Questions

[trinitrone100]

Post your questions about Magic Particles here.

[^DJ_Link^]

I'm trying to integrate Magic Particles on my 3d engine but I'm not finding where can I get the Z coordinate.
MAGIC_VERTEX_RECTANGLE on has x and y. This way all the effects are like an animated billboard

[Odin_KG]

^DJ_Link^
Magic Particles is 2D program. z-coordinate is not used now.

[fan3d18]

Hi guys!

Can u explain why function Magic_OpenFile sometimes failed when input wasn't changed?

[Odin_KG]

What is "input wasn't changed"?

[fan3d18]

the same input data i mean. Sorry for my bad english.

if (Magic_OpenFile(file,&mf)==MAGIC_SUCCESS)
{
LoadFolder(mf,"");
return MAGIC_SUCCESS;
}
return MAGIC_ERROR;

Sometimes this function return MAGIC_ERROR but the variable file and mf are same.

[Odin_KG]

It is possible you should call Magic_CloseFile. Magic_OpenFile opens file using fopen. Magic_CloseFile closes file using fclose.

[Evil_gia]

Is there anyway for an emitter to know how many particles it has emitted that are still alive? It would be useful information for monitoring of effects.

[Odin_KG]

Is there anyway for an emitter to know how many particles it has emitted that are still alive?

You can calculate number of particles via Magic_GetNextParticle only.

[tommo]

Is text/image emitter supported by SDK?
If not, will there be a plan for this?
Thanks.