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1. • CommentAuthortlp
   • CommentTimeMar 14th 2008 edited

    
   Hey Richard,
   first of all, i really like flint, thank you for your effort.
   I have a suggestion regarding the creation of particles.
   Wouldn't it be nice if you could set a Custom ParticleCreator to the Emitter? Kind of Factory style.
   I just tried it because i wanted to have particles with a target position.
   
   let me know what you think about it.
   
   Again big compliments
   
   Timo
2. • CommentAuthorRichard
   • CommentTimeMar 17th 2008

    
   Hi Timo
   
   I can think of more than one interpretation of what you're suggesting. Do you have some example code to clarify your idea? Thanks.
   
   Richard
3. • CommentAuthortlp
   • CommentTimeMar 17th 2008

    
   atm flint just can create particles of the type "Particle".
   I wanted to create targeting Particles, so my particles needed a targetPosition property.
   I wrote a TargetParticleCreator which extends ParticleCreator and i overwrote the createParticle method to create instances of TargetParticle.
   But the emitter has no method to set the creator, so i had to modify it:
   
   private static var _defaultCreator : ParticleCreator = new ParticleCreator();
   private var _creator : ParticleCreator;
   
   and
   
   public function set creator(creator : ParticleCreator) : void {
   _creator = creator;
   }
   
   public function get creator() : ParticleCreator {
   return _creator ? _creator : _defaultCreator;
   }
   
   Hope you got the point. im kinda busy right now, maybe i can write some more later.
   
   Thanx
   
   Timo
4. • CommentAuthorRichard
   • CommentTimeMar 18th 2008

    
   Ahh, I see what you mean. Yes, letting you change the particle creator would be a good idea. I'll also create an interface for the factory so you don't have to extend ParticleCreator, just implement the interface.
   
   There is another option - the dictionary in the particle class is there so you can add additional properties to the particle. I'm not sure which is better in your instance - use the dictionary or extend particle and create a custom particle creator - I just wanted to point out the options so you can choose.
5. • CommentAuthortlp
   • CommentTimeMar 26th 2008

    
   Ah ok, didn't get that feature before, but it worked fine with the extended particle. beside that i slightly had to change your code ;)
   Thank you anyway.