition.

afaik, using particles is faster than using sprites but I'm not sure if they support animations. also, regarding your while-question, it's very unlikely that it's implemented that way - it's most likely using a static list (using 'max_particles' as size), iterates through them and calls every particle's event function.

Hi friends!

Using the emulated particles, it does increase the entity count! If I shot out too many particles at once, or made them last too long while I was continually making more, I would get an "Adjust max_entities and nexus" warning

However, I was able to make the particles 3d models, and even animate each of them, like they were regular entities! I was able to rotate their pan and tilt as well. So in this case, Im sure these run way slower than regular particles, however the amount of control you gain is where its advantageous.

, it obviously increases entity count (otherwise the holy manual would be lying ), but as Kartoffel mentions it probably uses static list and not a while for each sprite particle (which saves some speed). You double check it in the f11 / diag window under functions.