A particle system in Flint is created by combining emitters, counters, initializers, actions, activities and renderers.

• Emitters create and manage Particles.
• Emitters use Counters to control how many particles are created.
• Emitters use Initializers to control how those particles are initialized.
• Emitters use Actions to control how those particles behave over time.
• Emitters use Activities to control their own behaviour over time.
• Renderers draw the Particles managed by one or more emitters.

Version 3 of Flint features a few minor changes in the 2D API and the library now requires version 10 of Flash Player.

If using the swc files, you will need

• Flint2d.swc

	package	Description
	org.flintparticles.common.actions	Actions are used to continuously modify the state of particles created by an Emitter.
	org.flintparticles.common.activities	Activities are used to continuously modify the state of an Emitter.
	org.flintparticles.common.behaviours	Base interfaces for actions, initializers and activities.
	org.flintparticles.common.counters	Counters are used to control the rate of particle creation by an Emitter.
	org.flintparticles.common.debug	Basic tools for displaying the status of particles systems.
	org.flintparticles.common.displayObjects	Some standard simple displayObjects used in particle systems.
	org.flintparticles.common.easing	Easing functions can be used to modify the ageing of particles in a particle system.
	org.flintparticles.common.emitters	Emitters create particles and are the core component of a particle system.
	org.flintparticles.common.events	Events dispatched by Flint
	org.flintparticles.common.initializers	Initializers are used to modify the initial state of particles created by an Emitter.
	org.flintparticles.common.particles	A particles contains the state information for a single particle in a particle system.
	org.flintparticles.common.renderers	Renderers are used to draw the particle system on the stage.
	org.flintparticles.common.utils	Utility classes and functions.
	org.flintparticles.twoD.actions	Actions are used to continuously modify the state of particles created by an Emitter.
	org.flintparticles.twoD.activities	Activities are used to continuously modify the state of an Emitter.
	org.flintparticles.twoD.emitters	Emitters create particles and are the core component of a particle system.
	org.flintparticles.twoD.emitters.mxml	Flex compatible versions of the two-d emitters.
	org.flintparticles.twoD.initializers	Initializers are used to modify the initial state of particles created by an Emitter.
	org.flintparticles.twoD.particles	A particles contains the state information for a single particle in a particle system.
	org.flintparticles.twoD.renderers	Flint's renderers used to draw 2D particle systems on the stage.
	org.flintparticles.twoD.renderers.mxml	Flex compatible versions of the two-d renderers.
	org.flintparticles.twoD.zones	Zones define a region of the particle system and are used in various Actions and Initializers.

Sun Oct 16 2011, 10:59 PM +01:00