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1. • CommentAuthorTackleMcClean
   • CommentTimeJul 24th 2009

    
   I have a single particle travelling across the screen. It dies within 1 second.
   My emitter listens for the ParticleEvent.PARTICLE_DEAD event.
   From what I've gathered, the event is dispatched and first AFTER the event has been handled, the particle is removed.
   
   However, in my event handler for the event, I try this:
   trace(e.particle.image.x);
   trace(e.particle.image.y);
   
   Both return 0.
   
   trace(e.particle.isDead);
   returns true as well
   
   So the particle is removed before the event is handled, or at least before the code in the event handler runs.
   
   How would one go about to try and figure out the x/y after a particle dies?
2. • CommentAuthorRichard
   • CommentTimeAug 8th 2009

    
   When a particle dies, the emitter dispatches a particleDead event which caries information about the particle, including its location.
3. • CommentAuthorgordeaoux
   • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009

    
   I'm having the same problem as TackleMcClean, I get 0 in the output:
   emitter.addEventListener(ParticleEvent.PARTICLE_DEAD, pDead);
function pDead(ef:ParticleEvent):void{
trace(ef.target.x)
}

   I assume it's because the "target" refers to the Emitter2d object and not the particle. How do I figure out which particle has just died, or it's properties? Is particleDead different than ParticleEvent.PARTICLE_DEAD?
4. • CommentAuthorgordeaoux
   • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009

    
   Never mind, fixed it. I thought I had tried this before, but it works now:
   
function pDead(ef:ParticleEvent):void{
trace(ef.particle.image.x)
}

emitter.addEventListener(ParticleEvent.PARTICLE_DEAD, pDead);

5. • CommentAuthorRichard
   • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009 edited

    
   This should also work
   
   function pDead(ef:ParticleEvent):void{
trace(ef.particle.x)
}